A woman in Scotland has been awarded over £7,000 in slip and trip compensation after she slipped on a wet floor in her local bank.
The accident happened at the Edinburgh branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Because of the injuries she sustained, she could not work for three weeks after the accident occurred and [...]

A family has won compensation after a dog attacked their 21-month old toddler at a public house in Hampshire. The case went to the Southampton Magistrates’ Court where the dog owner was found guilty of owning a dangerous dog which they were not able to control in a public place.
The accident happened at the Empress [...]

It has been recently revealed that Translink, the company in charge of running the public transport system in Northern Ireland, is paying out a total of £2,000 per day in injury compensation.
According to the Belfast Telegraph, which made a Freedom of Information request, around 330 successful accident compensation claims in the past year have [...]

A teacher who was injured whilst at work has been awarded a total of £100,000 in personal injury compensation by Edinburgh City Council.
Jacqueline Cuthbertson, 49, decided to launch legal action against the council after suffering wrist injuries caused by a child with Down’s Syndrome she was teaching. The incident, which occurred in December 2008, involved [...]

A man from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire has been awarded a total of £175,000 after his hand was crushed in a work accident.
At the time of the incident, back in January 2009, Heath Riley was employed by Burnley firm Enviro Skips Ltd. He was delivering a skip when another skip, which had been insecurely stacked, slipped [...]

A woman from Richmond Hill in Leeds has won £2,200 in injury compensation from the frozen foods company Aunt Bessie’s after she bit into an oven chip containing a hard foreign object.
Susan Stapylton, 60, lost a filling after biting into the potato product, and suffered subsequent problems because of this.
According to a report [...]

A schoolboy from Suffolk has reportedly been awarded £7,500 in in injury compensation after he fell from a playground climbing frame and suffered serious head injuries.
Jamie Griffin, 10, was playing with his friends in the playground of a local primary school in Haverhill when he fell from a climbing frame. He fell five feet [...]

A mother is reportedly seeking injury compensation of around £5 million after there was a delay in her son’s birth and he sustained serious injury.
According to the Scottish Sun, the baby was born at Glasgow Queen Mother’s Hospital back in 2004. His mother had to undergo an emergency Caesarean section, but it is alleged that [...]

A man from the Scottish town of Wick is reportedly planning to file a compensation claim against the rail company Network Rail after his parents and uncle were killed in a collision at a rail crossing two years ago.
Donald Mackay, 50, was travelling in the car with his parents Margaret and Angus and his uncle [...]

The owner of any company has a lot of responsibilities and in times of economic crisis, there is a lot to think about. There is always so much paperwork to be done and plenty of juggling. But one thing that must never be forgotten is the health and safety of staff.
This is something which [...]