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…
A Court of Appeal judgement on 13th June 2017 in the case of Julie and Robin Sharp has muddied the waters for couples splitting assets after divorcing from a short marriage. In a High Court decision in November 2015 Mr Sharp was awarded half the assets after a 4 year Read more…
Jonathan Stittle has just settled a rather unusual case where a client had previously used another form of solicitor following an RTA in 2013. Initially, the client contacted Jonathan about the case in 2015 – crucially inside the 3 year limitation period – stating the he thought his previous solicitor had Read more…
I have just settled a claim for a young man who was involved in a high speed car accident on the M1 . He was sitting in the back seat of a vehicle when a large white van drove at high speed into the back of it. He was thrown forwards and Read more…
John Green (pictured) has just settled a case for a lady in her 30’s who suffered a dental injury. Part of the compensation award was for the cost of future dental treatment as assessed by the claimant’s dental expert. Surprisingly, the defendant’s insurers initially refused to pay the claimant for the treatment, Read more…
We have recently settled a case for a 30 year old gentleman with a soft tissue injury to his right ankle, who still suffers from minor ongoing symptoms. The client was climbing on a JCB Loading Shovel in order to clean the windows, but unfortunately slipped due to a defective step Read more…
The Supreme Court is in the second day of hearing cases brought by Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil in which the court has to decide whether lying to a court in divorce proceedings about your financial circumstances, should automatically result in any financial settlement reached being reopened. It may come Read more…
Conciliation is not a new concept: for many years employers and employees have had access to a voluntary conciliation and arbitration service, known as “ACAS”, to assist them (should they request it) with resolving employment disputes before they find themselves in front of an Employment Tribunal. So what’s changing? As Read more…