Plants on central reservation obscured views of oncoming traffic in taxi/car collision
A 54 year old woman has successfully claimed part of her personal injury compensation claim from a local council, after her lawyers successfully argued the council owed her a duty of care to trim trees that had obscured the view of a road junction where she was knocked down.  The accident, took place in Dalston in North London… read more

Findings indicate prolonged exposure to lower noise levels may cause substantial damage

A recent court judgement looks likely to have a big impact on the claims of thousands of people in England and Wales who suffer from work-related hearing loss caused by exposure to high noise levels.  The case, which involved an employee in the knitting industry of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, looks likely to have implications for those people… read more

If you are travelling to warmer climes this summer for your holidays, odds are you will be travelling by plane.  The vast majority of plane journeys pass without incident; however, when things do go wrong, and people are injured, finding out whether you can make a compensation claim might not always be straightforward.  This is where a piece in the latest edition of the Busy Solicitors Digest may help to… read more

The court of appeal has clarified the issue of occupiers’ liability in a case involving a 10-year old who was injured when a goalpost collapsed on him as he was playing football at a caravan park.  Whilst the claim for damages had initially been dismissed by a judge, the court of appeal took a different view, finding that the accident could have been prevented had a daily inspection routine been… read more

Although it took place on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, the case of a woman who was injured when her car was pushed off the road by a herd of stray cattle has, after 16 years, reached the Court of Appeal in London.  Whilst the case itself was fairly minor, it raised some interesting points that are just as relevant to accident victims in the UK as they are in… read more

When you tell most people that they can claim compensation if they have been injured in a competitive sport, they often look slightly sceptical. For a long time in this country, we have viewed accidents on the pitch, the court, or the rink as part and parcel of the risks of playing a sport. However recent court cases have helped establish the duty of sports clubs to make sure their… read more