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The meeting resulted in a settlement where the insurers for the cosmetic operator alone agreed to pay
GG compensation of £1.2 million plus legal costs. The
cosmetic operator had to abandon his contribution
claim against the anaesthetist.
Mr Nicholas A Jacobs
Testimonial
GG says: “The legal work undertaken by Frank Pinch
and the team at Stewarts, and the barristers Simeon
Maskrey KC and Kate Lumbers, has given me hope
and faith during the process that the outcome would
end positively.
Consultant Ophthalmologist
MBChB FRCOphth
Mr Jacobs trained as a Senior Registrar at Charing Cross, Westminster and
Mooroelds Eye Hospital. He was an NHS Consultant at Kingston Hospital
and later at Rochdale Inormary for 27 years. He then worked for 10 years as
Glaucoma Lead at |e Practice Group (later Operose) until 2019.
The case has been very mentally exhausting, and it
took almost five years from when my injuries happened to conclude. In October 2023, my case ended
with a round table meeting with a view to settlement,
this was a success and I finally have peace in my life.
The legal team around me has taken an extremely
competent and professional approach. I would give
them my highest recommendations, thank you.”
Mr Jacobs has published numerous peer-reviewed papers covering topics such as
ocular neovascularisation, light damage and the eye, and visual oeld research over
the years and in February 2022 wrote an article on non-organic visual loss published in PI Focus. He also wrote an article for the October 2023 edition of the
Expert Witness Journal, entitled Post Head Injury Cataract - Traumatic or Not?
Mr Jacobs has undertaken medico-legal work for personal injury cases for over
20 years and medical negligence work in general ophthalmology with a special
interest in glaucoma, for the past 3 years.
You can find further information regarding our
expertise, experience and team on our Clinical
Negligence pages.
www.stewartslaw.com/expertise/clinical-negligence
Mr Jacobs attends Bond-Solon and Premex courses regularly to keep updated.
Mr Jacobs has made overseas aid trips. In May 1992 he went to Albania as part
of a team to operate mainly on children who were orphans from the town of
Shkoder where over a period of ove days he assessed sixty out-patients and
carried out twenty surgical procedures. |ere were three further such trips to
Mostar in Bosnia, to Russia and then back to Albania.
If you require assistance from our team, please
contact us. www.stewartslaw.com/contact-us
Tel: 0208 9461369
Email: ooce@najacobs.co.uk
London Eye Diagnostic Centre, 25 Harley Street, London, W1G 9QW
Area of work: Clinics in London and Manchester
Author
Frank Pinch
Partner, Head of Clinical Negligence, Leeds
+44 (0)113 222 0031
fpinch@stewartslaw.com
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