Richard Lynch

Get to know Richard

I work hard to secure compensation for people seriously injured by negligent mistakes of health practitioners. I work as an associate solicitor in S+G’s Manchester clinical negligence department.

Our focus is on securing maximum compensation, rehabilitation and long-term support so clients can achieve the best possible outcome after the incident.

As a clinical negligence solicitor with over ten years’ experience in this field, I have worked on a wide range of matters including birth injury (cerebral palsy), hospital negligence (failure to diagnose / delay in providing treatment), and negligent surgery.

At S+G, we regularly conclude multi-million pound settlements, often involving a lump sum of damages combined with periodic payments. Many of our cases involve children and elderly people who have sustained life-changing injuries including brain and spinal cord injuries and amputation.

Career highlights

Previous settlements and career highlights include:

• Failure to investigate, diagnose and treat spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma resulting in paraplegia; £3.2 million damages.
• Failure to maintain spine in-line immobilisation (A&E / Emergency Medicine) causing a significant worsening of serious cervical spinal injuries sustained in a road traffic accident; £1.5 million damages.
• Failure to monitor foetal heart rate / negligent delay in performing emergency caesarean section resulting in cerebral palsy; £10 million + damages
• Sub-standard treatment of an orbital floor fracture (sustained following a head butt) resulting in permanent diplopia; £35k damages.
• Sub-standard infection control resulting in above-the-knee amputation in a 88 year-old Claimant; £600k damages.
• Sub-standard inguinal hernia surgery resulting in orchidectomy; £30k damages.
• Failure to diagnose and treat CMV colitis resulting in sub-total colectomy; £350k damages.
• Negligent nursing care causing life-threatening Grade 4 pressure sores and related infection in a paraplegic patient; £40k damages.