Expert evidence is vital to personal injury compensation claims. Experts in their field help the court understand technical and/or specialised areas of evidence.A personal injury solicitor needs to give the instruction of an expert witness careful consideration. Not...
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How to Choose a Personal Injury Solicitor
Given the abundance of personal injury company advertising on the TV and radio, you would be excused for thinking that successfully winning financial compensation following an injury is as easy as picking up the phone to the first company that you see. Whilst this...
“The Horror, The Horror” – Claims For Psychiatric Injury For Witnesses To Workplace Accidents
Joseph Conrad’s famous line, “the horror, the horror” from The Heart of Darkness, still has the power to chill readers of the short novel to the bone. Fortunately, most of us will never experience truly shocking events that will scorch their way into our brain and...
Catch Me I’m Falling – Workplace Falls And Compensation Claims
Have you ever had a dream that you were falling? If you have, you will know that even in dreams, the sensation of falling is not pleasant. It is even more frightening if you suffer a serious injury due to a fall at work; and if that fall is caused by circumstances...
What is the Difference Between General Damages and Special Damages?
If you have been injured as a result of another person, organisation or public body's negligence, you may be able to make a claim for compensation. The compensation the court awards you if your claim is successful is referred to as ‘damages.' Damages are...
Moving Vehicles at Work and Claiming Compensation for Personal Injury
A man involved in a workplace crane accident in June 2017 died from his injuries at the beginning of August. David Webb, 43, was seriously injured when the crane collapsed at a construction site on 21st June. Two men, David Newall, 36, and Rhys Barker, 18 died at the...
(Not So) Good Vibrations – Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome and Carpel Tunnel
If you do not work in the industrial sector around vibrating hand-held machinery it is likely that you have never heard of Vibration White Finger, or Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome; (HAVS) as it is commonly known. However, this condition, which affects thousands of...
When Will The Courts Extend The Limitation Period For Personal Injury Claims
Under the Limitation Act 1980, section 11, the time limit to claim compensation in a personal injury case is three years from the date of injury or three years from the date of knowledge. However, in some circumstances, the court has the discretion to extend the time...
What Does A Personal Injury Lawyer Do?
Personal injury lawyers provide crucial advice and representation to people who have suffered an injury because of another persons’ or organisation’s negligence. Most people never encounter a personal injury solicitor in a professional capacity unless they suffer an...
Baker’s Asthma – Causes and Treatment
The craft of baking has been romanticised over the past decade. The Great British Bake Off, complete with a tent set in picture perfect English countryside got the nation purchasing Mary Berry cookbooks and trying to make the perfect Victoria Sponges in their spare...
