Legal News
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Posted 21/01/2011 Personal injury compensation has been awarded to a stable hand after he was thrown from a horse while working at the yard of Tim Easterby. The North Yorkshire...
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Posted 04/02/2011 Personal injury compensation has been agreed for a man who sustained life-changing brain injuries in a road accident. James Sedge, 25, had been crossing a road in Sheerness...
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Posted 28/01/2011 Employers may need to do more to prevent personal injury claims being made against them as a result of accidents. This is the suggestion of Roger Bibbings, occupational...
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Posted 13/01/2010 A campaigning MP has called on the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in allowing sufferers of pleural plaques to make compensation claims against their employers. Dave Anderson,...
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Posted 21/04/2014 The Guardian reported today that at least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a study commissioned by the NHS. Researchers...
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Posted 21/01/2011 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a paratrooper £1.7 million in personal injury compensation after he lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan. Sergeant Stuart Pearson, a...
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Posted 13/10/2009 Equity release schemes are increasingly being used by retirees to sustain their previous living standards, industry experts have revealed. According to Safe Home Income Plans (Ship), baby boomers...
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Posted 09/10/2014 At least 1,015 paramedics left their job in 2013-14, compared with 593 in the same period two years earlier. London Ambulance Service saw 223 paramedics leave in 2013-14, four...
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Posted 24/04/2012 When a defendant insurer is forced to admit that their driver was at fault following a road traffic accident in which someone else has suffered serious injuries, the...
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Posted 11/10/2009 The number of people falling victim to redundancy this year has exceeded earlier forecasts, according to a new study. Research carried by XpertHR found that more than one...
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Posted 25/09/2012 Sandra Patton, Head of Medical Injury at Ashtons Legal, confirms a turn around by the Government on Legal Aid funding for brain injured babies. She explains: “Legal Aid...
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Posted 15/01/2010 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to revise employment law relating to equality in order to create a fairer climate for ethnic minority workers in...
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