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Amazingly we have taken on several claims where our clients have been injured by a bus driver closing the doors on them. Whether it’s down to a failure to pay attention or simply not seeing the client boarding the bus? There is a duty of care on bus drivers to ensure that their actions do not injure anyone.

So if this has happened to you then you may have a winning claim for personal injury compensation.

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You do not have to have broken your arm to make a claim for personal injury compensation – you are able to make a claim where you sustained muscular injuries as well.

Any muscular injury, even when minor, can be pretty debilitating, and is likely to have a significant impact on your social, domestic, and work life.

So read on for some vital advice about what you can claim for and how much you could be expecting to receive.

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It doesn’t matter whether you’re tasked with moving a heavy box or a human being when it comes to employers adhering to The Manual Handling Operations Regulations. Working for the NHS in a hospital is no different and the rules still apply. Most people would struggle to lift or move a patient who weighs a light 10 stone or so – the rules must apply in any situation where heavy lifting may be involved.

10 stone is around 63kg which is a heavy amount to move – so if you are injured moving a patient in a hospital, what are your rights?

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The government stopped you from recovering all of your legal fees for a personal injury case in April 2013. As a result most law firms are now taking at least 25% from your payout and some are asking for upfront fees or making you pay additional fixed charges at the end of the claim.

So with access to justice now at an all time low thanks to the overzealous reforms, where do you stand on being better off by dealing with an insurer directly?
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Did you know that the days of 100% compensation are somewhat a thing of the past due to government legal reforms from April 2013?

Whilst we personally still offer agreements where people are not at a loss in real terms for some cases, as well as being able to save our clients thousands of pounds by not charging the ‘standard’ amounts that many law firms charge, the concern of upfront costs is of course a huge issue.

But what if I was to tell you that you don’t have to pay upfront costs or claiming?
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The spine is, of course, one of the worst areas of the body you can damage – primarily when the injury is serious. So in a spinal injury compensation claim it is as important to choose the right lawyer to represent you as it is making the claim itself.

If you are looking in to making a claim for personal injury for a spine injury accident, read on for vital advice about what you can claim for, what you could get paid out, and how you can make sure you maximise the amount you receive by instructing the best law firm for you.
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There is a duty of care for salons and providers of beauty and cosmetic treatments to ensure that clients are not injured or suffer adversely as a result of procedures and work carried out. In the vast majority of cases where products are used, a patch test can be performed to identify any potential adverse reactions or allergies that may occur.

But sources from the BBC have recently confirmed that the number of salons who are not providing patch tests is huge, and victims are coming forward.

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Achilles tendon injuries can cause real and long term problems in even the most straightforward of cases. Common in slips and trips were the tendon may be stretched beyond its normal range of movement, or subject to an impact injury, we’re more than used to fighting for clients suffering with such injuries.

From lost earnings to private rehabilitation there can be a lot that we need to take in to account – so have a read on for some useful advice.
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Personally I avoid walking over manholes – not out of suspicion but out of concern given the large amount of claims we take on that involve manhole covers breaking, moving / flipping, or being missing in general. As you can imagine, the sorts of injuries one can sustain from such an accident can be nasty.

So if you are the victim of being injured due to an old manhole cover, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Ever since the government changed the law in April 2013 there has been a great deal of confusion over why innocent accident victims are losing some of their payout. The gist of things is that the government have stopped you from recovering all of your legal fees from the opponent.

So why is it that in even the most straightforward of claims you may still face a deduction?
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