The Most Common Types of Personal Injuries: How to Make a Claim
Despite health and safety initiatives having even more scope into the world of employment and some campaigns to try and reduce the number of accidents that occur in the UK, sadly, millions of people are injured each year, Often people are injured due to their own actions. However, a significant percentage of people suffer severe […]
Resident Suffers Severe Burn Injuries in Care Home
A national care home provider and one of its employees have been prosecuted after a young woman suffered full thickness burns to more than 40% of her body from a scalding bath. The incident occurred at a care home in Bathgate, and left 32-year-old Nicola Jones requiring major surgery, including amputation of all her toes. She […]
All Change for Personal Injury Cases in Scotland?
The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has published a report on the responses it received to a consultation on the use of pre-action protocols in personal injury cases. Pre-action protocols involve procedures, which take place involving both parties to the personal injury claim before court proceedings are raised, which will establish whether the settlement can […]
Construction safety still a concern
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has recently turned its spotlight on the construction sector, warning that there is no room for complacency despite a recent fall in the number of accidents within the industry. The charity is to hold a conference to highlight the need for more to be done to […]
A focus on forestry safety
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has turned its attention to the issue of forestry safety, and is holding a Safety and Health Awareness Day to highlight the specific health and safety issues affecting workers in the forestry industry. The day will cover issues relating to the use of forestry machinery and forestry chainsaw work, directional […]
Lawford Kidd Appoints Leading Claims Lawyer
Leading claims compensation law firm Lawford Kidd has announced the appointment of Val Roberts as a Consultant with the firm. Val has been practising for 20 years and is one of Scotland’s best known claimant lawyers. Lawford Kidd specialises in representing accident victims and was the first Scottish firm to receive corporate accreditation from APIL, […]
Fresh warning after 15 Scottish workers killed
Fifteen people lost their lives while at work in Scotland last year and 2,645 suffered a major injury, according to the latest statistics. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a fresh warning about workplace safety after the number of deaths rose across Great Britain in 2010/11. It is urging employers to make the […]
Judge allows tick bite claim to proceed
A Court of Session judge has ruled that a forestry worker can proceed with his damages claim against the Forestry Commission, reports the Scotsman. Iain MacEchern is claiming £80,000 in damages after a tick bite left him seriously ill with lyme disease. The 57-year old had to spend a number of months in hospital, and […]
Personal injury claims by minors
Recent research from Ireland has shown that children aged 3 – 7 years are over three times more likely to have an accident that results in a personal injury claim than infants aged 3 or less. The study, carried out by InjuriesBoard.ie, also found that childhood accidents were more than twice as likely to occur […]
£4.6 million for injuries at birth
A six-year-old Norfolk boy has won £4.6 million in compensation after incurring serious brain damage during his birth in 2004, reports the BBC. His lawyers argued that the damage occurred when midwives failed to notice that the baby’s heartbeat was abnormal. The lawyers claimed that the normal heartbeat the midwives were listening to, believing it […]
