If you have suffered an amputation as a result of a serious accident at work, you could be entitled to compensation to assist you with rebuilding your life. Losing a limb can be one of the most physically and emotionally challenging injuries that can happen to someone in their lifetime. Read more…
Personal injury Clients will often be advised by their Solicitors about making sensible offers to their opponents’ solicitors or insurers. These offers are made under Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules which regulate how litigation is to be conducted between parties. So what is Part 36? Part 36 of Read more…
It is all too common for insurers to make pre-medical offers to injured people soon after their accidents. Whilst this may seem tempting for clients, generally, we would never advise acceptance of these offers. What is a Pre-medical offer? Pre-medical offers are offers of settlement from insurers made without seeing 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…
Spilt school dinner causes burns to pupils arm Jonathan Stittle helped a young Sheffield pupil to recover damages after he was injured whilst being served with his lunch at his primary school. The client was served with a hot dinner, and in the process suffered a nasty burn to his Read more…
A slip in a supermarket left our client out of pocket – Settlement £14,500 The Accident Eleanor Buckley (pictured) was instructed by a lady who slipped and fell on a wet floor whilst shopping at her local supermarket. She reported the matter straight away before her friend drove her to a 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…
I have just settled a claim for a young man who suffered a nasty injury to his left leg whilst our riding his Jet Ski with a friend at a local country park. The engine of his friend’s Jet Ski failed whilst he was driving at full speed as a result of Read more…
Those who drive will tell you that icy conditions are amongst the most treacherous driving situations, as a case we have recently won for a client clearly shows. Our client was driving along a country road, lined with trees and hedges, on his way to work. Due to the icy conditions and consequential Read more…
This week I have settled a case for a young lady who was unlucky enough to fall down a flight of concrete steps, sustaining significant dental and facial injuries. Liability was initially denied by the insurers who alleged that the step that caused the accident was not defective . After carrying out investigations we were Read more…