Product Liability: Mainly Claimant

Hugh James is one of a handful of firms nationally who lead the way in product liability work, particularly medical devices and medicines.

The team has many years’ experience of winning harmful product claims. Our advice has helped us to be ranked first in such cases by Chambers and Partners &the Independent Guide to Law Firms. Compensation has been recovered for many victims of harmful products such as ordinary household products as well as medical and pharmaceutical devices.

Litigation of this type and size is expensive in terms of costs, investment and manpower but we have the resources and experience to handle the largest and most complex claims.

 It currently leads:

• PIP Breast Implants Litigation – national court appointed lead firm
• DePuy ASR hips claims *
• DePuy ASR continental Europe claims *
• DePuy Pinnacle hips group litigation Court appointed lead solicitors *
• Zimmer Durom Cup hip prostheses group litigation appointed lead solicitors*
• Wright Conserve metal on metal hip prostheses litigation; the court appointed lead solicitor

We are also representing over a 100 women who have suffered horrendous pain from the failure of their vaginal mesh repairs for pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

*with another firm(s)