Injury lawyer details for John Vallance

About John Vallance

Years’ experience in Medical Negligence: Over 35 Years

About John and his main areas of work: 

• Member of the AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents) Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel.
• Senior Litigator of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
• Specialist in birth and spinal injury claims, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis of cancer, nursing errors and claims against GPs, opticians and practitioners of complementary medicine.
• Human Rights Act claims.
• Extensive experience of personal injury work, including product liability claims.
• Member of the South Yorkshire Medico-Legal Society.

Important/significant cases:

• £17 million settlement for brain injury during surgery
• £4.9 million for paraplegia following fall from hospital window.
• £500,000 for an overdose of radiation during cancer treatment.
• £4,000 for misprescription of drugs in a nursing home.
• £250,000 for nerve injury during spinal surgery.
• £30,000 for breach of right to life under the Human Rights Act following systems failure in hospital.
• £120,000 for hand injury during a package holiday abroad. 
• £1m for misprescription by GP resulting in acute kidney failure and permanent muscle wastage.