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Supermarket Slips, Trips & Falls: is Online Shopping the Way Forward?
According to a survey carried out earlier in the year, Brits spend over 18 days a year shopping, with the supermarket being the number one destination for shoppers. So given that there is an average of...
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Will London's Cycling Legacy be Bicycle Accidents?
London has experienced a cycling boom since the turn of the 21st century, with the number of bicycle journeys made in the city having doubled from 2000 to 2012 to over 540,000 per day, according to the...
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An Accident at Work Claim Does Not Mean Losing Your Job
I was having a coffee with an old colleague and a friend of theirs who I’d never met before, let’s call him Bob, and the inevitable question of “what job do you do?” came up. Now, surprising as this...
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Medical Negligence: Do NHS Budget Cuts Cost More Than They Save?
Compensation claims arising from negligence within the NHS have gone up in London, with some hospital trusts having to pay more than double the amount in damages than the year before.The latest set of...
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Did You Know? Dermal Fillers Have The Same Regulation as Toothbrushes
Mr Rajiv Grover, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), recently said it was “shameful" that regulations surrounding dermal fillers still haven't been tightened up....
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Proposals Condemn Mesothelioma Victims to Months of Legal Wrangling
Government proposals to change the way people claim damages for mesothelioma are ‘unworkable and unfair’, according to Karl Tonks, former president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers...
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The Deadline for PIP Breast Implant Cases May Not Have Passed Yet
Earlier in the year we posted an article talking about the potential deadline for compensation claims for Poly Implant Prothèse (better known as PIP) breast implants. More than 47,000 women in the UK...
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You May 'Think Bike' But Cars are Main Cause of Motorcycle Accidents
If you've read the odd May I Say... post from me in the past, you'll know that I occasionally like to raid the archives for retro-tastic public information film. If there's the slimmest connection with...
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Criminal Lawyer or “Criminal” Lawyer? 10 of the Best TV Lawyers
As you may have noticed, we’re active on most social media channels, which gives certain sections of the general public in the UK a chance to tell us how they really feel about Personal Injury Lawyers–...
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Farming Accidents Make It “One of the Most Dangerous Industries to Work In”.
When I think dangerous profession I tend to think fireman or spy, and all those other jobs I wanted to do as a kid which my mum wasn’t keen on. So I was surprised to learn that farming is actually one...
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The Surprisingly Common Causes of Farm Accidents
In our previous article we talked about how the level of injuries in the farming and the agricultural industry continue to make it one of the most dangerous industries in which to work, accounting for...
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All I Want for Christmas is... Not Food Poisoning
This is not a particularly festive thought I know but nonetheless, the figures prove it's true; Christmas is a dangerous time of year.Data from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) spanning 2000 –...
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5 Measures to Reduce the Risk of Healthcare Associated Infections
Over 6% of hospital patients in England acquire some form of infection during their stay, according to a report by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). These are known as a Healthcare Associated...
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Superbug Kills 30: Calls for Corporate Manslaughter Investigation
A 2012 report by the Health Protection Agency showed a decrease in the number of patients acquiring Clostridium difficile (C difficile) while in hospital, from 2% in 2006 to 0.4% in 2012. However just...
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Mesothelioma U-Turn Reduces Further Suffering for Victims of Asbestos
At the beginning of November we posted an article about new proposals from the Government which would affect how sufferers of Mesothelioma could pursue compensation claims. Many people were highly...
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Black (Eyed) Friday - Peak Time of Year for Criminal Injuries
In the U.S. Black Friday refers to the Friday after Thanksgiving and marks the start of the holiday shopping season, with stores offering big reductions. People stand in line for hours to grab the...
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Christmas Food for Thought - Our Seasonal Personal Injury Top 10
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the YearWho knew Christmas could also be so perilous? Did you never wonder how those who desperately want their two front teeth for Christmas, may have lost them in the...
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4 Letter Words You Don’t Want to Hear in Winter - Slip, Trip & Fall.
Long-range forecasters are warning that this winter could deliver the most severe weather for more than 60 years, and with us already having already experienced the worst storm in 60 years earlier in...
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A Guide to Help You Deal with Skiing Injuries and Accidents Abroad
There’s no doubt that skiing and snowboarding are extremely popular, research by ski-injury.com estimates that there are currently more than 200 million skiers and 70 million snowboarders in the world...
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The 10 Rules of Skiing Conduct
Although we talked about how relatively safe skiing is, when skiing accidents happen they can be life altering and therefore, as with everything in life, it’s important to take all reasonably measures...
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