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Liverpool Victoria recently called for the law to be changed after it won a court case against a family accused of helping a woman fake her disability in order to win claim for personal injury compensation. In December 2005, Minaxi Shah claimed compensation after being involved in a traffic accident with a motorist insured by Liverpool Victoria. In her personal injury claim, Ms Shah said the accident left her severely disabled and in need of assistance for up to eight hours a day. Ms Shah&rs....

A practical joke involving a schoolgirl has turned rotten for one Sunderland man, after he was ordered to pay out £1,000 in personal injury compensation.  According to the Sunderland Echo newspaper, the incident occurred after 18 year old Jay Gomes of Grindon Gardens, had purchased a carton of eggs. Mr Gomes had bought the eggs intending to drive around the streets of Sunderland and throw them at passers by. However, one of his victims, a 13 year old schoolgirl, suffered serious ey....

While rejecting compensation claims by families of soldiers killed in Iraq on the basis that their cases were outside the “Human Rights” jurisdiction area, Mr. Justice Owen in a landmark decision allowed a negligence claim brought on behalf of a 10- year- old daughter of a deceased soldier. The claim issued on behalf of Courtney, the daughter of Private Lee Ellis was upheld because she was entitled to seek compensation for the loss of the person who provided for her financially. Howe....

George Michael was jailed by Highbury Corner Magistrates Court yesterday for causing an accident by crashing his Range Rover into a shop while under the influence of drugs. He was told he would spend just half of the 8 weeks behind bars. District Judge John Perkins when sentencing the singer said: “It does not appear that you took proper steps to deal with what is clearly an addiction to cannabis. “That’s a mistake which puts you and, on this occasion, the public at risk.&rdquo....

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

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....

Following the Law Society Council’s vote to press the LSB to ban referral fees in November 2009 across the board, consultants for the LSB, Charles River Associates, have concluded that consumers were not being disadvantaged by referral fees in personal injury. The report stated that, despite the rise of referral fees in personal injury, from about £250 per case in 2004 to about £800 today, there was no evidence that this had led to an increase in the price of legal services. ....

US manufacturer of birth control pills facing at least 129 legal claims.

Balinda & Co, personal injury specialists, today launched their new website.