Daniel Paul

Daniel is regularly instructed on cases involving serious and catastrophic injuries, injuries leading to death and cases involving complex medical and other expert evidence. 

Examples of Daniel’s recent clinical negligence work include:

• Alleged negligent post-operative care following neuro-endoscopic fenestration of a suprasellar arachnoid cyst leading to a young child suffering a stroke with permanent brain damage.
• Failure of A&E doctors to identify cauda equina syndrome leading to delay in referral and treatment giving rise to permanent symptoms and loss of function.
• Failure to identify the risk of DVT in outpatient care, leading to delay in treatment and lower limb amputation.
• Failure of consultant radiologist to identify abnormalities on a scan leading to delay in treatment for oropharyngeal carcinoma leading to death.
• Failure to give appropriate advice on alternative available treatments and obtain informed consent before undertaking surgery for varicose veins. The patient went on to develop lifelong significant lymphoedema.
• Failure to properly categorise a peroneal tear following childbirth, leading to delay in repair of a ruptured anal sphincter muscle, infection, bowel incontinence, further surgeries, the need for a colostomy and permanent symptoms of incontinence.
• Failure of optometrist to identify retinal detachment/tear leading to permanent reduction in vision.
• Extravasation injury caused when inserting cannula leading to significant soft tissue injuries to hand and forearm with permanent loss of function, cosmetic deficit and psychological injury.
• Negligent nursing care leading to avoidable pressure sores.
• Delay in diagnosis of concealed pregnancy leading to injuries at birth.
• Negligent foetal monitoring leading to injuries at birth.

Examples of Daniel’s recent personal injury work include:

• Employer’s liability claim. Claimant employee exposed to pathogens when working in the vicinity of sewage and rat faeces. He contracted seronegative hepatitis and required a liver transplant.
• Employers liability claim. Claimant employee fell from a fork lift truck and suffered multiple injuries including fractures, degloving of the sigmoid colon and bladder injury. He required extensive and prolonged treatment and is left with debilitating permanent symptoms.
• Road traffic accident. Claimant pedestrian hit by car and suffered multiple orthopaedic injuries and required through knee amputation of her left lower limb. 
• Road traffic accident. Pedestrian hit by vehicle suffered severe traumatic brain injury giving rise to permanent and significant symptoms.
• Road traffic accident. Psychiatric injury suffered by secondary victim who witnessed aftermath of accident.
• Product liability. Defective front mudguard on bicycle causing the claimant to fall and suffer significant traumatic brain injury.

Examples of Daniel’s recent fatal accident cases include:

• Deceased mother with two adult disabled children. Complex issues involving the calculation of the dependency and setting up of Disabled Persons Trust.
• Deceased husband with surviving spouse. Complicated financial dependency claim arising from calculation of profits from farm.

Examples of recent inquest work include:

• Deaths involving acts and omissions of medical practitioners in outpatient and in hospital setting.
• Deaths involving acts and omissions of care workers in residential homes.
• Suicides of psychiatric patients (Article 2).
• Self-neglect cases (Article 2).
• Accidents at work.
• Road traffic accidents.

Daniel accepts cases on a CFA. He is prepared to take on challenging cases. He has particular experience in working with vulnerable clients.

Daniel is a pro-bono reviewer for Advocate.