Do you really get something for free? Is there not always a catch or a hidden cost thinly veiled behind a free offer? In the majority of cases it is always best to be careful of those ‘too-good-to-true-deals’, but when it comes to 100% Compensation Claims I’d say, ‘Do your homework!’ For those of you who may not be sure what 100% Compensation Claims are, I’ll try and get you up-to-speed quickly.
Individuals that have suffered an injury via an accident they may be thinking about claiming... Read Full Story
Lady Luck can sometimes deal us a bad hand and occasionally, we can find ourselves at the wrong end of an accident, suffering an injury, through no fault of our own. In these types of events there are laws in place to help a person claim compensation for their injury and also to make sure that a similar accident does not happen again to someone else.
A professional injury lawyer / solicitor is the best person to contact if you have been unfortunate enough to have been injured from an... Read Full Story
It’s difficult to think that anyone could really suffer a serious injury working in an office environment. I mean it’s not like a building site or even a factory shop floor yet a high number of office workers suffer injury that can keep them out of employment for months on end. One of the most common injuries suffered by office workers is repetitive strain injury estimated to cost British businesses around £300million a year in lost working hours.
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is the... Read Full Story
With the rising fuel prices in this country we have witnessed more people take cheaper, alternative ways to travel into work and one of those rising popular methods of transport is the bicycle. However, cyclists, run a risk of accidents on the road. Many bicycle accident claims involve cyclists being accidentally hit by motorists or suffering an injury through poor road surfaces.
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Bicycle accidents are suffered at junctions or at traffic lights. Motorists skipping... Read Full Story
Defective products come in many forms such as high heel shoes that snap and break your ankle or a top breaks apart and injures a child to the brakes in a car failing and causing a traffic accident leaving the driver with whiplash. In these instances of a product being defective and causing an injury to a person there is a good chance that a compensation claim will be awarded.
There are strict Health and Safety regulations that outline certain standards that each product sold must adhere to... Read Full Story
At The Injury Lawyers we cannot stress enough to people looking to make a car accident claim, where they have suffered an injury through no fault of their own, of the importance in collecting information from the scene of the accident. Especially when you consider that insurance companies are becoming increasingly tough on claims that are not set-out properly to the extent where they will reduce the payment to the claimant or even quash the claim completely.
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Vibration White Finger (VWF) is a work injury suffered by those who use vibrating machinery such as drills, chain saws or hand guided power tools. Miners, Road and Forestry workers are the main areas where Vibration White Finger injury is most common, however anyone who works with heavy vibrating equipment for prolonged times especially in a cold climate are also likely to suffer.
It is estimated that as many as 1 in 10 people who work will have Vibration White Finger symptoms. Many might... Read Full Story
Manchester United starlet, Ben Collett, was awarded £4.5 million in damages yesterday in compensation after he received a football injury while playing for Manchester United reserves. Ben, who is now 23 years old, had been at the club since he was 9 years old, was injured back in 2003 in a reserve match against Middlesbrough when he was just 18.
The record payout was for future loss of earnings: £3.9 million; loss of past earnings: £460,000 and £40,000 for the pain and suffering Ben... Read Full Story
Recently The Injury Lawyers were asked to comment on a compensation case that grabbed quite a lot of attention from the media. You can watch the video of one of our partners, Aman Johal, below being interviewed by GMTV.
It is interesting to note that when the media want an independant decision about the complexities of personal injury cases they come to a reliable and experienced firm : The Injury Lawyers
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Asbestos related cancers are killers. For over 5 decades people worked with and were exposed to asbestos on an everyday occurrence unaware of the harmful fibres within asbestos products they were being exposed too. Nowadays, asbestos products are more regulated, however it has been reported that there is a growing trend in Mesothelioma cases as the cancer can lie dormant for over 25 years in some cases before surfacing.
If you or someone close to you has contacted Mesothelioma and wish to... Read Full Story
