If an employee is injured in an accident at work, it may be possible for them to claim damages against their employer.
An employer can be liable for damages if it is shown they failed to take reasonable care to prevent injury to...
The level of the damages awarded as compensation for personal injuries has risen slightly in the last year, with typical rates now being as follows:
minor whiplash (full recovery within 2 years), between...
In our society, noise is a normal part of everyday life. It is also well known that noise can cause permanent hearing loss. What is less well known is that there are many circumstances in which potentially hazardous noise may be encountered. This may include...
The Health and Safety Executive has published its latest Statistics on Workplace injury and Sickness.
These show that in 2005/6, 212 workers were killed at work, 2 million suffered illness which they believed their work caused or...
An employer’s absolute obligation to maintain or repair protective equipment, under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, does not extend to a situation where an employee suffers an injury at work doing something that the equipment...
The Department for Constitutional Affairs has issued a consultation document on the civil law relating to claims for damages. The paper considers making it possible for a wider range of people to bring claims for damages where someone has been killed as a...
It is common knowledge that taking action in the courts against an opponent who disputes your claim can be stressful and expensive. Recently, alternatives to bringing court action, such as alternative dispute resolution and mediation, have become more...
A survey by insurer AXA has found that one in ten people has been injured at work in the past five years. The most common accidents were slips, falls and trips, which were responsible for 33 per cent of all injuries. Kitchen accidents accounted for 19 per...
The majority of personal injury victims feel more confident with legal representation than they do if relying solely on insurers, according to Law Society research. Three quarters of personal injury victims do not feel confident about bringing a claim on...
Results from a recent survey in the UK indicate that each year an estimated 400,000 people suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) in the upper limb or neck area – caused or made worse by their work. This results in around 4 million lost working days...
A structured settlement is a type of settlement normally used in accident and medical negligence claims as an alternative to the payment of a lump sum by the defendant to the claimant.
A structured settlement may have three components....
People think a claim for personal injury must mean that something has hurt you or perhaps made you seriously ill, but it can also mean a lesser hurt, such as that caused by an allergic reaction. In a recent case, a health care worker successfully claimed...
