If it comes into force as drafted, the Civil Liability Bill will increase the huge profits of motor insurers like Zurich, AXA, Direct Line, Churchill and others by denying many thousands of innocent victims of road traffic accidents (RTAs) their rights to employ lawyers to pursue their compensations claims. Any Read more…
Once their long summer holidays are over, Parliament will hear the second reading of the Government’s Civil Liability Bill. If passed into legislation in its current draft, it will have major implications for the majority of people who are injured in road traffic accidents (‘RTA’s) . The proposed increase in Read more…
Some time ago, we acted for a young lady, who I will call Miss D, who was a front seat passenger in her partner’s vehicle as they were enjoying a day out in the countryside. They were stationary in a queue of traffic when another motorist, without looking, pulled out Read more…
This week I have settled a claim for a lady client who was involved in a Road Traffic Accident and suffered whiplash injuries to her neck and back. We were able to obtain physiotherapy for our client which assisted with her recovery before obtaining damages for her of £3,200.00. On Thursday 17.11.16 Read more…
I was pleased to hear Theresa May say that she would be directly addressing the “ordinary working class family” when building a better Britain in her inaugural speech as PM on Wednesday. As she stood outside 10 Downing Street in her leopard print shoes, she went on to say that Read more…
Last Wednesday I attended the Modern Claims Conference 2016 which was held at Old Trafford, Manchester. For a practising Claimant Personal Injury Solicitor the experience was an eye opener! The Rt Honourable Jack Straw opened proceedings with a keynote speech. He left the audience in no doubt that he believed that Read more…
We are about to obtain compensation for a Sheffield pensioner in his eighties who suffered multiple injuries when he fell over due to a dangerous defect in a local supermarket car park. He was lucky not to suffer a serious head injury and is likely to be left with permanent Read more…
In November, the Government announced planned reforms to personal injury law which would see claims with an injury value of up to £5,000.00 being handled in the Small Claims Court. The thinking behind this is that it will reduce insurance premiums for consumers. This is something that is heavily supported by the Read more…
I was recently asked by a colleague how the proposed reforms to the personal injury sector would have affected our clients, had they been in place one or two years ago. One case sprang to mind that really shows how the increase to the small claims limit would have prevented Read more…
Solicitor’s fees and fraudulent claims have long been the subject of scrutiny by the government in relation to its campaigns to reduce motor insurance premiums. As we wait for more news about the government’s proposed personal injury reforms, I wanted to shine a light on one of the real reasons, in Read more…