Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act – One Year On!
100% compensation, referral fee ban, and no win, no fee claims
So we’re almost at the 12 month anniversary since the government drastically changed the law which turned the personal injury claiming world upside down. For personal injury claims, solicitors are no longer able to recover a Success Fee or an After The Event insurance premium from the other side.
So how’s this affected solicitors and the victims claiming for compensation?
100% Compensation for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Claims
We can offer 100% compensation for workplace compensation claims
The general duty of the employer is to take all reasonable steps to avoid an employee being injured in the workplace. Where certain dangers cannot be avoided, Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE as its commonly known, is the key to safeguarding employees from harm in the workplace.
So what are the duties on your employer, and where can you make a potential claim for personal injury compensation for being injured?
100% compensation for product liability cases!
Imagine this – you’re driving down the motorway at 70mph when your car engine suddenly shuts itself off. The consequences could be devastating and a sudden accident at those kinds of speeds can result in serious injuries and fatalities.
Sadly if you drive a General Motors car, with affected vehicles such as the Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR, Pontiac G5 and Solstice, and the Saturn Ion and Sky, this could happen to you according to recent sources from the BBC.
Tripped on loose wires at work? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
100% compensation for work accident claims
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 places a duty on your employer to take all reasonable steps to prevent accidents from occurring in the workplace. The regulations actually have a specific section designated to the condition of floors and traffic routes that is designed to cover the issue of slips, trips, and falls in the workplace.
So if you trip over loose wires in the workplace, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
100% Compensation for Work Equipment Claims
Most solicitors take 25% from your payout – we don’t!
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 is an important piece of legislation that dictates the responsibility your employer has to you when it comes to providing and managing equipment in the workplace. It’s a very important law that places a significant duty on employers to take reasonable steps to keep employees safe.
Injured Cyclist Suing Halfords for £1 Million
According to sources from the Metro, an injured cyclist is suing Halfords after his mountain bike split in half at high speed, propelling him in to a metal pole and leaving him with what has been described as serious and lifelong injuries. The court heard that the bike had a ‘sudden and catastrophic failure’ that resulted in 24 year old Joseph Love with injuries that are said to have ‘wrecked his life.’
If you have suffered a serious injury and you want to make a claim for personal injury compensation, I’d advise you to read this vital information that could guarantee you (or the victim if you are looking on behalf of someone) the best quality of life possible, the best rehabilitation and care possible, and saving potentially tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Whiplash claim – should I take second offer?
Top Tip! Solicitors can get up to four times more!
So you have a whiplash claim and you have rejected or countered the first offer from the insurers, and now you have a new offer that (I hope!) is better than the first one. Should you accept it?
An insurer can make an offer at anytime during a claim, and it is the important role of your solicitor to correctly advise you as to whether an offer from the other side should be accepted or rejected. So it all depends on the amount of the offer – read on for more info.
100% Compensation for Fall Accident Claims
We can still give you a 100% compensation agreement!
Fall accidents, whether caused by trips, slips, or from falling from a height at work perhaps, can cause some pretty devastating injuries; especially if you fall from a significant height and / or the ground you land is hard. So if you are the victim of a falling accident and you think you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation, how can you get a lawyer to guarantee you can still keep all 100% of it?
Electric shock claim from broken / defective product
100% compensation for product claims
So, you’re using a hairdryer, or perhaps a lawnmower, or some other form of electrical equipment, and it shocks you – causing an injury. What can you do?
If the electric shock is caused because the product is defective, or perhaps the plug or wiring is faulty, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation depending on how it has happened, and where it has happened as well.