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A serious road traffic accident in Kent in 2022 left, Scott, an American national with severe brain damage. Scott, injured whilst crossing a country road in Kent, was intubated at the scene and then t...

The case concerns an action alleging abuse of trust between a client (the Claimant) and her counsellor/coach (the Defendant). Between 03 August 2016 and April 2018, the Claimant attended counselling s...

Spinal Cord Injury Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an insult to the spinal cord resulting in a change, either temporary or permanent, in the cord’s normal motor, sensory, or autonomic function. Such...

The claimant was the innocent party in a road traffic collision and brought proceedings against the defendant driver. That claim settled by way of acceptance of an offer of £30,000 plus legal costs,...

In the case of Bolton v Stone [1951] the claimant was injured after she was hit by a cricket ball from a neighbouring cricket pitch. The claimant brought a case against the cricket club, which ultim...

A secondary victim is one who suffers psychiatric injury not by being directly involved in the incident but by witnessing (or fearing) injury to a primary victim. The courts have laid down strict cont...

Smart motorways account for around 400 miles of roads in England.  Some involve the use of variable speed limits to control traffic flow.  Others, known as dynamic smart motorways, involve the use o...

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