As I navigated my car down the steep, narrow streets of Sheffield over the weekend, I attempted a fairly innocuous left turn. I then had the bizarre and hair-raising experience of my car sliding sideways, across to the other side of the road and stopping just centimetres from a parked car. Read more…
Much has been written in recent weeks about the accident suffered by TOWIE’s Gemma Collins at the Radio 1 Teen awards. She was announcing “Love Island” as the winner of Best TV Show category when a trapdoor opened to bring the winners up on stage. Gemma did not see the Read more…
News broke this week about the retirement of Kevin Doyle, a Republic of Ireland international footballer, who has retired on medical advice due to repeated headaches. Doyle has most recently been playing in the MLS, for Colorado Rapids. Doyle said he wanted “to avoid the possibility of these symptoms becoming Read more…
It seems that most people use social media to some extent. The majority share the events that are happening to them, whether in text, video or photo form. You can see how those who are injured might use social media to share their experiences of bringing a claim with others. Our Personal Injury Department has Read more…
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Crawley v. Barnsley MBC [2017] appears to have advanced the law relating to potholes, and the duties of local authorities when a pothole has been reported by a member of the public. The facts On Friday 27th January 2012, a member of the public Read more…
The deduction of benefit allowance from compensation in personal injury claims is complex and occurs when an injured client needs to claim state benefits because of their injuries. When a claim is successful, some state benefits may be repayable to the Department for Work and Pensions (‘DWP’). The DWP manages Read more…
In April we looked at an contributory negligence arising from the failure to wear a helmet whilst riding a pushbike. We now deal with the issue of not wearing seat belts in vehicles and how damage claims are reduced if they are not worn by a victim. The 2 sides to contributory negligence There are Read more…
In Personal Injury claims, it is common for a Defendant to allege that the Claimant has been contributorily negligent, meaning that they are partly to blame for the accident in question which caused the injury or condition for which they are claiming compensation. There are many ways in which a person may Read more…
This week we have settled a long running case for a gentleman injured whilst working for a large supermarket chain. The defendants insurers looked to deny liability. The Case. Our client was at work before the supermarket opened, re-stocking shelves. Another colleague was using an automated floor cleaning machine, designed to clean Read more…
John Green considers the effect of the Government’s change in the Discount Rate announced on 27.2.2017. The Discount Rate is used to calculate damages for future losses in claims, such a future loss of earnings or care costs. In reality this generally only applies people with long term or permanent injuries Read more…