Supermarket slippers are a real common type of claim that people need to make when they have suffered injury and loss after a slipping accident. It’s easy for a victim to slip on a spilled food or drink product, or on floors where the area has been mopped and signage hasn’t been deployed.

If you slip in a spillage in a supermarket though, where do you stand on being able to make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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There have been a lot of media reports for many years that claim to debunk whiplash injuries. For those who have never had any experience with whiplash it can be easy to be suckered in to the way the media suggests that whiplash isn’t a proper injury or isn’t as bad as people make it out to be.

Well the truth is far simpler than you may think – whiplash is a real injury and let me explain to you some things about it that you probably didn’t know.
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A news report from the BBC confirms that a US lawyer who has been working for the victims of the allegedly dangerous vaginal mesh claims says that they are ‘as dangerous as asbestos.’ The lawyer, named in the report as Adam Slater, gave evidence to Members of the Scottish Parliament in the midst of an ongoing inquiry in to the safety of the devices.

In the report, US lawyer Slater suggests a cover up where women are ‘not told the truth’ about the safety of the devices.
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Staggering figures from a BBC news report reveal that the number of cyclist accidents in London over the last 5 years is at an alarming high of 23,000. We represent cycle accident claim victims all the time so we know that they’re common and we know of the devastating affect that these accidents can have on the victims. But this figure of 23,000 is a shocking amount.

The figures from the report also confirm that there were 80 deaths in the same period, and there has already been four deaths in this year alone. This stands for just the London area – to quote Transport For London in the article that “any accident is one too many” just goes to show the gravity of these statistics.
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With recent news reports indicating that there has been a decline in the number of people undergoing certain cosmetic surgery procedures, we’ve found a continually growing number of people seeking help after suffering from cosmetic surgery negligence. With the subject of cosmetic surgery being in the news so prominently, there is a greater awareness of the risks and it’s believed that this is one reason why less people are reportedly going under the knife.

But our specialist lawyers who have obtained thousands of pounds for cosmetic surgery negligence victims are telling the tale of a subject that is still very popular amongst people in the UK.
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Pregnancy and the process of childbirth is a worrying time as it is and we put our faiths and lives in the hands of the medical professionals to make sure a child is delivered safely. But when things go tragically wrong, people deserve answers and justice.

Whilst childbirth is fraught with inherent risk and danger, there are awful occasions when mothers and babies alike are let down by those who are supposed to care for them. When tragedy happens, our specialist medical negligence team are on hand to assist.
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Are you settling your claim directly without any medical evidence? Have you been told by the insurers that you could save some time and get a little more by ‘cutting out the middleman lawyer’ and dealing directly? Are you now negotiating a sum but want some advice about its merits?

If the answer to the above is yes then I have some bad news for you…
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From what we know, most lawyers are taking the full 25% for something called a Success Fee which the government stopped innocent negligence victims from recovering from the opponent in April 2013. Before the changes you could get all your legal fees back and keep all of your payout, which is fair. But the changes have stropped this and flipped the whole system on its head!

So is 25% the be all and end all? What are the other charges involved? What are the upfront costs and expenses?
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A brain injury is of course one of the more serious injuries anyone can end up suffering with. The affects on the victims’ life are often horrendous. So when it is caused as a direct result of negligence, it’s important – in fact, essential – that the right legal advice and representation is sought.

There are a lot of law firms out there who deal with claims for personal injury compensation and you must take care when choosing who to instruct. Read this essential advice for a better understanding as to what you should look for.
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Whilst it could vary between who is advising you, the purpose of this article is to address the latest trend amongst lawyers and claims management companies who are increasingly using the term “100% no win no fee” for what may be somewhat misleading reasons.

The sentence has the connotation, for some, that you are being offered 100% compensation. This, however, is normally not the case.
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