If you have suffered a personal injury and want to claim compensation, how do you pick a personal injury solicitor?  There are hundreds of PR solicitors in the UK and let’s face it – many of them claim to be the best. Personal injuries can be life changing.  Being...

Think British summer music festivals and thoughts of world-class acts, stunning countryside, laid-back fun, long warm nights and sunshine (or mud) are evoked. Whether it be ‘T in the Park’, the Reading or Leed’s Festivals or the mammoth that is Glastonbury; there is...

When we deal with workplace personal injury claims, we know the claimant is normally very nervous.  It takes courage to bring a compensation claim against your employer. So, if you are offered an early settlement, should you accept it? Most claims never reach court...

If you have experienced a bout of food poisoning or any other illness whilst on holiday, you will know what a cruel twist of fate it is. Having worked for 48 weeks in the year, saving hard for a much-needed rest from the ‘rat race’, the trip of a lifetime is all but...

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas that is must be avoided at all costs; it isn’t given the rather sinister label of the ‘silent killer’ for nothing.  Not only is it colourless, it is also odourless, making it particularly hazardous.  In this article, we will look at the...

We are a society reliant on, and some might say addicted to, labour saving devices in the home. And we now buy more than ever, due to the mass production and importing of cheaper appliances coupled with the flourishing online market place for goods. Between 2010 and...

On 23rd February 2017, a student was seriously injured after a ceiling collapsed on her at Southwood school in Milton Keyes. Her injuries were initially considered life-threatening but following hospital treatment, the head teacher confirmed that she was expected to...

Cycling is more popular than ever in the UK. The massive international success of British cycling over the past decade has boosted the sales of bikes; so much so that in 2013, more new bikes were sold (3.3million) than cars (2.2million). According to British Cycling,...

In 1995 no-win-no-fee, otherwise known as ‘conditional fee arrangements’(CFA)were permitted for a range of court cases in England and Wales. And a wider roll out for all civil cases (with the exception of family law) followed in 1998. Labour Party Minister Geoff Hoon...