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As a well-respected personal injury team, we receive lots of enquiries about potential injury claims from week to week. When making an initial enquiry it is important to have specific details of your accident and injury to hand, as this helps us to make a...
Summer is coming to an end and children are returning back to school, with some starting school for the first time. Many children either walk to school or travel by public transport. If this is the case for your children, then discussing the commute to...
As a motorcyclist there are a number of steps you can take to protect yourself to reduce the risk of severe injuries on the road. Sectons 83-88 of the Highway Code contain ‘rules for motorcyclists’ and state that you must wear a helmet...
Were you aware that the first person to be killed in the UK by a motor vehicle was Bridget Driscoll in 1896. Since that time, 5 people per day are killed on Britain’s roads, and over the course of the last century, more than half a million...
The purpose of the personal injury claims process is to restore the affected individual as far as it is possible to the position they were but for the accident. Rehabilitation is a process of assessment, treatment and management by which the affected...
For any parent whose child has been involved in an accident it will be a traumatic experience, and if injuries are sustained as a result of the accident this can have a major impact on the child’s well-being and long-term quality of life. Accidents...
One of the roles of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to regulate not only workplace health and safety but other bodies, such as education establishments. A recent prosecution on the 19 th of June 2023 at Southwark Crown Court, brought by the...
There are various ways in which you can suffer injuries in day-to-day life. Sometimes this is a result of a genuine accident which could not have been avoided. Other times, there is someone at fault for the injury, who could have taken action to prevent...
It was a privilege for us to attend the Brake ‘After the Crash’ conference in Manchester recently. Brake is a road safety charity working with communities and organisations across the UK to stop the tragedy of road deaths and injuries, make...
In the courts in England and Wales, you usually have a period of three years from the date of an accident to either have settled your claim or, if your case is not ready to be settled, for court proceedings to be started against the defendant who...
