Take a look at our detailed history of asbestos in the UK for useful facts and insights... The word asbestos was first used in the 17th Century. It is derived from an Ancient Greek word meaning ‘inextinguishable.’ Pliny the Elder However, as long ago as the first Century AD a ...
There can be few adults left in the country who have neither seen the adverts that pose the following question, nor been asked it on the phone by some of the less scrupulous types of claims company: “Had an accident that wasn’t your fault?” At first, it was a clever ...
We hear the terms ‘personal injury cases’ and ‘personal injury claims’ being bandied about all the time. However, what exactly do we mean by a ‘personal injury case’ or a ‘personal injury claim’? What is a personal injury case? At its most basic level, the definition of a personal injury ...
Pedestrian accidents i.e., ones involving a collision between a motorist (or another road user) and a pedestrian, are a daily occurrence in the UK. In 2019, there were 470 deaths from pedestrian accidents. This was an increase of 3% on the previous year. In, all there were a total of ...
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 ...