When it comes to hand arm vibration syndrome (or HAVS / vibration white finger), as an industrial disease case, it usually comes down to what preventative measures your employer could have put in place, and whether you had made complaints about problems and symptoms.

The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations states that your employer must ensure you do not breach the daily exposure limit value and / or exposure action value. But when you make complaints that go unheard, you may have a very good chance at winning your claim.
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Supermarket car parks can be a hotspot for accidents and injury claims for many reasons. During peak times when cars are constantly moving around the car park and pedestrians are weaving in between cars, the hazards can be plentiful.

There are of course the trip and fall claims from poorly maintained car parks or general hazard and dangers in them as well. So let’s see if we can tell you whether you have a successful claim for personal injury compensation for a supermarket car park accident.
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Dental law can be a complex area of law. Many personal injury claims are pursued in very standardised ways, but dental law can be far more complex when you are making a dental negligence compensation claim.

This is why it is so important to speak to us about your options because we not only specialise but have pursued thousands of dental negligence claims and obtained millions of pounds for our clients.
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You may have heard of the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit (Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants) where the victim successfully sued because of the high temperature of the drink. Whilst those kinds of cases are now few and far between (although we have dealt with some) the more common coffee burn claims involve the lids and containers being defective or unsecured.

In this case our client was badly scolded because she placed the cup of coffee to her lips to drink it and the lid had not been put on properly. This resulted in significant scolding to the chest and stomach area.
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Glass on a nightclub floor is a common occurrence and an obviously dangerous hazard. It’s the reason that many places now have plastic cups and plastic bottles because of the absolute nightmare that broken glass on the floor can be.

So if you are injured by glass being on the nightclub floor, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation? Read on for more advice…
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One of the most common ways people are injured by workplace machinery and equipment is because of a lack of adequate guards. A lot of machinery and equipment have moving parts which is why they need to be guarded to protect employees from being injured when using them.

So what happens if you are injured at work because someone removed a guard from a piece of machinery or equipment?
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The government seems obsessed with whiplash claims, and a lot of it stems from incessant moaning from the insurance industry who appear upset that they have to pay people money who make claims; despite the fact that they exist for that very reason.

Reading my opening statement, you may feel I am somewhat bitter or bias about the negativity that’s associated with whiplash claims. Well to be honest, I am! And with good reason!

So read on for info about how much you may have to pay and more importantly why you have to pay for your whiplash claim.
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Our client was the victim of a nasty hit on the head when the cable of the weights machine he was using snapped and struck his head with force. It could have been a lot worse if he had been hit by some weights or another part of the machinery!

He received a cut to the head that required glue treatment at hospital, and we have successfully won a fantastic payout of £4,000 despite the other side trying to dispute the case.
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Sometimes you can ride over a pothole and escape with minor cuts and bruises – and other times you can be very badly injured.

Our Serious Injury Claims Team are used to representing victims for serious and catastrophic injury claims all the time. Our client in this instance approached us after sustaining a shoulder injury which turned out to cause a lot of problems for quite a long time.
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Leg crush accidents are usually life altering and will often result in surgical amputation. It’s truly awful, and we have acted for those who have been lucky enough to escape with minor bruising and ligament injuries as well as those who have been unfortunate enough to lose both of their legs.

So what do we look at for leg crush injury payouts?
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