COVID-19 continues to have a significant impact on many areas of our lives. In the world of personal injury claims, the restrictions on travel and face-to-face meetings, and the pause on court operations, has led to delays and a backlog of hearings. However, it is important to know that if you are thinking of making a […]

Even the most established business can fall into financial difficulty, and this was recently witnessed with the sudden and high-profile collapse of Britain’s oldest travel company, Thomas Cook. It highlighted the dramatic fallout that occurs when a widely-used business becomes insolvent. While much of the media coverage centred around job losses and helping the 150,000 […]

In the last year, there has been a 70 per cent increase in the number of fatal workplace accidents in Scotland, according to recent figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). From 17 work-related deaths in 2017/18 to 29 in 2018/19, the majority of the rise is due to an increase in the number of fatal […]

In a landmark ruling, two cyclists who were left injured after crossing the tram tracks in Scotland’s capital have been awarded damages of an undisclosed amount. Elizabeth Fairley, 58, and Ian Lowdean, 35, have sued Edinburgh Trams Limited and Transport Initiatives Edinburgh respectively following injuries which occurred at Haymarket and Princes Street between October 2012 and October […]

Despite a 10 per cent drop in the total number of crashes where people were injured or killed, there was a rise in the number of deaths in road accidents across Scotland; from 145 in 2017 to 160 in 2018, according to recent statistics. Between 2017 and 2018, the latest Transport Scotland data revealed there was an 11 per […]