Accident Compensation Claimed After Miraculous Survival A crash survivor has received £100,000 in accident compensation after his microlight fell apart at 1,000ft. Jim Martin miraculously avoided death after the aircraft’s tail snapped off mid-flight, sending the 54-year-old spinning through the air. The experienced pilot managed to save his own life and that of his passenger, Jon Keer, by navigating the … Read
Accident Compensation Claims – Speak To A Specialist Personal Injury Solicitor Duncan Gibbins Solicitors deal with all kinds of accident compensation claims and can provide expert legal advice if you have been involved in an accident that wasn’t your fault. We are personal injury specialists who can provide free, no obligation legal advice and have legally trained advisors waiting to … Read
Alternative Business Structures – What’s the Story for Injury Compensation Lawyers? With the Alternative Business Structures (ABS) coming into force on 6th October 2011 the Law Gazette has reported how injury compensation lawyers across the nation should be feeling ‘pessoptimistic’ –a neologism describing a state of contradiction, living with both dread and a sense of opportunity. The actual implementation of … Read
Whiplash Compensation Claim: The Injury A whiplash injury is usually sustained to the neck during a road traffic accident and can often lead to a whiplash compensation claim if the victim was not at fault for the accident. The most serious forms of whiplash can lead to long term disability whilst a minor incident can leave the victim with symptoms for anything … Read
£200 Leg Injury Claim Won A teenager, who suffered an injury after being shot by an air rifle whilst camping with friends has won a £200 leg injury claim for the personal injuries sustained. The Sunderland Echo reports how the 17-year-old had been camping with his friends on a playing field site in Seaham when two camouflaged men approached them. One of … Read
Injury Work Solicitors: In the News The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reported how a roofing firm, Rainsafe Protect Ltd, based in Stanley Street Liverpool, have been prosecuted after allowing two of its employees to carry out work on a slippery roof in Wirral Merseyside without implementing any safety measures to prevent them from falling. The two Rainsafe employees were spotted … Read
Car Accident Claims: Accidents will happen No one wants to see accidents on the road, yet we will continue to see car accident claims made as a result of the negligence of drivers accidents that happen on Britain’s roads on an almost daily basis. Take a look at the news coming from Belfast over the weekend. The BBC reports how a double-decker … Read
Fatal Road Traffic Accidents: Lessons Not Learned BBC Staffordshire has reported how lessons have not been learned after fatal road traffic accidents at Brocton Crossroads in May 2010. Biker Geoff Jones was killed at the Crossroads and in the intervening year there has been a deluge of signatures to petition to make the area safer (2,000 people have signed). Yet, work … Read
UK Claims News: Police Dog Attack On Football Fan UK claims for compensation come in many forms. Take for example the case of a Barnsley season ticket holder who was bitten by a police dog whilst walking to the derby match with Sheffield United in April 2010; he was later given a banning order from all football grounds around the UK. The 22-year-old claimed that police prevented … Read
Making Motorcycle Accident Compensation Claims As we head towards the height of summer more and more two wheeled enthusiasts will be heading out on Britain’s roads to enjoy the good weather, unfortunately with more vehicles on the roads an increase in accidents is likely along with a rise in the number of motorcycle accident compensation claims. If the worst happens … Read