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Hello, Gareth. We understand congratulations are in order. You recently qualified as a solicitor. Well done. You must be delighted. Gareth: Thanks very much. Yes, I am. Tell us a bit about yourself. Where were you born and grow up? Gareth: I grew up in Ferndale in the...
According to the UK Sepsis Trust, the disease of sepsis kills around 52,000 people here in the UK every year. Despite a death rate that dwarfs that of many well-known cancers combined, such as bowel and prostate, it’s a fair bet that most people have either not heard...
There will be some fellow solicitors and some members of the public too, shaking their heads in disbelief as they read this headline. After all, everyone must have seen the adverts on TV for No Win, No Fee personal injury claims? Then there are the ads on social media...
Although they are referred to as the Whiplash Reforms Programme, the new rules that are expected to be implemented in April 2020 are in fact one part of a number of measures that the Government is introducing, to make it more difficult for genuine claimants to make...
If you’re suffering from an asbestos-related condition, you may be entitled to compensation. Getting the right asbestos disease compensation solicitor to help you, is important. Of equal importance, is getting diagnosed at the earliest possible stage Thousands of...
Figures produced by the Department of Transport reveal that an average of 5 people die on the UK's roads every day of the year. That is a startling figure. According to a report produced by the Health and Safety Executive in July 2019, a total of 147 workers were...
The Law Society Gazette recently published an article that reported on the findings of a mystery shopping exercise carried out by a marketing collective. It was a simple exercise. Mystery Shoppers contacted 52 firms of personal injury solicitors by telephoning their...
In a moment of weakness earlier this year, I agreed to take part in the Berlin Marathon at the end of September. My youngest son, Ben, mooted the idea of us doing it together. I’ve done a few marathons before, but the last was 15 years ago when I was 44 years of age....
“At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. That’s why our mission is to prevent work-related death, injury and ill health.” – quote taken from the Health and Safety Executive website. What is the...
You could be forgiven for having missed possibly the most important government announcement of the past few weeks (no, not that one!). Forgiven, that is, unless you are a personal injury solicitor, or you work for an insurance company. In one of his last acts before...
Let’s start by posing a hypothetical question. If a room of 100 people, chosen at random, were asked to raise their right arm in the air if they had ever used a mobile phone whilst driving, without it being on hands-free, how many would be likely to raise their hands?...
As a firm of South Wales personal injury solicitors, whose Cardiff head office virtually sits on the M4, we have, perhaps more than most, closely followed the ‘will they/won’t they continue with the M4 relief road’ drama, ever since Mooneerams solicitors came into...
A recent article on the RAC’s website reported that the Welsh government wants to cut the speed limit on all residential roads in Wales from 30mph to 20 mph. This, the government says, is intended as a positive move towards providing “significant’” health benefits for...
The only time that you will ever need a personal injury solicitor, is when you need one. Now that may sound like ‘Double Dutch.’ However, when you think about it, it’s absolutely true. If you’ve never been injured in an accident that was not your fault – car accident,...
The team at Mooneerams Personal Injury claim solicitors in Cardiff are a cheery bunch, as anyone who has had any dealings with them either on the phone or in the flesh will testify. No one typifies this more than senior personal injury solicitor Andrew Last, a man who...
On Thursday 25th April, a team of 12 people will be conducting a 'wing walk' to raise money for MS Wales. The event will take place at the Aerosuperbatics airfield in Cirencester and the 12 adrenalin-fiends or volunteers (whichever you prefer!) will be taking to the...
According to an article in Cycling Weekly; “Wales has plenty to offer to cyclists - from amazing scenery and challenging parcours to friendly locals and excellent culinary delicacies.” We certainly wouldn’t argue with that. Right on the doorstep of Mooneerams personal...
Mooneerams solicitors of Cardiff's superb reputation has been built up over 16 plus years. During that time we've served not just the people of Cardiff or of South Wales, but increasingly of the whole of Wales and England too. At the same time, we have never forgotten...
When strangers are forced to make polite conversation with each other – on buses, trains, whilst waiting in doctors’ surgeries – what do they generally talk about? Historically, it’s been about the state of the British weather. However, in recent years, they are just...
When Mooneerams solicitors was founded in 2002, it was the only law practice in Wales that dealt solely with personal injury claims on behalf of claimants. We don’t act for insurance companies. The firm has recently celebrated its 16th birthday and do you know what?...
Mooneerams Solicitors are delighted to welcome on board our new personal injury solicitor, Rachael James who joined us at the beginning of November. We asked Rachael if she wouldn’t mind taking a few moments to join us in a question and answer session, so that our...
When Mooneerams was founded in 2002, it was the only law practice in Wales that dealt solely and exclusively with personal injury claims on behalf of claimants – and 16 years later on, that still remains the case…... How would you fancy coming to join us? Due to...
The phrase 'personal injury claim' gets a raw deal in the press. ‘Compensation’ too, is a word that is more often than not used in a less than complimentary fashion. ‘Compensation culture’ has become a catch phrase of insurance companies and even in government...
At Mooneerams solicitors, we quite often get asked if we would be able to take over personal injury cases on behalf of people who feel that they are not getting a good service from their existing solicitor. They want to change personal injury solicitor. It occurs to...