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Whatever career you have, at some point you will have to use a form of work equipment. Whether you work in an office or on a building site, the course of your employment will consist of you using equipment provided by your employer. This may mean using large industrial machinery or chairs and work stations. Whatever the risk, your employer has a duty to protect your health and well being, because faulty equipment can cause accidents. 

There are other items in your workplace that may cause you injury if they are not correctly maintained. These include lighting, fixtures and fittings, fans and air-conditioning units, heaters and boilers. It is important that your employer carries out regular checks on these items because if not they could be putting your health and safety at risk.
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All motor vehicle users owe a duty of care to other road users, including other drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians. Any one driving a motor vehicle in the UK must by law hold a full UK driving licence, have a valid MOT certificate, valid insurance documents and road tax. If a driver on the road only holds a provisional driving licence then they must be accompanied by a fully qualified driver who is over 21 and has been driving for at least three years.

 The driver of a motor vehicle may be regarded as negligent if they become involved in a road accident and it is revealed that:

• The driver of the vehicle was speeding
• Failed to break
• Failure to control the vehicle
• Doesn’t regard traffic signs or warnings
• Fails to keep a look out for other road users

If you have been involved in a road accident it is important that you take the details of the other party involved. They should have car insurance, however in some cases drivers choose not to, by doing this they are breaking the law and could face a prison sentence.
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Some people love motorcycles, some people steer clear of them at all costs. The people that love them see them as a huge convenience for avoiding the congestion on our roads. Motorcycles are the faster way of getting around, as they can easily cut through traffic. Motorcycles and mopeds are becoming more and more popular. A lot of motorcyclists feel that riding their motorcycle is a much more exciting and exhilarating way to get around.

Although there are many positive points of using a motorcycle there are also a lot of negatives. As a motorcyclist you are 57 times more likely to be killed in an accident than a car driver. You represent approximately 1% of the traffic on our roads in the UK but account for 19% of all deaths and serious injuries.

The Government recently launched a campaign called Think! One of the things they wanted to gain from the campaign was to make car drivers more aware of bikers, and to see them as people not just objects. They released figures which stated that 493 motorcyclists died and 5,556 were seriously injured in road collisions in 2008 in Great Britain.
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Construction sites have a large variety of risks, making the possibility of an accident quite high. Workers are faced with operating hazardous equipment and working with unstable materials.  Construction work also requires a lot of manual work, so you are constantly putting your body through demanding work and all this strain could lead to an accident at work.

Construction sites are one of the most dangerous places to work, with the industry approximately employing 7% of the UK workforce. Dangers include working at height, working with hazards on ground level, operating heavy machinery and large amounts of manual handling. Each of these situations needs to be assessed before hand, to do this your employer should carry out a risk assessment.

As your employer is aware of all of the risks on site, they have a duty of care to their employees to make sure that they do everything necessary to prevent injury on the construction site. If they were to neglect this duty of care they would be putting you at risk of injury, and themselves at risk from an insurance claim.
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When you use public transport you expect as a passenger, that you’ll endure a safe journey to your destination. However that’s not always the case!

With autumn slowly creeping in, those winter bus journeys are going to be something we all dread. Getting up an extra hour in the morning, waiting at a bus stop or railway/tube station in wet and cold conditions, it’s not a nice experience…

When using public transport the driver of the bus, tram, train etc owes you, as a customer, a duty of care.
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Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is a serious condition which is caused by the compression of the nerves in the lower portion of the spinal canal. If diagnosed it is considered a surgical emergency because if CES is left untreated it can lead to permanent disability. Medics use a number of red flags when diagnosing the syndrome, this makes them aware of the seriousness of the disease.

CES is caused by the significant narrowing of the spinal canal, it compresses the nerve roots below the level of the spinal cord. This means that nerves may become trapped, or unable to function properly in the process. There are numerous causes of CES that have been recorded:
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If you have been involved in a Supermarket accident in the past three years then you could be entitled to claim compensation. If you suffered personal injury due to the accident and it wasn’t your fault then you may have a successful supermarket accident claim.

No matter what Supermarket you use, whether it is ASDA, Morrison’s, Tesco or a local supermarket they owe you as a customer a duty of care. This means that it is their duty to ensure that you are safe whilst shopping at their facility.

Unfortunately not all accidents can be avoided, that is why most large supermarkets have a system which ensures they carry out regular checks, clean up any spillages and even keep a written record of their cleaning programme. 
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Coming from a nation of animal lovers, a dog bite is an attack a lot of us fear. However much we love animals, especially dogs, we all know that what they’re about to do next is often unpredictable. There has been a sudden rise in victims of dog attacks lately, especially amongst children. It is understandable that as parents, we worry for both our own and our children’s safety when around animals.

Under the Dangerous Dogs Act, there are some animals that are not allowed to be owned as pets in the UK. This is because they are seen as unsafe to the public, if after an investigation the police discover you were attacked by an animal on the list, the owner is likely to be prosecuted.

Here at The Injury Lawyers we want to make you aware of what to do if you should encounter such an attack…
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Although employers can take measures to prevent accidents at work, they cannot be totally avoided. Accidents are part of our everyday life, they’re something we’ve all grown up with. When you’re a child you may fall down and graze your knee, cry for a while then carry on playing. However, as an adult, trips and falls can have a much more serious effect.

It is stated that by law every company must have an accident report book, this is where they write each accident that takes place on site. If you become involved in an accident at work you must tell your employer so that they can record it. This way they can hopefully prevent similar accidents from happening in the future.

If you feel that your injury at work is serious and needs medical attention you should see your GP. When telling them of the injury you should mention that it happened at work so that they can then record this.
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When it comes to Injury Law and whether you are entitled to make compensation claims there is often a lot of confusion amongst the public. We often have people enquiring about a claim they want to make, but who are unsure about whether or not they have the right to do so, especially when it comes to accidents that involve emergency vehicles.

With accidents involving emergency vehicles it is the same procedure as any other as it is important to establish who was at fault, this will then tell you whether or not you are entitled to compensation.  Like all accidents there will always be a party who was the victim, here at Your lawyers we are here to help.

Although drivers of emergency vehicles are allowed to exceed the speed limit, or cut through traffic when need be, they also have a responsibility to exercise reasonable care to other road users whilst driving.  If they fail to do this, causing someone injury then that person may be entitled to claim compensation.
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