Information on making a personal injury claim
How to make a Personal Injury claim Any legal process has to be understood fully. Therefore you should instruct an experienced solicitor to represent you and help you obtain the maximum compensation you are entitled to. Here are some frequently asked questions about the personal injury compensation claim process; Who is entitled to make a [...]
Whiplash is caused by immediate impact to the soft tissue surrounding the neck and spine. These soft tissues can be torn, ripped, or stretched in opposing directions suddenly. This is similar to the action of a whip, consequently giving the term whiplash. Whiplash injuries can be sustained from sports, such as boxing, football, martial arts, [...]
If you are victim of a car accident, as a passenger in a car, a pedestrian on the road, or were hit in a rear end collision, you may be able to claim compensation, if you were wholly not at fault. Any fit persons at the scene should take pictures using their phones or cameras, [...]
Defendants allege no injury caused if accident at low speed Road traffic – Low Velocity Collision (LVC) What is a LVC? When one vehicle (the bullet vehicle) collides with another vehicle (target vehicle) at the moment of impact the sudden increase in the targets vehicle’s velocity causes the occupants of that vehicle to move thereby [...]
If you can answer “yes” to these three questions you may be able to claim compensation: Did the accident occur in the last three years? Were the injuries you received serious enough for you to have required medical attention, either in hospital or with your GP? Do you think someone else might be to blame [...]
If you decide to make a personal injury claim in the UK and Wales (Scottish law has varied slightly in recent times), it should always involve no fees to the person who has received the accident injury as all costs are covered by the third party, should the personal injury claim be successful. If your [...]
The period of time during which a party may bring a civil action for damages for personal injury in England and Wales is limited by statute known as the Limitation Act 1980. The basic rule is that proceedings must be issued at court within 3 yearsof the Claimants injury or date of knowledge. There are however [...]
This is a question frequently asked particularly in difficult financial times. Simply put it is illegal to sack an employee just because they made a claim for compensation. All employers are legally required to have indemnity insurance. A claim for compensation will not financially effect the business as it is the employers liability insurers who [...]
Asbestos fibres after being inhaled from the air become lodged in the lungs, which then causes Asbestosis. This is a type of pulmonary fibres, which causes shrinking of the lungs, resulting in breathlessness. Asbestosis only becomes evident twenty or thirty years after the first exposure. If you are diagnosed with asbestos related diseases such as: [...]
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