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I currently act for an 11-year old boy who sustained significant injuries whilst out shopping with his mother.  The shop owners and their insurers took a sensible approach to the matter and admitted...

Mr Sumner was cycling along a major road when a motorist (Mr Colborne) emerged from a minor road and collided with him, causing him serious injuries.  The cyclist sued the motorist.  The motorist br...

I recently settled a case for a client who fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in March 2011 when he tripped on an uneven paving stone.  My client, who was in his early 40s at the time, was an e...

All too often we see the headlines of “health and safety gone mad”, suggesting that businesses and owners of premises are required to jump through endless hoops in their quest to avoid being sued...

I recently acted for Mr J who was injured when working as a porter in a hospital.  As Mr J was emptying the domestic waste hospital bins, he sustained chemical burns to both hands from liquids which...

If you are injured in a road traffic accident and your insurance company pay compensation to the other driver, does this prevent you from bringing a claim against that driver for your own injuries? ...

I recently attended an excellent solicitor training day hosted by Headway (South East London and North West Kent branch).  One of the speakers Dr Lidia Yaguez-Hervas, consultant clinical neuropsychol...

The decision on this case was handed down on 24 February 2016.  The Supreme Court unanimously allowed Mrs Knauer’s appeal, changing the landscape for all future fatal accident claims.  Now damages...