Statement from Lawford Kidd client Anthony Phee on his successful personal injury case
Following today’s determination by Lord Brailsford at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Mr Phee said: “I am delighted at the judgment and relieved that the court case is over. “No-one expects to lose an eye when they go to play golf and adjusting to partially losing my sight has been a harrowing experience. I […]
David Sandison on the Government’s Response to the Scottish Civil Courts Review Recommendations
As published in the Scots Law Times earlier this year, David Sandison discusses the likely impact of the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations of the Scottish Civil Courts Review. The Scottish Government, on 11 November 2010, published its response to the Civil Courts Review. The response confirms the government’s acceptance of “the vision provided […]
Workplace Accidents and Ill Health in Scotland
The National Audit Office have published a report confirming that workplace accidents and ill health in Scotland resulted in 2.5 million working days last year. The cost was around £187,000,000. For free initial advice on all aspects of workplace accidents contact us on 0800 027 1480. The Audit Office looked at the work of Health […]
Environmental Campaigners Win Court Expenses Order
Lord Stewart, on 20th January 2011 upheld in the Court of Session an application by environmental campaigners Road Sense to restrict any award of costs against them when they proceeded with a case against the Scottish Ministers. They were pursuing an appeal against the Scottish Ministers regarding the proposed peripheral route around the west and […]
Manual handling accidents – a major cause of occupational injury in the UK
Manual handling accidents remain one of the main causes of occupational injury within the UK. More than a third of all three day injuries reported each year to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities are caused by manual handling. Manual handling means the transporting or supporting loads by hand or by bodily force. […]
Accidents at work – Health and Safety Executive Statistics
In 2009/10 there were 23 fatal injuries to workers in Scotland, 2,548 reported major injuries to employees and 7992 over 3 day injuries to employees. Compared with 2008/09 the total number of injuries in Scotland has fallen by 8.9%. In Scotland in 2009/10 the rate per 100,000 employees was 115.6 for fatal and major injuries […]
The Price of Success
The health and safety statistics for 2010 show that although construction accounts for 4% of the employees in Britain, 7% of reported injuries happen to employees in the construction sector. The accident rate in construction accounted for 42 fatal injuries in 2009 to 2010. 35% of the cases involved high falls and 24.8% involved electricity. […]
What does 100% compensation actually mean?
If your claim is successful the insurers will pay a sum of money in settlement. For example for a whiplash injury they might pay £2500. You will then receive that sum in your hand and there will be no deductions for legal costs. When a lawyer acts on a No Win No Fee basis there […]
