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Australian Hip Replacement Compensation Claim Has More Than 1,000 Patients

A class action lawsuit in Australia is being pursued by more than 1,000 patients who are claiming hip replacement compensation after receiving the defective DePuy hip replacement. It is thought that around 5,500 Australians could have received the recalled hip replacements, with the class action first filed in June 2011, on behalf of the lead claimant in Sydney Federal Court. … Read

Teenage Boy Hit By 300kg Of Timber Injured In School Accident

A school in Colchester has been fined after a pupil was injured when a 300 kilogramme stack of timber fell on him. The 15-year-old schoolboy disturbed a pile of timber board in the foyer of the technology department at Gilberd School in Colchester. The timber fell forward onto the pupil, knocking him to the floor and trapping his foot. As … Read

Man Claims £1/4m In Personal Injury Compensation After Theme Park Accident

A man who sustained serious injuries after a theme park accident is claiming £250,000 in personal injury compensation. Mark Simpson was riding the water chute at Wicksteed Park, near Kettering, when he was thrown out of the boat landing on some seating.The 51-year-old sustained a broken left ankle, injured knee and damage to his shoulder and wrist. After the accident … Read

Elderly Women Receives Compensation After Supermarket Accident

Tesco has been ordered to pay £44,500 after a supermarket accident involving a pallet truck left an elderly woman with ‘psychological and physical’ injuries. Angela Pownell, 80, was hit by a pallet truck so hard that she was left with ‘flaps of skin’ hanging from her shin after the accident at the store in Leicester. Mr Thorogood, who brought the prosecution … Read

Family Make £300,000 Personal Injury Claim Six Years After Accident

A writ issued in the High Court has revealed that a mother is making a personal injury claim for £300,000-six years after her son was seriously injured in a road traffic accident. Troy Brooks was 11-years-old when he was knocked down by a car and left fighting for his life on June 22 2005. Troy was taken to Southampton General … Read

Girl Sustains Personal Injury After Being Thrown From Fairground Ride

A fairground owner has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a 12-year-old girl was thrown from a faulty ride. Birmingham Magistrates Court was told how the girl sustained personal injury after she fell three metres through a gap on the Tagada ride at Star City in Birmingham on 28 October 2009. The girl sustained a seven … Read

PM’s Whiplash ‘Summit’ Excludes Personal Injury Lawyers

Personal injury lawyers have criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for excluding the legal profession from talks about whiplash claims for compensation. On Tuesday, Cameron met with representatives from leading insurance firms as well as the Association of British Insurers (ABI) for a ‘summit’ to discuss how to tackle the rising cost of car insurance. Cameron has previously stated that the … Read

Respite Home Resident Receives Personal Injury Compensation After Sustaining Burns

A respite home resident has received personal injury compensation after being badly scalded by a faulty shower. Brian Leek suffered burns to 13 per cent of his body after a shower at the respite home on the Isle of Wight released scalding hot water. The 76-year-old was taken to St Mary’s Hospital but was then transferred to the specialist burns … Read

Personal Injury Claims Fast Track Limit Increased To £25,000

MoJ Increases Threshold For Employer, Public Liability and Personal Injury Claims Proposals by the Ministry of Justice intended to speed up the civil litigation process have been criticised by personal injury solicitors. Kenneth Clarke plans to raise the level of claims that can be dealt with by the MoJ portal scheme, which will now apply to road traffic accidents and … Read

Banning Personal Injury Solicitors From Advertising In Hospitals ‘Unworkable’

Government Warned That Banning Personal Injury Solicitors Adverts Would Reduce NHS Income The government has been warned that banning personal injury solicitors from advertising in NHS hospitals is unworkable and counter-productive. Last week, health minister Simon Burns said that he would be writing to Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS, to demand that advertisements from solicitors are taken … Read