Blog Posts: September 2010

Tuesday September 28, 2010 at 10:06pm
If your personal injury insurance claim is less than £1,000, you don’t need a personal injury lawyer to make your claim. In most cases, minor personal injury claims settle without any lawyer getting involved. If you know the personal injury claims procedure you can make your insurance claim easily, and keep all your injury compensation. For example, if you have suffered minor whiplash injuries in a car accident, the first thing you should do is to write to the person or company t
Friday September 17, 2010 at 4:34pm
Lord Young of Grantham has been tasked by the government to crackdown on advertising for personal injury claims as part of a review of the “health and safety compensation culture.” He will submit proposals to the Prime minister, Cameron, who set up the enquiry amid his Party’s concern at the increase in television advertising by claims management companies or so called “ambulance-chasing lawyers” shouting “No win No Fee.” However sources close to Lord Yo
Tuesday September 14, 2010 at 9:37pm
John, 27, of Grimsby, a bricklayer was employed by ACE (brothers) Limited as foreman bricklayer working with industrial chemicals at construction sites. In the course of his employment, John was required to work with and to be exposed to Ancoroc cement, epoxy resin coatings, grouting materials containing isocyanates, and substances containing ethyl acetate. As a result of John’s exposure to the chemicals listed above, he developed severe occupational asthma. The court accepted John’s
Sunday September 12, 2010 at 8:23pm
Miss Veakins succeeded in her compensation claim for depression caused by harassment and bullying she suffered from her supervisor. She was employed by kier Islington as an electrician from September 2003 to September 2005. Miss Veakins went on sick leave for depression from September 2005 until June 2006 when she decided to terminate her employment due to the harassment she was experiencing from her supervisor. The harassment started from July and went on until September 2005 when a lady
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 9:26pm
In this country you will not get personal injury compensation for the fact that the other person was negligent. Compensation will only be given to you for the injury and loss caused by that negligence. Negligence without any injury will mean no compensation. Therefore, for you to get compensation, you are required to prove that another person’s negligence has caused you injury and loss. For example, if you are sitting in your car and another car drives into the rear of your vehicle causing
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 3:14pm
Children and mental patients are regarded as persons under a legal disability and are therefore exempt from the three year time limit.A person is treated as under a disability if he is an infant or of unsound mind. A person is of unsound mind if he is a person who, by reason of a mental disorder, is not capable of managing or administering his property and affairs.It is not necessary for the person making the accident claim to have been a formal or informal mental patient but, if this is the cas


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