A fall from a ramp at work has left a 50 year old father with a fractured skull, spinal injuries and the possibility of never working again for the rest of his life.
The work accident occurred when Peter Snowling, of Mallows Field, Halstead was loading a lorry with a sack of peas. Mr. Snowling lost his balance and suffered (more…)
According to a story in the Salisbury Journal, a woman who miraculously survived a severe road traffic accident has launched a legal bid to claim more than half a million pounds in compensation from the driver of the other vehicle.
Diana Turan, of Salisbury, was forced to make an emergency stop after her car started revving excessively on September 14, 2008, while driving down the A303 (more…)
Unlike low income earners in England and Wales who have had access to Conditional Fee Agreements since 1995, residents of Northern Ireland remain unable to make use of the CFA system. Yet solicitors and legal advice centres across Northern Ireland receive daily enquiries about Conditional Fee Arrangements from low earning individuals. These potential clients enquire, only to find that Conditional Fee Arrangements’ are not a (more…)
When it comes to personal injury, lawyers are not unfamiliar with whiplash claims. Motorists can suffer whiplash regardless of driving speed or seatbelts and in varying degrees of pain. Consequently it is no surprise that some would contend that whiplash claims are the most common form of accident claims. What many may not know however, is that studies are showing a link between whiplash and more serious potential conditions.
The Institute of Health and Work ran a (more…)
Police have released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment when a group of hooded youths hurled rocks and stones from a motorway bridge at speeding traffic below.
The attack (more…)
There has been a record increase in insurance fraud. This conclusion is based on statistics compiled by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) covering the year ending 2009. The industry identified a total of 122,000 bogus claims, 4% of all claims, costing an estimated £840 million, which amounted to an increase of 14% on 2008.
In terms of value, (more…)
Workplace accidents are traumatic and those involved often need counselling to aid their recovery. However, there could be advantages to providing a counselling service for staff within the work environment, in order to reduce the number of work place accidents.
A recent article on the “People Management” website (more…)
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