New contribution regarding foreign car accident injury claims – Many of us love to take our cars or our leasing car (Buzzwords, De-buzzed: 10 Other Ways to Say Ford Transit Custom Sport) with us on trips abroad, or hire one at our destination. But how many of us even know the rules of the foreign […]
Category: Accident Claims
3 Quick Tips for Claiming for Personal Injury in the UK
Here are 3 quick tips for claiming for personal injury in the UK (applies to Scotland, where personal injury law is known under the term ‘delict’, England & Wales and Northern Ireland. For fast legal advice contact us today here:- 1. Make extremely close attention to time limits. There are different time limits that apply […]
Top 10 Crazy Personal Injury Cases
People do crazy things for money. It seems like nowadays everyone wants to sue or make outrageous allegations. From television judges to dramatic courtroom coverage, it has practically turned into a circus out there. Some people feel like they have a legitimate reason to sue after a personal injury, while others are just trying their […]
Johnson & Johnson to pay $71m in Compensation – Could they be held liable under UK law?
Household name Johnson & Johnson have been ordered to pay $71m (around £51m) in compensation to the family of a woman who suffered from ovarian cancer, allegedly as a result of using Johnson & Johnson products. However, a number of legal commentators have stated that the case simply wouldn’t hold up in the UK courts, […]
Irish courts award nervous shock compensation to vulnerable boy after dishwasher fire
Irish law has long been thought of as being ahead of other jurisdictions in allowing damages for negligently caused psychiatric injury (nervous shock), but the law in this area has really only developed significantly in the past twenty-five years. Decisions in recent years have restricted this area of the law and have limited the scope […]
The Government’s proposal to increase small claims limit from £1,000 to £5,000: what does it mean?
Outlined in the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Osborne announced plans to increase the small claims limit for personal injury claims from £1,000 to £5,000. If these changes go ahead, it will obstruct whiplash victims in claiming the compensation they are legally entitled to. At the moment, if you are involved in a non-fault road traffic accident […]
No Gimmicks, no free iPads, no annoying texts, just great legal advice – regulated solicitors winning the battle against those annoying claims companies
No Gimmicks, no free iPads, no annoying texts, just great legal advice – regulated solicitors winning the battle against those annoying claims companies As ‘cash for crash’ claims companies now face thousands of pounds in fines should they try and make money by pestering the public or processing fraudulent claims at the public’s expense, Freeclaim […]
‘Tis the Season’: Accident Claims Rules of the Motor Insurers Bureau (‘MIB’)
On the approach to the Holiday Season we are often filled with excitement, infected with Christmas Spirit and nursing our Christmas Party hangovers. But with December seeing an increase in Drink Driving, accidents on the road inevitably increase and those culpable drivers, not applying their ordinary level of humanity owing to their alcohol consumption, will […]
New Accident Claims Advice Website Launches for UK Residents
London, UK (PI Claims Blawg UK 20 October 2014). The following is a new legal press release from Accident Claims Web:- This month a new website launched in partnership with the Accident Claimline, with the aim of helping UK residents and workers to claim for compensation from an accident. With the proliferation of ambulance-chasing style […]
Winter Holidays – Planning for Personal Injury Claims Abroad
In January many of us start to really think about planning a trip abroad – about 900,000 people in the UK love to ski and may have already planned their special ski holiday. It has to be acknowledged that all types of ski holidays will be expensive no matter where you go so it is […]