CNC – Computer Numerical Control – machines are designed to not only be more efficient, where less skilled workers can operate them and less workers are required, but they are also supposed to be safer. When safety is automated, the idea is that there should be little room for error. Yet time and time again, employers defeat or disable safety mechanisms and expose workers to injury.

This should never happen, so if it does, the victims are entitled to seek the justice they deserve.
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Workplace health and safety regulations say that employers must ensure that their workers are not exposed to falls from fragile roofs or dangerous traffic routes. This means that a worker should never end up falling through a fragile roof, which can be anything from an area with skylights; false ceilings; damaged or worn areas; etc.

So if you have fallen through a fragile roof during work your employer may be in breach of the law which means you may be eligible to claim for work injury compensation.
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Making a successful pothole claim is not an easy thing to do. The law that applies when investigating and finding out whether you are entitled to compensation for a pothole accident is not on the side of the victim at all.

On top of that, courts generally do not like cases against the public sector, so even where we believe you have a genuine claim you may still not win.

This, of course, leaves the question: what’s the best way of making a successful pothole claim?
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You may have heard of the term “have you had an accident in the last three years?” or you may have sought legal advice only to be told that, because what happened to you occurred over three years ago, they cannot help you.

The reason for this is that there are rules in place as to how long after an event you can make a claim. So are there any ways of getting round these laws?
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We received the news from our French lawyers earlier yesterday morning that the appeal from German regulators TUV Rheinland had been upheld. This has overturned the decisions made in the Commercial Court of Toulon as part of a PIP action that has been going on for a number of years and involves thousands of women worldwide.

We know that the press rather quickly reported on the story but we are advising all Claimants we represent to await our professional legal advice before coming to any conclusions.
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Well, there is nothing that legally stops you from being offered a 100% compensation agreement, but for most types of cases it is highly unlikely.

Sadly the law changed two years ago and the government stopped you from recovering all of your legal fees from the opponent. Just to add insult to injury, the government also introduced tighter fixed fees and slashed the costs that lawyers can recover to unworkable amounts.

Trust me – what we can recover is grossly below the level of work we have to do on many cases.
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Do you know why we are called THE Injury Lawyers?

It’s fairly obvious – its because we are THE original Injury Lawyers, and we have decades of experience in helping victims fight for their rights to compensation and we have recovered millions of pounds in compensation for our clients.

Want to know what makes us reputable when compared with the tonnes of other firms out there? Read on to find out.
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Fatalities at work are of course truly awful. We represent the families for cases and its never easy – especially when we live in a country where health and safety is deemed as generally very good.

Official statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have confirmed the number of fatalities between April 2014 and March 2015. The figure is slightly up on last year, but the trends of the UK as a safe country continues to improve.
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A roll cage is normally classed as work equipment which means that it is subject to The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. These regulations put in place several duties on an employer to take steps necessary to ensure their staff are not injured when using roll cages.

So for this article we will take a quick look at the applicable legislation to give you an insight in to the law for roll cages and whether you may have a claim for work injury compensation if you are injured when using a roll cage.
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Have you got your got your foot caught in plastic wrapping? Those hard, plastic, white wrappings can be a real danger, and we take on a lot of claims both in the workplace and in public places like supermarkets and shops where people have been injured by them. You can land really hard on the floor and do yourself some real damage. If you’re reading this then I may already be preaching to the converted and you’ll know how bad it can be!

If this happens to you then you have the right to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
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