If you’ve been injured at work due to manual handling accident, perhaps due to little or no training or assistance, then you may be able make a claim for compensation. Surprisingly, manual handling injuries are very common within the workplace, and can usually vary from minor repetitive strain injuries to more serious back injuries. Understandably these types of injuries commonly cause both financial loss and a great deal of inconvenience.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 is basically the law which states how manual handling within the workplace should be carried out safely.

It is the duty of your employer to provide suitable and sufficient instructions, training, and if required, assistance when handling heavy or awkward objects. This must be adequate to prevent any foreseeable injuries that would be likely to occur due to lifting and moving objects within the workplace. The Regulations state that each employer should avoid the need for their employees to undertake any manual handling that is likely to cause injury to them, and if manual handling operations are necessary, then the employer should conduct a full risk assessment of the operation to reduce the risk of injury to their employees.
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As the weather gets colder, the roads are set to become more and more dangerous as Britain is (apparently) going to be facing one heck of a winter. That means ice on the roads making driving conditions perilous, and snow that will probably bring our country to an unnecessary standstill as it always seems to do!

Anyone who is a capable driver knows to take extra care in icy and snowy conditions because skidding is a real risk. If you hit a patch of ice, you will very likely lose control of your vehicle and regaining control of it may be completely impossible.
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Love them or hate them, supermarkets are an accident hotspot, and our expert team here at The Injury lawyers are more than used to getting calls from people wanting to start a claim for personal injury compensation having had an accident in Asda.

So what are your rights when it comes to making a claim for compensation from Asda? Is it even possible to take on one of the largest supermarket giants in the world?
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Have you been injured in an accident and the defendant’s insurer has accused you of contributory negligence? As if your accident and injuries weren’t painful and difficult enough to come to terms with, someone accusing you of being partly liable for your accident and injuries can understandably be devastating.

What is classed as contributory negligence?

This is quite common in road traffic accidents, and can be things like; not wearing a seatbelt, helmet or protective leathers. In other situations such as work accidents or public or occupiers liability, this can include things like; not following instructions, signs or training given. So, for example, if you use any machinery labelled out of order, or drive down a road that is signposted as closed then unfortunately, you may be liable for contributory negligence.
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Have you had an accident at work due to leaking machinery? Quite often, any sort of substance leaking out of machinery can cause slips and trips, and not to mention all sorts of injuries within the workplace! Most of the time, the reason for leaking machinery can be caused by a defective machine, that has either not been maintained by the employer, or is not working properly.

How does the law come into this sort of accident?
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Did you know that there is a specific regulation that addresses the condition of walkways and traffic routes in the workplace?

You do now! Regulation 12 of The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 specifically places a duty on an employer to:

(1) Every floor in a workplace and the surface of every traffic route in a workplace shall be of a construction such that the floor or surface of the traffic route is suitable for the purpose for which it is used.
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A fall on stairs can be, for rather obvious reasons, very serious and potentially devastating when it comes to injuries and losses that can be commonly associated with these types of accidents.

It can be bad enough having a general slip, trip or fall but ending up down a flight of stairs is likely going to be much more serious.

So what can you do if you have injured yourself due to a defect or a hazard on some stair? Perhaps one of the following has happened to you:
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Whether you’ve slipped on a grape or been involved in a road traffic accident, however minor or serious your accident and loss is, you may be able to claim compensation.

If you think you have gathered all the information you can about your accident to make a claim, then time really is of the essence. The sooner you take action to claim, the less amount of time it leaves the defendant to investigate your accident; therefore giving you a better chance of winning your case and claiming your compensation.
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When it comes to personal injury claims, No Win, No Fee seems pretty self-explanatory, but when firms are regularly using the term along with other promises of their services, it can become confusing as to what it really means. Generally speaking, No Win, No Fee means that if your case loses, then you should not be charged for the Solicitors legal fees.

I’ve also heard of the term ‘100% No Win, No Fee’ – What does this mean?

If a firm advertises ‘100% No Win, No Fee’ then its understandable how this can seem confusing as to what it really means. Although the terms separately mean different things, put together, if you win your case, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you get to keep 100% of your compensation. It may be used as a bit of a misleading tag like to suggest that you keep 100% of your payout which most lawyers won’t let you do because of recent law changes.
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It’s that time of year where the insurers will prey on victims of accidents and push them to settle too early and directly without a solicitor because Christmas is here and everyone could use a little more money over the festive period. Even our clients get a massive surge of pre-medical offers, which are offers to settle claim without medical evidence.

It’s tempting to take the common £1,000 now rather than wait a few more weeks and settle a claim the proper way.
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