Personal Injury

PI Adverts in NHS Hospitals: Ban Won’t Work

by Carter Moore January 26, 2012Personal Injury

The government has been advised that banning advertisements for personal injury solicitors and claim management companies in NHS hospitals is impractical and not viable. Simon Burns, health minister, told NHS hospitals that it was ‘not acceptable’ for them to display advertisements for personal injury law firms. This statement came as a result of 29 MPs [...]

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Clinical Negligence Legal Aid Cuts Will Cost the NHS

by Carter Moore January 9, 2012Personal Injury

In a report, ‘Unintended Consequences: the costs of the government’s legal aid reforms’, written by Dr Graham Cookson of King’s College, it has been revealed that the government’s plans to cut Legal Aid in clinical negligence cases could end up costing the NHS greatly. The government’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill reported [...]

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Fraud Data Access to be given to Claimant Solicitors

by Carter Moore October 28, 2011Legal News

In order to determine whether or not a potential claim is spurious, claimant solicitors will be given access to fraud records. Solicitors acting for claimants will have the same access to information as motor insurers following a meeting between the insurance industry and claimant solicitors in order to try and tackle the £350m annual bill [...]

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Worker Gets Compensation For Severed Finger

by Carter Moore June 16, 2011Personal Injury

A man in Southport has received almost £3,500 in compensation after losing his finger. Mr Mawdsley works in a shopfitting company and was cutting planks of wood when his finger was cut by the saw. The shopfitting firm admitted that they had broken equipment regulations and were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).  [...]

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Eldery Patients Mistreated In NHS Hospitals

by Carter Moore June 1, 2011Personal Injury

It has recently come to light that Ipswich Hospital, amongst other NHS hospitals, have not been treating elderly patients with dignity or ensuring they have enough food and drink to meet legal standards. This inspection was carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and examined 12 NHS hospitals throughout England. Three hospitals failed to [...]

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Carter Moore Personal Injury Article Competition

by Carter Moore May 13, 2011Personal Injury

Melissa Shipley who is studying the Bar Professional Training course at Manchester Metropolitan University won the Carter Moore Personal Injury Article Writing Competition. The Expansion of Personal Injury Law: a Pyrrhic Victory? When Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, gazed down upon the scene of battle between his army and that of the Romans, he famously remarked, [...]

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Severed Hand Prompts Health & Safety Warnings

by Carter Moore March 30, 2011Personal Injury

A factory worker in Merseyside severed his hand whilst emptying small pieces of plastic from a machine. The factory owners admitted, in Knowlsey Magistrates Court, that they had breached safety laws by failing to fix the machine’s broken locking system following an incident in April 2009. The firm were ordered to pay £3,500 in costs [...]

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Kidney Transplant Patients Contract Cancer

by Carter Moore March 22, 2011Personal Injury

An investigation has been launched after two patients contracted an aggressive cancer, intravascular B-cell lymphoma, following a kidney transplant. The two patients received the kidneys from the same donor and the cancer was not detected until a post-mortem examination was carried out on the donor. Both patients know wish to proceed with legal action and [...]

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Nottingham City Council Asbestos Breach

by Carter Moore March 1, 2011Personal Injury

Nottingham City Council has received a fine for £30,000 due to the mismanagement of asbestos at a street cleaning depot in the city. The council failed to properly manage the asbestos at the building between 2005 and 2009, breaking health and safety regulations. The asbestos was sprayed into the roof of the depot however, Nottingham [...]

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Marine Engineer Wins Compensation for Fall

by Carter Moore February 25, 2011Personal Injury

A marine safety engineer who was seriously injured when he fell off a roof at work has won £100,000 in damages. The man was instructed by his employer to carry out work on a roof area used for storage. There were no guardrails on the roof and he fell several feet, suffering injuries to his [...]

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