Let’s turn this question around, a bit. Your employer’s duty of care to you starts the minute you walk into the workplace or jump into the cab of a company lorry, car or other vehicle to start your day’s work. In other words, your rights as an employee start as ...
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer, which grows in the pleura (the internal lining of the lungs) or the peritoneum (on the external lining of the lungs). Its sole known cause is exposure to asbestos and usually, but not exclusively, exposure to asbestos over long periods. Blue and brown asbestos, ...
At Mooneerams Solicitors we are thrilled to be able to announce that we have been announced as finalists for the 2020 Wales Legal Awards in the category of Personal Injury Team of the Year. We are joined by NWSSP Legal & Risk Services and RedKite Solicitors, on the shortlist for ...
If you've been injured in an accident at work and you are thinking about making a claim for compensation, we'd always advise you to do it sooner, rather than later. That way, the claims process will be started whilst the accident circumstances are still fresh in the minds of everyone ...
The Law Society Gazette, the weekly magazine for solicitors in England and Wales, has for many years run a series of articles entitled ‘My Legal Life.’ Each week someone tells the story of how they came to be a solicitor, how they came to practice in their chosen area, what ...
1. The Scene of the Accident Your priority after being involved in an accident is to ensure your own safety. If necessary, call an ambulance or get someone to call one for you. If it isn’t an emergency but you’d like medical advice, call the NHS non-emergency helpline on 111 or ...
We’ll cut straight to the chase. The reason for writing a blog with a title that asks whether it’s still possible to make a whiplash injury claim, is due to a comment that we saw on social media recently. It was made in response to one of those adverts that ...
Acts of Parliament and other pieces of government legislation usually run to many pages. However, when the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of sum) (England and Wales) Order came into force on the 1st May 2020, it proved to be one of the shorter parliamentary statutes that you will find. It ...
Like everyone else in the country all of us at Mooneerams have found ourselves having to adjust our lives very quickly, both collectively as a business and more importantly as individuals with families, to the serious threat posed by the coronavirus, Covid 19. I took the decision to facilitate remote ...
(This article does not constitute legal advice. Legal advice should be sought to address specific circumstances relating to COVID-19 and how it affects employers, employees and others. Information on COVID-19 is changing on a daily basis and the first port of call for public health guidance should be Public Health ...