If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Even apparently minor trauma to the head can lead to brain injury that can have a profound and debilitating affect on people’s lives. Mild head trauma can leave the victim outwardly unaffected, often brain injury goes unnoticed, and in many cases this can mean that brain injury is either misdiagnosed or left untreated. Analysing brain function is a complex pro... Read More
October 9th, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
Have you had a personal injury in the last three years? Are you unsure whether you have a compensation claim? The answer is yes. If you are the victim of a personal injury accident that wasn’t your fault you could be entitled to compensation. It is your civil and legal right to claim compensation after an accident that wasn’t your fault that has left you with personal injury.
There are a variety of ways in which you may be suffering f... Read More
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
The term personal injury covers an array of areas; the main being that personal injury can refer to either physical or psychological injury; a personal injury could even refer to death. Any of these personal injury incidents can arise due to a number of circumstances.
A few of the circumstances in which a personal injury can arise are stated below:
• Road traffic accident
• Workplace accident
• Slip, trip or fall
• Public plac... Read More
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
Every year in the UK many of us end up suffering due to accidents that have happened through no fault of our own. On the road, in the workplace, in public or due to slip, trip and fall accident; all of these happen on a daily basis meaning that at some point within our lives we will all more than likely suffer the effects of a personal injury.
Accidents such as the above can leave devastating effects on your life; you could end up suffering back ... Read More
September 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
Approximately around 75% of all the motorcycle accidents are the result of a collision with another vehicle, typically passenger cars. Out of this percentage, a staggering 65% is due to the fact that the driver of the other vehicle failed to see the motorbike. These situations are most often encountered at night, which is obviously when the riders are most vulnerable.
Unfortunately the age when you are more likely to have an accident is between 1... Read More
September 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
A slip, trip or a fall is a very common accident and can happen to anyone anywhere. Whether it occurs from falling down the stairs at home or tripping over some uneven pavement slabs you may be entitled to claim for compensation.
When involved in a slip, trip or fall our natural reaction is to get up as quickly as possible from this highly embarrassing situation and keep walking with our heads down deeply hoping that no one else witnessed what ju... Read More
September 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD), known simply as ‘whiplash’, is one of the most common injures to suffer from in a car accident. A sudden impact or abrupt stop can cause the neck and head to suffer a jolt, or rapid movement, usually as the result of a collision. This jolt can cause ligaments in the neck to be stretched and torn or the spine itself to be damaged. It can be caused at low speeds of around 15-20 miles per hour, and the... Read More
September 21st, 2008 | Posted in Legal | 1 Comment
It has sadly been estimated that most of us will be involved in at least one road traffic accident in our lifetime. Whether you are the driver, passenger, motorcyclist, pedestrian or a victim of a hit and run you will be suffering severe pain and suffering as road traffic accidents are the most common form of personal injury.
Forty thousand serious injuries and thousands of fatalities occur every year in the UK due to road traffic accidents. A re... Read More
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
More people are injured and killed on Britain’s roads every year than through any other form of personal injury. You can be involved in a road traffic accident regardless of whether you are a driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist and the injuries that you can sustain as a result of it vary in degree from relatively minor to catastrophic or even fatal.
Nearly half a million people are injured or killed on our roads every yea... Read More
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments
When you are at work your employer has a duty of care to ensure that your workplace is safe. They should keep you informed of any health and safety issues that may affect you as well as having a legal obligation to report certain accidents and incidents.
When it comes to the question of who is responsible for making sure that you are safe in your workplace your employer should carry out risk assessments and do what’s needed to protect the h... Read More
September 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Legal | No Comments