We took instructions before Christmas from a client and her young son who reported suffering significant symptoms as a result of their potentially being poisoned by a material which had been applied to rooftops nearby to their home. The material, which is very toxic, appears to have seeped into their property Read more…
It has been another good week for some of our Personal Injury clients as several cases have settled. I will mention two of them: I have settled a claim for a lady who slipped on a wet floor in a bakery and suffered soft tissue injuries to her hip, thigh and Read more…
This week has seen the settlement of a long-running road traffic claim, wherein our client suffered a rear end shunt on a narrow bridge in Derbyshire. The defendant’s insurers initially disputed that the collision was serious enough to cause injury, despite strong medical evidence to the contrary. Court proceedings began, resulting in a Read more…
Personal injury Lawyers may soon be celebrating the arrival of Nintendo’s smash hit “Pokémon Go”. Players are reported as having caused injuries to others already. The augmented reality game sees players capture, battle, and train Pokemon using a combination of GPS technology and a device’s camera to make it seem like they are Read more…
I have recently settled a claim on behalf of a client against a well-known supermarket. The client worked at the store and slipped over due to water which had leaked from a freezer. The client sustained a fracture to her shoulder which affected her significantly. Despite an initial denial of Read more…
An important thing to understand about personal injury law is that compensation awarded is not based on the accident or the injury itself – it is awarded for the impact that it has on the victim’s life. Obviously, the nature of the injury and how it occurred is integral to our Read more…
Following on from his appointment with a solicitor, Taylor the Tomcat had some good news this week when we received an admission of liability from the Local Authority. This means, that in effect, Taylor has won his claim. The next step is for us to value Taylor’s injuries and his Read more…