Personal Injury Law Team
Personal Injury Claims Specialists |
Personal
Injury Compensation Claims Articles
 Most
personal injury claims in the UK are run under Conditional
FeeAgreements, commonly known as "No Win No Fee"
agreements. This method of funding was established by the
government in 1995.The idea of No Win No Fee Agreements
was that the accident victim (theClaimant) would only pay
his lawyer if he won, and then he would recovermost if not
all of those costs from the opponent. The client was leftwith
having to pay his lawyer's success fee, a cut of the damages
tocompensate the lawyer for the cost of funding the case
and the risk oflosing. That success fee was capped at 25%
of damages. [more]
 Autumn
is upon us and it’s the start of another academic
year. With a 7 year old boy recently being reported in the
press as Britain’s youngest skydiver, traditionally
risky activities are becoming increasingly accessible to
children. But when it comes to school life, can children
have a bit of rough and tumble in the playground or does
our legal system wrap pupils in cotton wool, allowing the
‘compensation culture’ to cross the school gates?
Victoria Gallanders investigates. [more]
 Some
of us are not used to the idea of being able to make a claim
for compensation if we are unlucky enough to have an accident
and get hurt, particularly if the accident happens at work.
However under the law if an accident happens, particularly
at work, there is a good chance of you being able to make
a claim. If you are not given the right equipment for the
job you are doing, or if the equipment you are given is
faulty in any way, then you will almost certainly have a
claim against your employers. [more]
It’s
official – the long hot summer that we were promised
has turned out to be something of a damp squib. With
some foreign travel companies even providing sunshine guarantees
on their holidays, it’s no wonder that despite the
exchange rates, British holiday makers are changing their
pounds for Euros and Dollars and heading abroad for some
warm weather. But if you decide to take your car across
the channel, or go on a fly-drive holiday, it’s important
to know the rules of the road in your destination.
Victoria Gallanders looks at how you should prepare before
driving abroad, and what you should do if you’re unfortunate
enough to have an accident in a foreign land. [more]
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