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Nathan Williams, 38, of Dean Street, Soho who claimed slip and trip injury compensation from eight London local authorities-including Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Westminster, Wandsworth, Southwark and Lewisham after apparently suffering injuries following falls on pavements is facing fraud charges. He has been charged with attempting to obtain money by deception from eight local councils and is due to appear before City of Westminster magistrates’ court on 1st September 2010. Between 2007 and ....

The 17:31 National Express train from Sudbury to Marks Tey thought to be travelling at 60 mph collided with a sewage lorry at an unmanned level crossing on Bures Road on Tuesday evening. A passenger on the train is in a critical condition in hospital and twenty others were also injured in the crash. Their injuries included abdominal pain, broken ribs and heavy bruising.  The two passengers who were seriously injured were trapped. They were taken to Colchester General hospital by air ambula....

A specialist department comprising a team of employment solicitors within Balinda & Co has recently launched a new Employment Law website.

The case against Dr Motwani, one of Britain's leading heart specialists, who is facing allegations of misconduct, was halted after an expert witness pulled out. The allegations against Dr Motwani include acting in a manner "not clinically appropriate" for some heart patients, and, in some cases, acting in an unethical way, risking their cardiac conditions. Dr Joe Motwani denied 30 allegations relating to the treatment of 24 patients between 2003 and 2007. After 90 minutes being que....

A report by the motor insurance working party, due to be published later this year will highlight a rise in third party car accident injury claims. Mr. Brown, the Chair of the working party stated: “What is clear, is that the growing number of claims management companies are at the heart of it [an increase in injury claims]. Mr. Brown added: “The working party has only done limited research on why there has been such an increase. Claims Management companies are driving peopl....

Adrian Evens, Andrew Oliver and John Long have been fined a total of £5,000 after Mr David Pass suffered serious injuries in an accident when he fell eight meters through a barn roof in Greater Manchester. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted the three men following the accident on Fairy Lane in Sale on 20 June 2007. Mr Pass, 28 from Droylsden, was standing on the roof of a former stable while removing corrugated panels, when he accidentally  fell eight meters to ....

Encon Engineering (Wales) Ltd of Caerphilly has been fined after pleading guilty to health and safety failures following a work accident. Machinist Rhys Davies, aged 25, a worker at the Bartlett Street Industrial Estate based company, suffered serious injuries after his fingers were severed in an unguarded machine. Econ Engineering, were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the incident in which Mr Davies, lost four fingers and the top of his thumb in the work place acci....

Following the tragic death of Karolina Maria Golabek aged 5 who died after being crushed by an automatic electric sliding gate in South Wales, a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) spokesperson has said: "HSE has been assisting the police in South Wales following the death of a child in an accident involving a slide electric gate in Bridgend on Saturday. Inspectors have already been on site to start an investigation and will meet again today with South Wales police. It is too early to comment....

A Contractor from Brynteg, near Wrexham, was working on the roof of Comet’s Mount Street store when he stepped on a roof light and fell around 25 feet onto the store floor. Mr Alker, 33, was not wearing any equipment which could have prevented his fall. He suffered multiple injuries including rib fractures, a broken collar bone and soft tissue injuries which led to his death. Following the incident on 7 June 2007, Comet Group plc was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).....