What types of injury or illness are those experiencing homelessness more likely to be vulnerable to?
What are our ‘basic needs’ as human beings? There may be some debate over some of the ‘needs’ to be included. However, an ever present in any basic list of needs is for us to have a shelter – a roof over our head - a place we can call home. The Hierarchy of Needs theory The psychologist, Abraham Maslow, outlined a theory which he called the hierarchy of needs, whereby he asserted that the ...
How To Choose A Personal Injury Solicitor In Cardiff
Mooneerams Solicitors of Cardiff are award winning, specialist personal injury solicitors. We only deal with personal injury claims, and we only act for people who want to pursue compensation claims after being injured in accidents that were not their fault. We only handle personal injury claims, so it is vital we are experts at what we do. If you are looking to choose a personal injury solicitor in Cardiff, here are the reasons why you ...
We’re over the MOONeerams with Wales Legal Awards honour
At Mooneerams Solicitors, our clients always come first. We live by the yardstick that as long as our clients are happy with the quality of the work we do for them, then we too are content. Our 5* reviews on customer rating sites such as Trustpilot tend to suggest we are doing something right in our clients' eyes. So, when we were invited to enter the Wales Legal Awards again in 2022, we did so ...
What are the Judicial College guidelines?
Judges who decide what a personal injury claim is worth at court and solicitors who advise clients on whether to settle a case before it goes to court do so by using a mixture of tools at their disposal to help them decide on the value of a claim. The Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal injury Cases is a small book that runs to less than ninety pages. It ...
Mooneerams joins forces with Shelter Cymru
Mooneerams Solicitors are delighted to announce Shelter Cymru as their chosen charity of the year for 2022/2023. Throughout the coming twelve months, we will be holding a variety of fundraising events and initiatives, all with the end goal of trying to raise as much money and awareness as possible for Shelter Cymru. Shelter Cymru describes itself as ‘Wales people and homes charity’ and has as its tagline, ‘Home is Everything’, which acts as an immediate ...
How much is the average Personal Injury settlement worth?
This is an updated version of the blog initially published on the 31st of July 2020. Amongst other reasons, it has now been updated to consider, in April 2022, the effect of the publication of the 16th edition of the Judicial College, 'Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases'. The types of questions that, as personal injury solicitors, we are asked most often at Mooneerams are along the lines of: 'How much ...
Why do some motorists dislike cyclists so much?
Whichever way you try to spin it, it has been an indisputable fact for many years that some drivers, just don’t like cyclists. On the face of it there’s no obvious logic to this dislike that often borders on hatred. After all, both motorists and cyclists are legitimate road users and it’s not like cars or bicycles are new inventions. If you ask a motorist why they dislike cyclists so much, you are likely to ...
A Brief Guide To Fatal Accident Claims
This article was originally published in November 2019. It was last updated in April 2022. Fatal accidents can happen in any walk of life. However, some types of accidents are more likely to cause fatal injuries than others. The Department of Transport's statistics reveal that 1390 people died due to road traffic accidents in the last recorded year. Motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and cycling accidents account for many fatalities amongst those injured in road accidents. The ...
April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month
Mooneerams Solicitors are very happy to voice their support for Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month this year. Limb loss and limb difference can affect anyone, from any background, or of any age, in a number of ways. Some people are born with limb difference. Many others are forced to face up to amputation at some stage in their lives, through illness or trauma. It isn’t possible for those us who are not personally ...
How to claim compensation for asbestos related diseases if your former employer no longer trades?
On average one hundred people die from asbestos related illnesses, every week. During the same period, approximately the same number get diagnosed with asbestos disease. Statistics tell us that a significant number of them have been: exposed to asbestos by a former employer or employers, because, their employer was negligent and /or in breach of statutory duty, i.e., it should have been reasonably foreseeable to their employer, that the asbestos exposure was liable to cause them ...