PERSONAL INJURY & ACCIDENT COMPENSATION

The operators of all supermarkets owe a duty of care to their customers at all times, this does not mean just in the store itself, but also in the foyer, the toilets, the car park and petrol station. Every year we investigate many slipping and tripping accidents that happen in supermarkets and shops. By far the most common is slipping on something that has been spilled on the floor. Some example...

Whiplash is  a very common neck injury caused when the neck suffers a ‘jerk’ due to a backwards and forwards motion, for example when the vehicle is struck by another from behind. When a vehicle is struck by another from the side (a lateral impact, perhaps at a junction), the head is thrown sideways, with much the same effect. The soft tissues of the neck and shoulders suffer damage....

Duty of care simply means that the person, or organisation, or state, owe you a duty of care. But how did this concept arise? The answer lies in a one of the most famous case ever heard in the UK, Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562. The case involved defective goods, namely a bottle of ginger beer. The claimant suffered illness when she consumed the ginger beer which had a decomposing snail in the...

Not surprisingly, this is a very commonly asked question. So how do personal injury lawyers know what a particular injury is worth? For sure it is not an exact science but there is a reasonable method to calculating the price of an accident claim. Personal injury solicitors call the compensation ‘damages’ Personal injury solicitors  have access to the list of damages awarded by the courts....

If your car has been damaged in a crash, through no fault of your own, then we can arrange repair and lend you a like-for-like vehicle while this is being done. So, for example, someone crashes into your BMW, we can arrange repair and then lend you a BMW ( or Audi, or Mercedes, or similar premium car) for your to get about in. If you let the other side’s insurance company deal with the repair,...

The expression no-win, no-fee in personal injury compensation claims is slightly confusing in that it suggests that if you win, then you have to pay something from your compensation. In law, the cost follow the event. This means that the loser has to pay the costs of the winner. This means that if you win your personal injury compensation claim, then the loser, most commonly an insurance company, will...

When you persue a personal injury compensation claim, you are entitled to 100% recovery. In simple terms, you do not have to pay anything to start the claim of the claim, nor do you have to pay anything at the end of the compensation case. There are two exceptions to this rule and they are: when you pursue an MIB untraced driver claim and when you persue a criminal injury claim. In these two cases,...

In law there are two standards of proof. They are often referred to as the burden of proof.  In crime, the proof is beyond reasonable doubt. In civil law, which includes personal injury law, the standard of proof is a lesser one. It is on the balance of probabilities. A simple way to explain the two is as follows. If you saw a man in the street wearing a Manchester United shirt, it would be reasonable...