New system for solicitors and insurance companies to handle road accident claims
Although you might not have read about it in the papers, or seen much news coverage about it on the TV – after all it was election week – there was a big change this week to the way road accident compensation claims for less than £10,000 are dealt with by law firms and insurance companies.  This big… read more

Local authority part liable for road traffic accident
A local authority who fails to maintain roadside verges may be partly liable for injuries in a road traffic accident, that’s the latest news from an appeal case in West Sussex.

The accident in question involved a woman who had lost control of her car in frosty conditions early one morning on an A road in the area.  On a narrow… read more

Compensation myth dispelled
So you’ve been involved in a car accident, and to make matters worse, you were a passenger in the car that caused the accident.  You been injured, but surely you can’t claim against the driver of the vehicle you were in, can you?

You might be relieved to hear that you can.  In fact one of the most common misconceptions that people have about car accident… read more

93 crashes netted fraudster nearly £50k
A man who arranged over 90 fraudulent car crashes in the space of three years has been jailed at Manchester Crown Court for his part in the £1.6million “crash for cash” compensation conspiracy.

Mohammed Patel caused 93 car crashes, costing insurance companies around £17,000 a crash, in terms of compensation payouts and legal fees.  Mr Patel staged accidents for car owners to allow… read more

243,000 drivers aged 17-20 are driving on UK roads without insurance
This shocking figure released by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, the body representing insurance companies, equates to roughly 1 in 5 drivers aged under 21 driving round without insurance, compared with only 1 in 20 drivers in other age groups.

The figures, uncovered by the BBC’s Newsbeat program, reveal a worryingly high number of younger drivers are taking to… read more

UK parents switching child seats too early
Parents in the UK are putting their children at an increased risk of injury in a road traffic accident due to the type of child seat they are using, according a study published in the British Medical Journal.  Instead of using the recommended rear-facing child seats, parents are switching their children to front-facing child seats too early, leaving them exposed to the risk… read more

Many people might be aware that a soft tissue injury to the neck, commonly known as whiplash, can be a side-effect of being involved in a road traffic accident.  However what you might not know is that whiplash can also occur in a wide variety of accidents; in fact almost any circumstances where there is a sudden involuntary movement of the head, back or neck could cause you to suffer… read more