Nottingham Medical Negligence Solicitor
David Dickie, has been a Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel Member for many years, and has successfully concluded many high value cases, on either a no win-no fee basis, or with legal aid /legal expenses insurance funding. He provides a caring personal service from your initial free interview until settlement of your claim.
Detailed below are a few examples of the cases that David has won:
Case Study 1
Nottingham medical negligence lawyers, Timms Solicitors, litigated a claim arising out of a hysterectomy during the course of which the claimant’s ureter was snipped. According to the report obtained from a consultant gynaecologist, in conditions of normal anatomy there would have been no excuse for this. However the claimant’s anatomy had been distorted by endometriosis. Instead a successful claim was brought on the basis that “the venial sin is injury to the ureter, but the mortal sin is the failure of recognition”. In other words the damage may not have been avoidable but should have been recognised and repaired. Damages of £100k were obtained.
Case Study 2
Nottingham medical negligence solicitor, David Dickie, settled a fatal accident claim for £487k for a widow and her two daughters. The deceased husband and father had an operation to create a pouch and a reverse colostomy, but this created an anal fistula, with recurring sepsis which was repeatedly treated, but the fistula itself was not diagnosed until six years later, despite an MRI scan which showed it. The deceased should have been referred to a colo-rectal surgeon to get to the root of his sepsis.
Unfortunately because the deceased also suffered from primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) his condition gradually deteriorated because of the sepsis and he became unable to have the liver transplant that would otherwise have saved his life. The dependancy claim of his widow and children was particularly hard to calculate as this depended on how the deceased’s fledging business would have fared. Evidence had to be obtained from similar more mature businesses as to likely profits and from the deceased’s past employers as to his entrepreneurial abilities.
Case Study 3
Nottingham clinical negligence lawyer, David Dickie, was instructed by a client after her late husband had been admitted to the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham complaining of dizziness and pain in his back, chest and throat. The initial treatment plan was for an echocardiogram, “ECHG”, but this was not available so our client’s husband was discharged. He felt unwell and went to see his G.P. who was aware of the planned ECHG and told him to come back in the meantime if he felt worse. Sadly, our client found him dead on the kitchen floor the next morning.
Medical negligence compensation of £150,000.00 was obtained for our client by David Dickie at Timms, Nottingham Clinical Negligence Lawyers. Read the article at:-
To arrange a few initial interview, please contact David on freephone 08000 116666 or send an e-mail to him at d.dickie@timms-law.com