A few years ago, my client who I shall call Miss B was involved in a terrifying road traffic accident in South Yorkshire. She was very young at the time and a rear seat passenger in a car being driven by one of her parents on a dual carriageway. For Read more…
As the warm weather continues and we are all enjoying spending time outdoors, more and more people are discovering the pleasures of strolling in the British countryside. It’s a pastime enjoyed by over 9 million people in England alone. According to the Ramblers Association, 22% of the population of England and Read more…
Personal Injury Claims often arise from injuries caused by animals when it can be shown that the owner or keeper of the creature was legally negligent in failing to prevent it attacking and injuring someone. Fortunately, most animal owners carry insurance against such claims. Recently we have had a fair Read more…
Legal Expenses Insurance: Do you have it and how it could save you thousands of pounds in legal fees when you bring a Personal Injury Claim Many people have Legal Expenses Cover as part of their Motor and Home Insurance policies and don’t even know that they have it, let Read more…
Most people know that they have 3 years from the date of an accident to settle their claim or start Court Proceedings pursuant to the Limitation Act of 1980. That period can be longer in cases such as hearing losses, asbestosis and clinical negligence where the symptoms of an injury Read more…
Personal Injury lawyers hear this sort of comment a lot, usually when we advise a client how much their claim is worth and they tell us that someone they know received more compensation for what they believe to be the same injury. They may well be right, because everyone is Read more…
This question about personal injury claims is often asked and always answered at our first meeting with new personal injury clients. The answer is that it will depend on a number of factors. The client’s injuries We advise clients not to settle their claims until they have recovered to their final Read more…
The wrong polish This week, John Green settled a long-running case for a client who had been injured when she slipped on a polished floor at her work. It transpired that her employer’s cleaners had used furniture polish rather than floor polish, which has non-slip qualities. Our client sustained a permanent foot Read more…
Frightening RTA We were instructed by a young man, who, whilst driving home from work in the early hours of the morning was involved in a frightening collision with a vehicle driven by a foreign lorry driver. The driver veered across the carriageway, striking the Claimant’s vehicle and causing it Read more…
Football injury claims usually arise as a result of reckless tackles or, occasionally, physical assaults. Untypically, John Green settled a case for a young man who suffered a painful injury on a five-a-side football pitch which was not due to either of these causes. The surface of the pitch was Read more…