Are Mooneerams still taking on whiplash claims? Yes, we are
From 31st May, if you have a road traffic accident that was someone else’s fault, as a result of which you suffer whiplash injury and you decide to make a compensation claim, you will only be entitled to recover a fixed amount in compensation for the injury you have suffered. How much will you get for whiplash injury under the new scheme? For Symptoms Lasting Value Up to 3 months: £240 3-6 months £495 6-9 ...
Can smokers still claim compensation for asbestos disease?
There are four main forms of asbestos disease – asbestosis, pleural thickening, mesothelioma, and asbestos lung cancer. All four types of the disease are caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos exposure was rife in all kinds of industry throughout the UK in the 20th century. Eventually, asbestos was banned from being imported or put to use in any form in 1999. The most toxic kinds of asbestos were banned in 1985. The decades of the ...
Is there a catch with no win, no fee claims?
It is not so long ago that legal aid was available for personal injury claimants. A claimant who had the protection of legal aid could pursue their injury claim, safe in the knowledge they would not have to pay their own solicitors’ costs, whether they won the case, or not. Legal Aid also acted as protection against having to pay the other side’s costs in the event that they lost their case.All of this changed, ...
I have been assaulted at work. What are my rights?
If ‘my home is my castle’, then next on the list of safe havens should be my workplace. Under common law, employees have a right to expect their employer to:take care of their safety,make sure they are not exposed to undue risks,ensure that they have a safe system of work.Most employers do their best to provide a secure working environment. Accidents at work still happen, though, when they ought not. That you might get assaulted ...
I had an accident at work, but did not report it – can I still claim?
At Mooneerams personal injury solicitors, we get asked to handle hundreds of personal injury claims every year for people who have been injured in accidents at work. We often wonder how many more people would make legitimate injury claims had they not, wrongly, believed they could not claim, for one reason or another.One reason some people give for not taking legal advice about pursuing a workplace accident claim is they think they cannot claim because ...
Life as a Law Student During Lockdown (Student Blog)
Thinking back to the start of last year, I remember the initial conversations between my housemates and I, surrounding the topic of this new 'Coronavirus' that was beginning to creep into media stories. At the time, I remember it being said that it would never come to the UK, and the story would go away as fast as it had come.Fast forward a few weeks, and we found ourselves reading a news article from the ...
5 Top Tips to Avoid a Car Accident This Summer
This summer is likely to be markedly different from any most of us have known before. Coming out with such a dramatic statement isn’t drawn from any psychic-like knowledge of what the weather will be like! Rather, it is made on the basis that we will (hope upon hope) be emerging from the nightmare that has been the worldwide Covid19 pandemic.As long as the individually planned roadmaps out of the Covid lockdown of Wales, England ...
Why is farming so dangerous?
If you ever got asked what you thought was the most dangerous type of job you could have, what would your answer be? Working in the building trade, perhaps? You'd certainly be correct in thinking it is right up there as one of the most dangerous occupations. Statistically, though, it's not the most hazardous. How about farming? Whilst you ponder that, let's tell you the answer, anyway. It is the farming and agriculture industry. The Health and ...
Horse riding accidents: Is it still safe to ride a horse on the road?
The numbers of road traffic accidents involving horse riders have decreased by 3% in the last year. However, with traffic volumes set to rise and worries that motorists are driving faster than ever, what are the prospects for ensuring that the numbers of horse-riding accidents do not start to rise again? Is it the case that it just isn't going to be safe to ride a horse on the road anymore? According to a recent ...
Slip and Trip Hazards in the Workplace
In most people’s eyes, slip and trip accidents at work probably wouldn’t obviously rank amongst the most serious types of accident claims that a personal injury solicitor would have to deal with on a day to day basis. Whilst that might be true in some instances, it would be wrong to dismiss slip, trip and fall accidents as inherently trivial matters. Lies, damn lies and statistics The annual Health and Safety Executive statistics on non-fatal ...
