Medical Negligence

Medical negligence claims are also common law claims for damages which may be brought when a person suffers injury, loss and damage as a result of the negligence of either a hospital, a doctor, health professional or diagnostic or other service. 

Medical negligence claims may arise out of negligent treatment, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose and a host of other circumstances.

These claims require a special expertise, as they are often the most difficult and complex of common law claims.

We have an exemplary record in investigating, bringing and succeeding in such claims.

Components of the damages include:

• Pain and suffering.
• Past wage, or economic loss.
• Future wage, or economic loss.
• Past medical, hospital, pharmaceutical and rehabilitation expenses.
• Future medical, hospital, pharmaceutical and rehabilitation expenses.
• Past and future care by relatives and friends without payment can also be rates applicable to professional care or care agencies.  
• "Sullivan v Gordon" damages which may be payable - which is compensation for the care that the injured person would have otherwise rendered to someone else, but for the injury.

The above components of the damages are not an exhaustive list of all damages that can possibly be claimed.

Retaining Turner Freeman in a medical negligence claim

The first consultation is free and for the most part we bring and fund an investigation of medical negligence using our own resources, subject to funding by you of the first expert report on the issue of liability.

We recognise that because of the complexity and the amount of work involved, most people cannot afford to fund litigation involved in a medical negligence claim. Such claims are rarely resolved without litigation and so we will act on the basis of our written conditional costs agreement.

Any barrister retained by Turner Freeman will also do the work on the same basis.