Depending on your choice of profession, you may find yourself exposed to all sorts of weird, wonderful, and potentially dangerous equipment that is necessary for you to use to carry out your job. If you’re mainly office based like me, the only equipment I use other than my computer is a phone, a pen, and a stapler now and then! So there isn’t much danger in it for me – although if you are computer based, make sure you’ve done your Display Screen Equipment tests…

Alternatively, those of you working on a construction site will be using power tools, ladders, cement mixers, plant machinery, and all sorts of potentially lethal things; so it goes without saying that adequate training and supervision is needed for the use of this kind of work equipment…

The Law
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If you have been injured in a car crash because of someone else’s negligence, you will usually get your compensation from their car insurer.After all car insurance is there so that if things go wrong cars can be repaired and injured people can get compensation. 

But what happens if the negligent driver doesn’t have insurance?  Don’t worry!  You can still be compensated for your injuries. 

The difference is that you will be compensated by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) instead of the negligent drivers’ insurance company.  Let me explain more…
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You know, when you really think about it, supermarkets can actually be pretty dangerous places. Shelves stacked full of all sorts of soft foods and liquids that can easily become a slipping hazard when spilt, or the sheer number of items on sale falling off shelves becoming a tripping hazard. What about the fact that they are usually crammed full of people doing their shopping all at once – especially on a Saturday or Sunday daytime! And with their kids as well!

Accidents in supermarkets are not uncommon at all; we are used to helping people out who have been injured through no fault of their own at the local supermarket. I know there’s the initial embarrassment and the feeling like you need to quickly disappear after you slip or trip in front of so many people, but in reality, you could have a claim for compensation for any injuries you receive.

Had a Supermarket Accident? Can You Claim?
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If you are ever unfortunate enough to suffer an injury which you believe is a direct result of someone else’s negligence, you have every chance of claiming compensation by making a personal injury claim; and we at The Injury Lawyers can assist you in this to ensure that the process is as hassle free and straightforward as possible, allowing you the time and opportunity to focus your attentions on the most important priority – your recovery.

The protocol surrounding most personal injury claims is as follows –

Upon receiving details of your claim, we will send a letter of claim to the defendants which outlines the details of your accident and injuries, and how we believe them to be liable. From here we give them a period of 21 days to respond to our letter, informing us that they have acknowledged our claim and have forwarded the details over to their representing insurers.
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If you are claiming for compensation and the insurers representing the other side have admitted liability (i.e. agreed to pay out for your claim), it is quite common these days to receive a pre-medical offer – or pre-med as they are commonly referred to.

What is a pre-med offer? 

It is an offer of settlement, without the evidence and sight of a medical report, put forward by the third party insurer to the legal representative of the claimant. In today’s economic climate, for some individuals this may be quite tempting to accept at the early stage of an injury claim.
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The founder of Poly Implant Prothese (P.I.P), Mr Jean-Claude Mas, has been arrested in France following the investigation in to the low grade silicon and poor quality of implant manufactured by his company that has the potential to cause serious injury and harm to the suspected 400,000 women around the world who have had the P.I.P implant used in surgery.

According to sources from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16736385) Mr Mas has been taken in to custody in Marseilles, where his lawyer has told a news agency that “he is not well, he is tired and he is waiting for his doctor.”

Investigations that date back to May 2010 in France confirmed that the company P.I.P had been using low grade silicon that is commonly used for industrial purposes in the production of mattresses and pillows, and is not to the standard of the European CE Mark approved gel that had originally been used. The silicon has the potential to cause irritation, and may even affect the victims DNA if ongoing tests conclude such dangers.
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We are The Injury Lawyers – and we think our name says it all. We are THE INJURY LAWYERS, meaning we only deal with personal injury compensation claims, so we can offer you a more specialist service and a lawyer with specialist experience and skills. To narrow it down a little more, we specialise in all forms of personal injury claims; with work accident compensation claims making up a large percentage of our client base.

So, if you’ve had an accident at work, and you’re looking for a work accident compensation claim lawyer, look no further, and take note of this three part guide that will fill you in on what you need to know.

1. Your Position and Employment is Protected
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You might have been told that you can claim for losses that result from your accident as well as claiming injury compensation – which is absolutely right.  But you might not have been told what the difference between General Damages (the compensation for your injuries) and Special Damages is.  At The Injury Lawyers we like to keep our advice simple and speak in plain language; so here’s a quick guide to Special Damages.

If you have been injured through no fault of your own, you can claim compensation.  The compensation you get for your injuries alone is called General Damages.  So you have whiplash, and you make a claim and get £1,500.00 for your injuries.  This is your general damages.  Ok, but did you know that you can also be get compensation for any other losses that come from your accident as well?  You can, and these are called Special Damages.  This is compensation for your financial losses.

What exactly are Special Damages?
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The question we get asked the most at The Injury Lawyers is ‘how much is my claim worth?’  At the end of the day, people are interested to know, and ultimately want to know, if making a claim is worth it. 

Well the bad news is that we cannot tell you straightaway how much your claim is worth.  No-one can.  Injury Lawyers can give you guidelines, figures, and guesses, but nothing concrete without the right medical evidence in place.  Let me explain how a claim is valued.

Essentially, the more pain and suffering you have, the more your claim is generally worth.  The more losses you have and the more valuable these losses are, the more your claim is worth.  A two month minor whiplash injury will be worth more than a 4 week minor whiplash injury in most cases.  Likewise, a 2 month moderate whiplash injury will be worth more than a 2 month minor whiplash injury.  Alternatively, someone who has lost out on a few weeks wages and required help around the house whilst they were recovering will have this added to the value of their claim as well.
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Our name is a bit of a giveaway about what we specialise in; as The Injury Lawyers, we represent clients for personal injury cases, and nothing else! Because we specialise in all forms of injury claims, we think we’re the best choice for any sort of claim – whether it’s a straightforward soft tissue injury, to broken bones and severe trauma injuries.

If you are unfortunate enough to be suffering with a severe injury, you will probably be considering the avenue of making a claim a little more carefully – ultimately, your claim could be worth a lot of money, which means two things – 1. You want to make sure you get 100% of the maximum amount you are entitled to claim for; and 2. The insurers for the other side will not want to pay you a huge sum of compensation as it costs them a lot of money – they are far more likely to try and defend your claim and reduce your payout by any means they possibly can.

What I’m saying here is that if you have suffered a serious injury, you need, and I mean NEED, a specialist personal injury lawyer representing you for your claim to make sure you miss out on nothing. So, here is a guide as to what you should look for in your injury lawyer:
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