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It’s both terrifying and tragic to see the effects some injuries can have on a person’s life. When we talk of serious injury claims, a lot of people lean toward looking at permanent physical or mental disability; but facial disfigurement claims can have one heck of an impact on the victim’s life.

Let’s look at what we assess when it comes to the awards for these sorts of claims and we’ll take a look at the official guidelines for payouts for these types of cases.

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In no way am I knocking delivery drivers here – the point of this article is to advise the victim of an accident about their rights when it comes to accidents and injuries caused by a delivery driver.

The law is the law, and important health and safety legislation must be adhered to in order to prevent innocent people from being injured through no fault of their own. So if you are injured by a delivery driver, read on for info on your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation.

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Hotel owners have a clear duty to take all reasonable steps to ensure that guests staying on the premises are not injured. Rooms ought to be inspected very frequently given that housekeeping staff will often be in rooms for cleaning and bedding change purposes.

So what are you rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation if you’re injured in a hotel room?

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Swimming pools can of course be inherently dangerous places. I mean, for one, the floor is likely to be very wet around the edges and walkways of the pool. Changing rooms and shower areas are also likely to get very wet as well.

In other circumstances, there could be unknown dangers and defects in the actual pool itself. So if you’re injured either in or around a swimming pool area, what are your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation?
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In this article, we’re talking about injuries caused by builders who you may have, for example, instructed to carry out some work in your home. This one doesn’t apply to building sites as such.

So let’s say you instruct a builder or similar tradesperson to do some work in your home or perhaps you’re a business owner and work is being done on your premises – what happens if you are injured due to the negligence of the builder or trader? Whether you’re having a conservatory built or a carpet fitted, read on for your rights.

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Stepping on broken glass, especially when you’re not wearing any shoes or wearing thin soled shoes, can obviously be painful and debilitating. In many walks of life there is precious little that can be done to stop such incidents. If you are injured by walking over broken glass on a public pavement, who can you possibly sue? The council can’t be expected to prevent such things…

But if it happens at work or in a public premises, that’s when you may have a claim for personal injury compensation. Read on for more advice.

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Cut tendon injuries are very serious. If you’ve come to our site looking for advice having cut through a tendon, I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir here.

Common in workplace accidents where tendons in the fingers, wrists, and arms are cut from machinery or using tools in the workplace, they can lead to a lot of pain and a lot of time off work. So here is some advice for cut tendon accident victims about making a claim and what you can claim for.

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As a firm of specialist personal injury lawyers, we’re used to dealing with all varieties of claims for personal injury compensation. We have represented many victims for claims against restaurants and shops for biting down and being injured when a foreign object is found in a food product.

Whilst these sorts of claims aren’t normally common, it’s certainly not unheard of. I remember once finding a huge stone type thing in a tin of tuna I bought – luckily I didn’t bite in to it, but I know of others who haven’t been as lucky as I was in dodging the danger.

So what can you do about it?

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Whilst uncommon, we have taken on and won claims for personal injury compensation where people have been hit by swinging gates. The force of a gate swinging open can be quite a dangerous thing to be hit by, and the injuries can be fairly serious.

If this has happened to you, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation? Let’s take a look at some examples together with the law to find out.

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Even minor burns can result in prolonged pain and unsightly scarring, whether it’s in the short term or the long term. With minor burns, the pain will often go away in a few days, but damage to the skin may last longer.

So for a burn injury compensation claim, how do we value the case and what kinds of things can you include in a claim? Read on for an insight in to what we look for and what we do to value a burn injury case.
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