Caroline is instructed on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants, including private hospitals and Defence Unions, in relation to Clinical negligence claims. She accepts CFA instructions where appropriate.
Caroline also represents interested parties at inquests into deaths in a healthcare setting, which assists with her understanding of the medical background in clinical negligence claims. She has acted pro bono for families at inquests, instructed by AvMA.
Caroline is experienced at CCMC hearings and also FOI Act requests and PAD applications in the context of clinical negligence claims.
Recent instructions include: –
- Fatal claim settled at JSM for £290,000 plus costs. Deceased was suffering from sepsis against a background of cholecystitis for which there were shortcomings in relation to diagnosis and treatment. The deceased died 3 days after being admitted to hospital. The defendant Trust accepted that the deceased would probably have survived with correct treatment. At Inquest: Rider of Neglect as a consequence of an accumulation of failings by the hospital trust. Instructed by the family for both inquest and clinical negligence claim on a CFA.
- Multiple instructions defending claims for pressure sores in a care home/ nursing home setting.
- Claim for delay in diagnosis and treatment of endophthalmitis (infection of the tissues or fluids inside the eyeball), a post – operative complication from cataract surgery plus lens implant. As a consequence of misdiagnosis the infection (toxoplasmosis) was treated with steroids which exacerbated the infection and the Claimant suffered a loss of vision and extended duration of treatment which would not have occurred but for the delay in diagnosis and treatment. Settled for £80,000. Acting for Claimant CFA.
- Fatal claim for failure to diagnose diabetes leading to death of BG from diabetic keto-acidosis. Caroline was instructed for both the Inquest touching on the death of BG and the clinical negligence claim. The civil claim was settled prior to the inquest taking place. Instructed by the family on a CFA.
- Delayed treatment of Crohn’s disease: Claim settled for £150,000 at JSM: Causation issues in relation to claim for fistula, perforation and ileostomy. Instructed for Claimant on a CFA.
- Led by Andrew Lewis KC in cerebral palsy and large loss claims.
- Delayed diagnosis and treatment of cancer: breast, pancreatic and ovarian.
- Birth injury, including secondary victim claims. A recent instruction involved a causation issue where the expert medical evidence conflicted with the outcome of an inquest.
- Voluntary drug rehabilitation patient who died of an overdose shortly after being discharged. Human Rights Act issues.
- Claims arising from cosmetic surgery such as gastric band surgery and breast implants.
- Consent claims following Montgomery.
Contact Caroline’s clerks
Talia Webster on 0113 202 8609
