We’ve already written a few articles on the Mooneerams blog about the whiplash reforms: (Can I still make a whiplash injury claim? and What are the whiplash reforms and why do we need them?) We’ve also covered the topic for Legal News Wales. To refresh your memory, for many years ...
Contrary to what the press would have you believe, the idea that there is some kind of ‘compensation culture’ in this country, is a myth that has been bandied about for many years by the government and the insurance industry, using sections of the national press to act as their ...
We’ve all had that call from a claims management company, telling us that we’ve had a car accident within the last three years and that we ought to make an injury compensation claim (despite our best endeavours to tell them that we haven’t been involved in an accident, ever!) We ...
If you type the words 'criminal injuries' into your web browser and then click on the 'news' section of the menu at the top of the page, it's likely that you'll see a list of headlines, such as: 'Teenage boy rushed to hospital with head injury following robbery’ or: ‘Man ...
Whether you ask a solicitor to make a personal injury claim on your behalf or you decide to deal with your own claim, there is a set format for the way that the parties to an injury claim, i.e. the claimant(s) and the defendant(s) conduct themselves, before starting formal legal ...
For most people the term ‘brain injury compensation’ conjures up thoughts of serious injury claims that lead to huge amounts of compensation being awarded to those who have suffered catastrophic head injuries in road traffic accidents or accidents at work. Some brain injury claims do result in compensation awards that ...
You know how it is. The traffic lights are on red against you. You are in your car, in the middle lane of three, waiting for the green light to appear, so you can move off across the junction, where an empty carriageway waits for you. From the car on ...
Employers have a common law duty to look after their workers’ health and safety. That means that they must take reasonable care of their employees’ whilst they are at work. Accidents at work still happen though and there are lots of them too. In the year 2019, in the UK, ...
Updated 27th October 2020 Since this blog was written the results of the Law Society’s Excellence Awards, have been announced. Imagine our absolute delight when Mooneerams solicitors were named as one of just two ‘highly commended’ firms, behind the winning firm, in the category of Small Law Firm of the ...
We are delighted to announce that Mooneerams has recently introduced an online appointment booking facility for potential new clients. Our brand new service will enable those injured in accidents that were not their fault, to book an appointment with one of our legal experts, at which they can discuss the ...