Orthopaedic surgery is to attempt to correct problems that arise in the skeleton and its attachments such as the ligaments and the tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons will perform a wide range of surgical procedures including hand reconstructions, spinal fusions, joint replacements etc. Much of the work of an orthopaedic surgeon involves adding foreign material to the body in the form of screws, wires, pins etc. This does have risks in itself as there is no guarantee that the body will react to the foreign body in a positive way – although it has proved to be successful with many operations.

As with any surgical procedure, there are many inherent risks are involved. Your surgeon should always explain the risks prior to agreeing to undertake a surgical procedure. The idea is that a patient is always making a fully informed decision. It is the patient’s decision whether or not to have the surgery. The patient should be made fully aware of the potential consequences of not having the surgery and the potential consequences or side effects of having the surgery. A failure to fully inform the patient of risks could leave the practice (whether it be a private clinic or a NHS clinic) open for a claim in medical negligence.

General risks with orthopaedic surgery include excessive bleeding, infection, allergic reactions etc. Some more specific risks include inflammation in the part of the body where foreign materials (screws, pins etc) are inserted. There may also be a risk of nerve damage or damage to the spinal cord. The risks will vary depending upon the precise operation being undertaken.
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Spinal Surgery Claims come under the field of medical negligence which is a specialised area of personal injury law. It is imperative that you speak to a firm with experience in dealing with similar medical negligence matters. By its very nature, spinal surgery is dangerous; it is probably one of the most dangerous types of surgery there is.

Spinal surgeons are extremely experienced and highly skilled individuals. However, should something go wrong, the potential effects can be devastating. The injuries are likely to be life changing, with individuals requiring constant care and attention that could last for the rest of their life.
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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:
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There are numerous workplace regulations that employers must abide by. They are important, and they are there to prevent employees from being injured in the workplace. An employer must do all they reasonably can to prevent an employee from slipping, tripping, or falling in the workplace. This is covered by the Workplace Health Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992.

These important regulations stipulate that all traffic routes in the workplace should be free of any articles or substances that could cause a slip, trip, or fall accident. So liquid should not be allowed to accumulate on the floor, and items such as boxes should be allowed to be left on the floor either. Employers should have inspection and maintenance regimes that can prevent as much as possible something from becoming a hazard on the floor. Policies should be in place to train and instruct employees not to inadvertently create a hazard by, for example, leaving boxes in a traffic route in a warehouse.
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Motorways can be dangerous places – for the obvious reasons that there are speeding cars in three separate lanes. You tend to get a lot of ‘idiot drivers‘ as well who take the law in to their own hands when it comes to speed, and have no recollection of that magical little switch on the side of the steering wheel that sends out signals to other drivers that you are indicating to change lanes!

So we as expert personal injury lawyers end up taking on a lot of claims for compensation caused by motorway accidents. The absolute classic one is the situation when traffic slows down quickly. Apparently the car behind always ends up braking just that little bit harder than the one in front; so you end up with a line of cars all braking more than each other until the vehicles further at the back are slamming on to the extent that one of them may fail to stop.
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Well, actually its 110% compensation for you! I’ll explain how that works:

April 2013 saw the biggest shake-up to the personal injury claiming world in its entire history. For a long time now we have been able to recover all of our legal fees directly from the other side, meaning you keep all 100% of your payout. Sadly the government in their infinite wisdom decided to change the rules…

The rule changes mean that we are no longer allowed to recover a success fee or ATE (After The Event) insurance premium as part of the fees from the opponent. The success fee is a fee that reflects the risk of the case, as we ultimately take on many claims on a No Win, No Fee and do not get paid as the other side can successfully defend them. The ATE is there to protect you from having to pay your own disbursements if you can’t recover them or your opponents costs.
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On April 1^st 2013, there was a huge shake-up of the personal injury claiming system that has left almost all victims facing up to 25% of their compensation being taken by their solicitor for a claim from 1^st April onwards. The government decided that lawyers should no longer be able to recover all of their fees from the other side, meaning that lawyers now need to charge clients for certain fees.

The reason why I mentioned 25% is because that is the cap that the government has placed on the charges – i.e. lawyers can’t charge anymore than 25% of a person’s compensation to cover these now unrecoverable fees. The 25% charge must be inclusive of VAT and can only be from damages for personal injury and past financial losses and be net of DWP CRU deductions.

In addition that 25% relates only to the success fee. There is no restriction on the amount they can charge in respect of basic charges.  According to our research so far, most law firms have settled at simply charging the flat rate of 25%.

But we here at The Injury Lawyers dare to be different! As we always have done!
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Ladders can be naturally dangerous pieces of equipment. It’s therefore important to use the right ladders for the right job, and it’s important to make sure that ladders are well maintained and replaced when necessary. At work, this duty is directly the responsibility of your employer.
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A UK review of cosmetic procedures has labelled dermal fillers a “cosmetic crisis waiting to happen” according to sources from the BBC. They are regulated at the same level as toothbrushes and there are considerable fears that dermal filler procedures could cause lasting damage to patients.

With the PIP scandal still fresh in our minds as thousands of women are still battling clinics and credit providers for compensation after being fitted with poor standard implants filled with industrial grade silicon, we’re all aware that the whole cosmetic surgery industry is poorly regulated.

It seems that the companies administering these treatments are putting profits over patients, with procedures like dermal fillers and Botox readily available on the high street and as simple to access as nipping to your hairdressers for highlights. Reviews have indicated that there are no checks on surgeons and ‘buy one get one free’ kinds of special offers are rife on the high street.
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There is a duty on your employer under the workplace regulations to make sure that all traffic routes in the workplace are free from hazards. Loose cables are an obvious hazard and they should never be allowed to accumulate onto work traffic routes. Common sense dictates that they should be tidied using ties or placed in an area whereby they are not going to cause a tripping hazard.

So if you are at work and you are injured due to tripping over cables, do you have a claim for compensation?

Well as I said earlier, there is a duty on your employers to make sure traffic routes are free from hazards. But whether you have a claim could depend on how the cables have been allowed to become a hazard.
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