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Drunk Driver In April 2017, Ms C was injured when the car she was travelling in was hit at 40mph by a drunk driver. She had instructed a solicitor to act for her in a claim for injuries resulting...

One of my primary objectives when acting for clients is to ensure that they are compensated properly for the injuries they sustain. For this reason, it is not ideal when insurers make very early of...

The Court of Appeal recently confirmed the earlier decision that the test for whether contributory negligence applies to a passenger when accepting a lift from a drunk driver is an objective test....

“Oh, you’re a personal injury lawyer. You must get all sorts of people trying to sue for all sorts of things like coffee being hot?” “But what about when someone just walks out in front of...

My colleague Sana Bibi recently wrote an article about how often, people who have suffered major injuries as a result of an accident don’t want the money, they simply want their life back.  In my o...

On 22 December 2014, a bin lorry collided with pedestrians in the city centre of Glasgow, killing six and injuring fifteen others. Ms Weddle, a student who was in her final year at Stirling Univer...

I recently acted for a client who was injured on Christmas day 2014 when he was knocked from his bicycle by a drunk driver.  He sustained soft tissue injuries to his neck, shoulders, right knee and b...

Judgement in this case was handed down by the Court of Appeal on 5 June 2019. The Court of Appeal upheld the earlier decision of Mr Justice Soole that the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) were liable to...