We have decades of experience in dealing with all varieties of compensation claims. When it comes to clinical negligence and cosmetic surgery negligence, our specialist teams are more than equipped to fight for your rights to claim compensation when something doesn’t go as you imagined it would. We are also one of the leading law firms who are fighting for hundreds of women for PIP breast implant compensation.
So here is a quick article about making a cosmetic surgery claim.
Do You Have a Claim?
It’s probably best for us to assess this on the phone, so you can give us a call right now on 0800 634 75 75 and we will look in to it for you. But for general guidance, to win a cosmetic surgery compensation claim we need to commonly prove one of two things:
- That you suffered as a result of negligence because some form of mistake was made that has caused an adverse affect; i.e. you are not suffering due to an inherent risk.
- You were miss-advised about the affects treatment could cause you.
There are a significant number of inherent risks for any treatment or procedure, and even more so with invasive surgical procedures. Its common practise for the often lengthy paperwork associated with such treatment or procedures to warn of the risks involved, as well as you being advised about risks in a face to face appointment. Unfortunately many people who try to pursue a claim are the unfortunate victim of an inherent risk as oppose to negligence.
If you believe a mistake has been made, then we would normally instruct an expert in the same field to compile a report for us to confirm whether they agree that in their opinion a mistake has been made. If it is agreed by several other experts that the surgeon or practitioner involved has performed the treatment poorly or blatantly made a mistake, we can use this as evidence to prove a case.
When it comes to failing to advise, this could be difficult to prove unless the documentation and paperwork fails to properly warn or an inherent risk or problem associated with this treatment or surgery. We would need to fully assess any documentation you have that could help us prove a case.
