A worker could make an accident compensation claim after he suffered terrible injuries following an accident at work.
The man was working in an alley, digging up a concrete pavement when the mini breaker he was using, to dig through the concrete, hit a power cable. The man suffered a shock from the 11,000 volt [...]
Accident & Injury Claims and Compensation
Worker could make compensation claim against company
Woman makes compensation claim following constant pain
A woman has decided to make a compensation claim against the NHS for what she describes as medical negligence.
The woman has been unable to sit down for three years because of mistakes made during a routine operation. The woman had undergone a hysterectomy but shortly after being discharged from hospital, she started to suffer [...]
Widow receives compensation following overdose
The wife of a man who died after receiving an overdose in hospital has made a successful compensation claim and has received £100,000 in medical negligence compensation.
The man was receiving chemotherapy and was given a drug that was meant to help reduce the effects of the chemotherapy. The drug was given to him by [...]
When can you make a compensation claim?
Making a compensation claim is an involved procedure which doesn’t always get resolved straight away. There can be complications along the way that slow the compensation claim down but if you are entitled to make a compensation claim, then it’s worth sticking with it.
You can make a compensation claim for a number of reasons. [...]
What is taken into account when deciding on an accident compensation amount?
When you find yourself having to make a compensation claim, it is usually a brand new process to you and you’re not familiar with how the system works.
A compensation claim will completely depend upon the circumstances of the car crash but there are a few factors that are usually taken into account when the [...]
Victim of police car accident receives compensation
A youngster has just received accident compensation after he was hit by a police car which was on its way to an emergency situation.
The accident happened when the victim was 13 and he was riding his bike at the time. The police car hit him and he was knocked off the bike and suffered serious [...]
Victim awarded £2.45m following accident
The victim of a serious road traffic accident has just received accident compensation amounting to £2.45 million.
The victim was riding on a bicycle at the time of the accident and he was knocked off, sustaining serious head injuries and brain damage.
Following the accident, the victim had to stay in hospital for over a [...]
The purpose of car accident compensation
Some car accidents are completely unavoidable; icy roads or animals running out in front of a car have been the causes of many accidents. Other accidents are due to human error – perhaps someone pulling out without checking the road was clear properly. But others are because of a driver’s complete lack of regard for [...]
Taking down evidence to decide liability
One thing that can make all of the difference to your compensation claim is the question of liability.
So it’s important that you make things a lot easier for yourself by taking down as much evidence as possible after you have been involved in a car accident.
As soon as you know everybody is ok and [...]
Spending cuts could results in more accident compensation claims
The winter weather looks as though it’s here to stay – for the foreseeable future anyway. And councils are now bracing themselves for an increase in accident compensation claims to be made because of potholes.
Last year some councils were hit with double the amount of compensation claims because of the damage caused to cars [...]
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