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The time immediately following the death of a loved one is always a difficult time for all involved. This time can unfortunately be even more painful if there is confusion or dispute surrounding the manner in which the deceased’s estate will be split between beneficiaries.
Contesting a will is the process of challenging a will by a relative or other beneficiary who believes that the will distributes the deceased’s estate in an unfair way, or that the will does not accurately reflect the...
•Accident at Work Claims Advice
Making a claim against your employer after being involved in an accident at work can be a daunting process to go through; there are many things to be considered when you are thinking about making a claim. Important factors include: who was responsible for the accident, the specific circumstances that resulted in the accident, and how to go about making a claim after an accident has occurred.
Health and Safety at Work
Employers are required to provide their employees with a safe working...
•Three Point Checklist For Hiring Personal Injury Lawyers
1. Personal Injury Lawyers - Areas of Expertise
Personal Injury Lawyers operate in a specific area of the law in the UK. They independently advise and represent clients from the beginning of the claims process through to the final verdict. There are various types of claim that fall under the remit of Personal Injury Lawyers. Some of these include:
Road Traffic Accidents that result in bodily injuries e.g. whiplash
Industrial Related Illnesses such as exposure to asbestos, chemical accidents...
•Professional Negligence - Know Your Rights
Whether it’s talking to a financial advisor about the best investment options for you, or discussing plans for a potential extension with an architect, we all need a little expert help from time to time. The majority of the time, the professional hired to give you the advice you need is exactly that –professional and trustworthy. However, there are rare occasions when acting on ‘expert advice’ can cause a significant financial loss. In this situation, making a professional negligence claim can...
•Top 5 Short Styles For Winter - Find the Right Hairstyle For Your Face Shape
Short hair styles are all the rage this winter, with Keira Knightley being the most recent to join the celebrity bobs and crops parading up the red carpet. Before you make that impulsive but exciting dash to your local salon though, have a read of our top 5 short styles and make sure your chosen style will suit your face shape. Professional hairstylists should be able to give you the dos and don’ts of looking good with your new style this winter, but just to get you started the basics are...
•Top 4 Tips For Preventing Christmas Accidents at Home
Christmas is one of the most fun times of the year. But with all the commotion involved in meeting up with the family, over-excited children, and with alcohol added to the mix as well, it can also present dangers in terms of health and safety in the home.
Every year, home accidents lead to around 4,000 deaths and there are 2.7 million accidents in the home which require hospital treatment according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). While home accidents, unlike...
•Top 5 Christmas Party Hair Ideas
Christmas is approaching and all the best Christmas parties call for fabulous hair. Apart from using top notch hair care products to keep your hair shiny and silky throughout the festive season, you also want to style your hair just right for all the merry-making ahead.
Along with keeping your trusty Kirby grips and styling spray handy in the top draw of your office desk, there are plenty of quick tricks which can work magic to create stunning looks for your locks at the last minute. Here are...
•Top 4 Christmas Safety Hazards
In spite of the stress involved in shopping for gifts, preparing festive food and hanging decorations, most people look forward to Christmas. Meeting up with family and friends and taking a step back from our regular lives can be very refreshing, and provide a great distraction from the bleakness of a cold, wet winter. But some festive events do present different challenges and potential dangers, and it’s sensible to be prepared for potential Christmas safety hazards.
If you do suffer an...
•Factory Accidents and Work Accident Claims
The combination of heavy machinery, noise, and moving vehicles such as fork lift trucks means that, unfortunately, factory accidents do happen.
Usually, factory accidents will be relatively small incidents where there is no-one to blame. However, if the accident happened as a result of an employer failing to take the correct safety precautions, or ignoring health and safety procedures, work accident claims can help cover the costs of medical treatment and compensate the injured party for lost...
•When Good Hair Goes Bad – Top Three Winter Hair Care Mistakes
With the weather changing, it seems now is the perfect time to get your winter wardrobe in order - but make sure you don’t forget about your hair! Thankfully, keeping up with the new season’s on-trend hair styles and avoiding style slip-ups is much more simple (and kinder on the purse) than staying ahead of the fashion curve. It’s important to remember that the way you style your hair, and the hair care products you use, can have a big impact on your style.
With this in mind, keep your hair in...
•Professional Negligence: Solicitor’s Negligence Claims
We all want to make the best decisions on the big things in life, and hiring a professional advisor will usually give you the best possible chance of doing so. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always turn out like this, and when you are given negligent advice or information on certain subject, it can cost you thousands. This is where professional negligence claims come in.
If a professional advisor, be it a solicitor, accountant, architect, surveyor, estate agent, barrister or financial advisor, has...
•What Are Personal Injury Lawyers?
Personal injury lawyers can help you claim compensation if you’ve suffered an injury which wasn’t your fault. Read on to find out how.
What is a personal injury claim?
When you suffer an injury, there can be some serious repercussions. You might be in pain, you may need to take time off work to recover and there might also be some medical expenses to pay. If your accident was the fault of someone else, you are entitled to claim money back from them for various costs and inconveniences with a...
•Top 4 Construction Accident Statistics
Like any other working environment, those in the construction industry may experience work accidents from time to time. If the employee’s injury can be directly attributed to the mistakes of the employer, these accidents can lead to successful construction accident claims.
While making work accident claims can help many of those injured on construction sites, it is far better if employees and workers are made well aware of the dangers, and the correct procedures are put into place to prevent...
•Accidents at Work - Dos and Don’ts
If you have been injured in an accident at work, there will be a lot to think about. Should you get treatment for your injury, and should you report your accident, perhaps even make a claim for work accident compensation? Whatever your injury, these dos and don’ts for accidents at work should help you make the right decisions on your path to recovery.
DO: Get the best treatment for your injury
When you’ve been injured in an accident at work, it’s vital to be treated as quickly as possible and...
•Accident Claims: What Everyone Should Know About Holiday Accident Claims
Never before have so many of us travelled. Cheap flights abroad and easy access to information means it has never been simpler to travel. Sadly, one of the downsides of these changes is that we are more likely to have an accident abroad. However, even though this happens in a different country it might still be possible to make an accident claim.
Making a claim gets easier
Making a holiday accident claim isn't always easy. Usually compensation is determined by the laws of the country where...
•Health and Safety at Work and Work Accident Claims
Many people believe that a ‘compensation culture’ exists in the UK, with thousands of unnecessary compensation claims being made by every year, often by employees taking advantage of overprotective health and safety legislation to claim against their employer.
This isn’t actually the case - research has shown that there are fewer compensation claims made in the UK than in any other developed country except Denmark. What’s more, it’s important that employee’s who are injured because their...
•Top Five Autumn Hair Trends
The seasons will soon be changing, whether we like it or not. As ever, the fashion world is one step ahead of nature – walk down any high street in the country and you’ll see autumn collections bursting out of every shop window.
But before getting your autumn wardrobe in place, it’s only right that you perfect your autumn hair!
With that in mind, below are five of the hottest styles set to rock the streets and catwalks alike this fall - take your pick!
1. Short pixie
Emma Watson inspired...
•Hair Straighteners: Top 5 Tips
Hair straighteners are considered a necessity by many of us, but not everyone with their own straighteners is making the most of them. Here are the top five tips for using hair straighteners and keeping your hair in the best condition possible.
1. Use the right hair care products
To achieve the kind of glossy, high shine finish you see in magazines, you need to make use of the right hair care products. After washing your hair, use a small amount of a professional blow drying hair care product...
•Injury Claims and the Compensation Culture
The term ‘compensation culture’ refers to the popular belief that huge numbers of compensation claims are made in the UK every year, largely for fictitious or trivial accidents.
This isn’t actually the case. In fact, there are fewer compensation claims made in the UK than in any other developed country apart from Denmark.
It’s important to remember that if someone sustains an injury in an accident where they were not at fault, they have they legal entitlement to claim compensation. The fear...
•Work Accident Claims – Know Your Rights
Workplace accidents are more common than you might think, the vast majority being small incidents where no one is to blame. Some work accidents, however, lead to a significant personal injury and could have been avoided simply by an employer taking the appropriate precautions.
In this instance, making a work accident claim may be a sensible option. Making a claim can not only help you get back on your feet after an injury, but can also make sure your colleagues don’t have to suffer a similar...
•Construction Accident Claims Advice
It is no surprise that construction sites, with all their large machinery, moving vehicles and heavy objects, can be dangerous places. But despite all the risks involved in construction, health and safety measures will usually protect construction workers from serious accident or injury. In cases where employees are put at risk and are injured as a result, construction accident claims may be the result.
How Do Construction Accidents Happen?
There are many different ways that an accident can...
•Car Accidents and Injury Claims – a Five Step Checklist
Being involved in a car accident can be an incredibly traumatic experience, even if you are lucky enough to escape unhurt. The inevitable paperwork and time spent on the phone to your insurance company is a hassle most people would rather avoid.
If you are hurt in the accident, however, things can be much worse. Not only do you have to overcome the physical consequences of the accident - the pain and inconvenience caused by your injuries, but you may be faced with financial repercussions....
•Accident Claim Advice: Top 5 Tips For Holiday Accident Claims
Being involved in an accident abroad can be very traumatic. Not only is there the usual potential for injury and stress connected with accidents, there is also the added disorientation of being in a foreign country, where there may be significant language and cultural barriers to overcome.
It is advisable, therefore, to be well prepared for the possibility of being in an accident when on holiday, and to understand your rights when it comes to making an accident claim in another country. Here...
•Sports Accident Claims - Know Your Rights
As the sun comes out and more and more people head to their local parks and pitches, it’s inevitable that sports injuries will happen, and most are completely unavoidable. A certain degree of risk is accepted when playing any sport and in most minor accidents like trips or falls, there is no one to blame.
Sometimes, however, the accident is not a natural or expected consequence of taking part in sport, or could have been avoided by simply taking the appropriate precautions. In this case,...
•Injury Advice: Head Injury Claims
The brain is very fragile, so any injury to the head has the potential to be a serious one if the brain is affected by it. When the brain is damaged the victim can suffer long-term complications and any number of mental and physical disorders and disabilities.
If you have suffered a head injury which wasn’t your fault, you may be eligible to make a claim for head injury compensation. Whether you can make a successful head injury claim will depend on a number of factors, including the type or...
•Compensation Advice: Car Accident Compensation Claims
Road traffic accidents are one of the most common reasons for making a compensation claim. Most often, the resulting claim will be for the neck injury whiplash, which occurs as a result of the head being jolted backwards and forwards at speed on impact. However, bruising, broken limbs and psychological injuries relating to the trauma of the accident are also often reasons for making a compensation claim following a car accident.
Can I claim compensation?
If you have suffered injuries as a...
•Work Accident Advice: Factory Accident Claims
With the likelihood of manually operated machinery and a range of materials and possibly dangerous chemical substances being present, working in a factory can present a range of different potential dangers. This is why factory employers must take special care over health and safety procedures to ensure the safety of their employees.
Where an accident does occur as a result of a failure of health and safety precautions by the employer, there may be a case for making a factory accident claim....
•Accident at Work: Should I Claim Compensation?
Claiming compensation following an accident at work can seem like a tricky business. You might be asking yourself questions like ‘am I really entitled to compensation for my injuries?’, ‘what will my work colleagues think of me for making a work accident claim?’ and ‘will I risk losing my job if I claim against my employer?’ In fact, none of these issues should stop you from making the necessary enquiries into claiming for your accident at work.
If you are not sure that you are entitled to...
•No Win No Fee Claims: Dos and Don’ts
A no win no fee personal injury claim is a claim for compensation where, if you lose your case, you do not have to pay any of your solicitor’s normal fees or costs. If you are considering making a no win no fee claim then read this list of dos and don’ts to find out how to go about it.
DO: think about whether someone else’s negligence caused, or partly caused, your injury to happen.
If it can be shown that someone failed in their duty of care towards you and the injury was therefore partly or...
•Personal Injury Claims: Three Ways Personal Injury Compensation Can Help You
Personal injury is a term describing an injury to the body, mind or emotions, as a result of the negligence, or fault, of another party. There are many different types of personal injury, some of the most common being injuries from road accidents, accidents at work, slipping and tripping accidents and accidents in the home. If you have suffered a personal injury which was not your fault, there are a number of ways in which making a compensation claim can help you.
An injury can affect not just...
•How to Achieve Hollywood Screen Siren Hair in Seven Easy Steps
With the return of curves to the fashion world comes the return of screen siren hair. Voluptuous, glamorous and devastatingly blonde, iconic stars like Grace Kelly and Jayne Mansfield are now being looked to for retro hairstyle inspiration.
In the 40s, the platinum blonde bombshell was the epitome of Hollywood starlet chic, and the Spring Summer catwalk was awash with references to these Hollywood greats. Although this look is tricky to maintain, many would argue that for the impact it creates...
•How To Achieve Hair Like Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried has the kind of long, golden locks many women would die for. The actress, who shot to fame in the movie ‘Mean Girls’ and went on to take a lead role in the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Mamma Mia’ (on the set of which she met boyfriend Dominic Cooper), Seyfried is a regular on the red carpet with the ability to carry off all kinds of styles.
Seyfried herself has a delicate, heart shaped face with a porcelain complexion and strong cheekbones, so she can carry off a range of styles...
•Top 5 No Win No Fee Mistakes
The no win no fee system of claiming compensation for personal injury helps many injury victims win the compensation they deserve, without having to pay legal fees or expenses. However, there are many common mistakes people make when trying to understand how no win no fee works. Here are the top five mistakes along with their corrections.
1. ‘If I lose my claim, I will only have to pay a greatly reduced fee to my solicitor’: FALSE
If you lose your claim, there will be no fee at all to pay to...
•Types of Accident Claims
Many people think that personal injury compensation claims are normally made because someone tripped in the street, or because they were hit by another car and sustained whiplash. But there are many different types of accident which could lead to a claim – here are some of the most common types.
Accidents at Work
Office Accidents – while an office might seem like one of the safest possible places to be, accidents can happen. These can include repetitive strain injury (RSI) from typing in an...
•Hair Care Advice: The Seven Deadly Hair Care Sins
We all know that hair can go wrong. Horribly wrong. And we have all come across a photograph of ourselves with what can only be described as a style atrocity ensconced on our usually fashionable head.
While most of us know when our hair has gone wrong, sometimes it not so clear why. Sometimes, we call these abominations ‘bad hair days’ - as though the bad hair were inevitable or an act of God.
But we can tell you the truth – that virtually all badly behaving hair can be traced back to...
•5 Step Debt Checklist: Dealing With Debt Following an Injury
Sometimes, the circumstances surrounding a personal injury can cause people to go into debt when they otherwise would not have done. Dealing with debt can be very difficult but is particularly hard when you have lost the ability to work following an injury.
Where the injury was the fault of someone else, a compensation claim is often the best way to go to secure financial stability for you and your family in the future, but you need to make sure you are comfortable while you wait for...
•Compensation Claims: When to Make an Accident Claim
If you are wondering whether or not to make an accident claim following an injury you have suffered, read on to find out how to decide and what to do next. This article talks about the misconception of the UK ‘compensation culture’ and how to decide if you might have a valid claim, as well as where to go next for more information.
‘Compensation Culture’
Some people wrongly attach a negative connotation or stigma to the idea of making an accident claim. This is in reaction to the supposed...
•How To Grow Out A Fringe Stylishly
Fringes go in and out of fashion all the time, so most people experience the process of growing out their fringe at least one time in their lives, and usually this involves a fairly awkward and tangled journey to success.
Growing out a fringe is not all that easy, and can start to become particularly irritating as the hair reaches eye level. You might find it difficult to make the whole transition a stylish one, but no fear – here are eight stunning hair care solutions for fringe growers,...
•Grey Hair: How Did Grey Become the Hot New Hair Colour?
Grey hair on women used to carry a certain stigma, but these days young starlets are rushing out to replicate the silvery sheen traditionally associated with their more well-travelled counterparts.
This article gives a lowdown on the new trend for grey hair. Read on to find out why grey has become so popular, which celebs are embracing this fresh new look, and how you can achieve it yourself.
Why is grey hair suddenly so popular?
Grey hair is sometimes considered to be undesirable, and many...
•Accidents at Work: What Everyone Ought to Know About Work Accident Duties
Every year, there are over 36 million working days lost because of accidents at work and work-related ill health, according to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. There are also around 350 deaths every year due to accidents at work, 1,000 deaths in work-related accidents on the road and 12,000 early deaths because of past exposure to hazardous substances like asbestos.
Work accidents happen for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, they are the fault of the employee themselves, but...
•Work Accidents: 10 Simple Ways to Prevent Slipping Accidents at Work
Slips, trips and falls are the most common type of accident in the UK - 16-19% of all accident claims are for slip compensation. If you slip or trip at work and injure yourself, you may be entitled to claim slip compensation. However, as an employee or an employer, you should do everything you can to ensure a safe working environment which prevents accidents at work like slips from happening in the first place. Here are the top 10 tips for preventing slipping accidents at work.
1. Don’t...
•No Win No Fee: Dos and Don’ts For Making a No Win No Fee Claim
The no win no fee claims system helps people all over the UK to gain access to justice following injuries which were not their fault. If you’re looking to gain compensation following an accident or illness, there are a number of steps to take in order to make your claim. Here are the dos and don’ts for making a successful no win no fee claim which gains you the compensation you deserve.
DO: Get advice from a specialist solicitor
There are solicitors all over the country who specialise in no...
•Accidents At Work: Top 7 Facts About UK Work Accident Statistics
Accidents at work happen every day in the UK, and the latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive for 2008/9 show just how many and what type of work accidents have been reported by British workers in the last year. Here are the top 7 facts about the 2008/9 accidents at work and ill health caused by work.
1. Ill health caused over one million absences from work in 2008/9
A total of 1.2 million people had to take time off work in 2008/9 due to an illness caused by their work....
•Top Seven Tips For Baby Buggy Safety
It has been reported by safekids.co.uk that approximately 1,000 UK toddlers are taken to hospital every year after an injury involving a buggy. These injuries can result from falls, tipovers and pinches from within the mechanism of the buggy.
While this number of injuries says more about the large number of parents using buggies to transport their children than the actual danger of those buggies, it is nevertheless true that baby buggy safety is a big issue and that parents should be aware of...
•Compensation Claims History: Donoghue v Stevenson
In the UK, members of the public can claim compensation if they have been injured as a result of another’s negligence, as long as it can be proven that the other party did not take ‘reasonable care’ to prevent the injury from occurring.
This wasn’t always the case. The ability to claim compensation was a lot more unattainable in the past, and it took the might of a certain snail to bring us into the modern era of personal injury compensation claims. The name of the case that changed things was...
•RSI Claims: When Should You Make an RSI Claim?
Repetitive strain injury or ‘RSI’ is an injury which tends to happen as a result of long-term, repetitive and excessive overuse of the arm. Because the condition can lead to time off work, as well as pain and suffering, it can lead to RSI claims being made.
Symptoms include arm pain and weakness of the limb or painful area, as well as a worsening of these symptoms with further use of the arm. The pain itself will not be targeted in one spot but spread across an area of the arm.
While the arm...
•What Are ‘No Win No Fee Solicitors’?
If you have suffered a personal injury and it was someone else’s fault, a no win, no fee solicitor can help you claim compensation for your injury and lost earnings. Using a no win no fee solicitor means you will not have to pay a fee if you lose your case. Even if you win, the other side will usually be liable for your fees and expenses, meaning you can claim 100% of your compensation.
Why would a solicitor take on a case, knowing they might not be paid for their work?
No win no fee personal...
•Compensation: Top 5 Reasons to Make a Compensation Claim
If you have suffered as a result an accident which wasn’t your fault, there are a number of reasons to claim compensation, including the ability to regain lost earnings, and the reduced likelihood of the same accident happening to somebody else. Here are the top five reasons to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
1)To regain lost earnings and medical expenses
The time period following an accident can lead to financial problems for a number of reasons, especially if a debilitating...
•Celebrity Hair: How to Achieve the Most Popular Celebrity Hairstyles of All Time
Celebrity hairstyles have influenced us for thousands of years. Ever since Cleopatra first coined the idea that she could use her hairstyle to enhance her power and fame, women all over the world have mimicked the hairstyles and hair care rituals of the rich and famous in order to try and harness a little of that glory for themselves.
Here is an outline of how to use some of the best quality salon hair care products on the market to replicate and maintain the most popular celebrity hairstyles...
•Make Your Home Accident-Free: Top 10 Ways to Avoid Accidents at Home
There are around 4,000 deaths due to accidents at home every year - you’re more likely to have an accident at home than anywhere else. This is not because the home is a particularly dangerous place. The odds are higher simply because people tend to spend more time at home than they do anywhere else.
Manic Mondays
Recent research has also shown that accidents at home are more likely to occur on a Monday morning than at any other time of the week. This is because people are recovering from...
•Hair Care: How To Solve The Most Common Hair Care Problems
Hair care is important to all of us but, with so much conflicting information, it can sometimes be hard to know what we should do about our hair care issues. While old wives’ tales and confusing marketing campaigns can often lead us astray, there are definitive answers to all the most common hair care problems – read on to find out what they are!
Here are some top tips on how to solve some of the most common hair care problems.
Flat, fine hair
For hair which is fine and flat, an ideal...
•Hair Care: Magic Hair Care Solutions to Transform Your Style
Certain hair care issues, such as greying hair and dandruff, can cause anxiety and distress and be difficult to talk about. However, with the increasingly high quality salon hair products and treatments available to us, there are now ways to solve even the most stubborn hair care problems to leave you with shiny, healthy hair you can be proud of.
Grey hair
For grey hair, the only real, lasting solution is regular dying, although certain products will help to restore shine and health to the...
•‘Toxic Sofas’: The Truth About the Sofa Rash Compensation Claims
In May 2008, the BBC Watchdog programme alerted viewers that a number of people were reporting itches, blisters, burns and rashes after buying imported Chinese leather sofas.
The reason: sachets containing the chemical dimethyl fumarate (DMF) had been used by Chinese manufacturer Linkwise to prevent mould from growing on their leather sofas during transportation and storage.
Unfortunately, the chemical, which is sometimes used as a fungicide, led to severe allergic reactions in some people...
•10 Things Everyone Should Know About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder used to be called ‘shell shock’. The condition was first recognised in soldiers returning from WW2 who had gone through shocking and overwhelming experiences at war.
Many of these soldiers had strong feelings of grief, anxiety and anger which wouldn’t go away, had flashbacks of horrific scenes and felt compelled to avoid anything associated with their traumatic experiences.
Since then, similar symptoms have been recorded in people who have never seen a...
•Office Accidents: Hidden Dangers Of Working In An Office
Over two million people in the UK suffer accidents at work every year, according to HSE statistics. A study by the Labour Force Survey showed that this includes around 300,000 injuries which are serious enough to be reported, representing a rate of one serious work accident per 100 workers.
What many people don’t realise is that serious work accidents can happen in an office, just as they can happen on a building site or in a factory, and that many of these accidents are easily preventable....
•Top 10 Hair Care Myths
We all want to have shiny, healthy hair, but many of us are doing more harm than good because we believed some of the most common hair care myths. We explain the top 10 myths and tell you the facts behind the fable.
1) Too many hair care products can cause hair loss: FALSE
There are no professionally produced products which are known to lead directly to hair loss. However, beware of home-made products as they could contain damaging ingredients.
2) Frequent haircuts make the hair grow faster:...
•Accident Compensation Claims: Should You Make an Accident Claim?
Following an accident, there is a lot to think about. You may have to get used to sudden lifestyle changes, and the recovery period can be long and demanding. For many people, legal action against those responsible is the last thing on their mind.
However, making an accident compensation claim is often a very necessary and beneficial way to deal with the issues which arise following a serious injury, such as financial losses due to time off work. Read on to find out if you might be able to...
•No Win No Fee – What Everybody Ought to Know About No Win No Fee Claims
Unless you have been living in a sound-proof chamber in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, you will be aware of the ‘no win no fee claims’ ads which currently crowd our airwaves.
However, while the term ‘no win no fee’ is now commonly recognised, most people still do not know precisely what it means, and how it affects personal injury claims.
In the interests of informing you of your options should you, a member of your family or your friends suffer an injury which was someone else’s fault,...
•Caught Speeding? 10 Safety Tips so You Won’t Get Caught Speeding Again
Speed limits are there for a reason: a person driving at 35mph is twice as likely to kill someone as if they were going at 30mph or less, and the stopping distance at 35mph is 21 feet longer than it is at 30mph.
Speeding really does cost lives - 1,000 people are killed every year as a result of speeding and another 6,000 are seriously injured. If a collision happens when someone is speeding, it is more likely to lead to injuries or deaths.
Unfortunately, today’s vehicles are so powerful that...
•Whiplash Compensation Claims: What is Whiplash?
Whiplash is an injury to the neck area, resulting from a strain to ligaments in the spine. It is caused by sudden movements of the neck, such as those which occur during sudden deceleration in a car accident.
Whiplash is usually a minor injury which causes some pain and impedes movement in the neck area, but in some cases it can be very painful indeed. Symptoms of whiplash will usually appear within a few days of the incident, it can last for a short or long period of time, and there is no...
•Compensation Claims: A 7-step Guide to the Personal Injury Claims Process
You can make a personal injury claim in the UK on a no win, no fee basis. But how do these personal injury claims really work, and what are the possible outcomes?
Here is a brief outline of the claims process you will go through if you choose to make a no win, no fee personal injury claim. Many of the steps listed here can be completed by your solicitor in your absence, and the rest will be explained to you in more detail by your solicitor.
1) Finding a solicitor to handle your case
First of...
•Sports Injuries - When Should You Make a Sports Injury Claim?
Nobody would ever wish to play down the health benefits of sport – nor would anybody want to create a situation in which people were afraid to play sport or organise sport for fear of leaving themselves open to a compensation claim.
By its nature, sport involves a degree of rough and tumble. Participants train hard, play hard and push themselves to improve. That is healthy, and to be encouraged.
However, the fact that sport is often physically demanding is not an excuse for organisers,...
•Dog Injury Compensation
The consequences of being bitten by a dog can be horrific. Even beyond the trauma and difficulties caused by injury, it is the kind of attack – most commonly occurring when the victim is cycling or walking, which can have lasting psychological effects.
Dogs can be unpredictable and can be extremely violent. Because of this, dog owners have a responsibility to ensure that their dogs are properly controlled. Failing to properly control a dog can lead to real tragedy.
A person who suffers an...
•Personal Injury Accident Claims Regulation
Many personal injury accident claims are made during stressful and often painful periods of a person’s life. For this reason, the claims management companies that facilitate access to justice for people who have been injured through no fault of their own have a duty to make the process as stress-free as possible.
The claimant must know that they can trust the people that they are dealing with – they should not feel harassed, bullied or unsure of what is happening. They should feel that they...
•Claiming For Work Accidents – Know Your Rights
Every year, thousands of hard working people are left injured, disabled or hurt as a result of an avoidable workplace accident. British workplaces have a strong emphasis on health and safety – and regulations combined with premises inspections have made a positive impact on workplace safety. However, with 70 per cent of us working in a business premise, and countless others on the roads – it is inevitable that accidents will happen, and accident claims will be made.
An injury at work will be...
•Under Settling In Personal Injury Cases (Third Party Capture)
Some insurers may be quick to contact claimants directly to make an early offer to settle a personal injury claim. This is a procedure known as 'third party capture'.
Access to Justice
A key tenet to any smoothly functioning legal system is the principle of access to justice. This principle is as important in the world of personal injury claims as it is in anywhere else.
It is important that potential claimants are able to obtain independent legal advice and guidance to help them navigate...
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