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Slipping accidents in the workplace can often be avoided and are usually down to those responsible for the maintenance of the premises, or the health and safety of employees, failing to deal promptly with or alert people to a hazardous issue. ...
Supermarket giant Asda was recently ordered by Peterborough County Court to pay shopper Thomas Wardle a compensation award of £10,500 after he slipped on a grape in one of their stores. The same store had previously been rapped over cleanliness...
The Daily Mail has this week highlighted the shocking case of a former ward sister who was dismissed by doctors as being ‘hysterical’ when she requested that a breast lump be removed. In December 2005 Miss Catherine Calland, 65, had a...
In some industries where employees are subject to working in confined spaces, there is a high risk of accidents, many of which can be fatal. Pipelines, silos, pits and underground storage tanks all pose a high risk to those workers having to...
A teenager has filled for legal action against her GP on the grounds of clinical negligence after contracting a rare bone disease which was not properly diagnosed . Gaynor Salmons is claiming close to £200,000 in compensation after...
Linford Christie has now been sentenced for a road traffic collision that he was involved in after crashing his black Audi head on into a silver Mercedes taxi that was in the opposing lane. The crash happened in Buckinghamshire and the case was...
ThyssenKrupp Tallent Ltd, a global car components manufacturer, was recently fined because one of its workers was left with lasting numbness in her finger after a welding machine accident. The 43-year old female suffered a fracture and a severe...
This case that has just started in the High Court in London this week has caught my eye. Wealthy businessman George Wharton proposed to Maureen, his former mistress, as soon as he was diagnosed as terminally ill. They married in their sitting...
For anyone who saw this Sunday’s episode of Law and Order UK, I’m sure you’d agree that it was packed full of tension, emotion and suspense. The episode revolved around an apparent abduction of a young child as his mother enjoyed a morning...
Claims against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) are typically fraught with complexities and the MoD is notorious for denying liability and appealing decisions. But this should not put off potential claimants pursuing compensation. A former...
This very unusual case has caught my eye this week. The High Court has this week confirmed that the children of a bigamous aristocrat, and cousin to Princess Diana, can inherit his huge estate and fortune. Alexander Montagu, the 13th Duke of...
The summer campaign to combat drink driving and drug driving by Cheshire police has got off to a fast start with 70 people having been arrested within the borders of Cheshire within the last two weeks. A month long campaign in June last year...
It was reported late last month that a postman who was left completely paralysed after an incident in his garden has been awarded £2.5 million in compensation in London’s High Court. The 38 year old suffered catastrophic fractures to his...
A friend of mine has just had an awful experience. Her Mum is very ill, and sensibly went to make a Will . Unfortunately she went to a high street bank. Without explaining the situation, the bank put themselves as executors and trustees on the...
The Foreign Office recently announced that there had been a 10% rise in the number of children abducted by a parent and taken to a country that was not signed up to a global child abduction treaty. The common abduction destinations are Pakistan,...
Barnardo’s relies on voluntary funding for its mission work but there seems to be a knowledge gap in awareness in terms of just how extensive the charity’s work is. Stephensons works in Partnership with Barnardo’s through its...
Studies have shown that “silver surgery” is booming as the older generation prove that looking good is not just for the young. Rather than the usual image we associate with an OAP of grey hair, twin set and pearls or a flat cap,...
Hospitals and GPs in Essex are being criticised for failing to identify a tumour the size of an orange despite repeated attendances by the patient. Mr Purkiss attended his GP practice on three occasions in January 2011 and February 2011...
Dr Mark Potter, Chairman of the British Medical Association's Consultants Committee, has raised concerns about increased NHS waiting lists for tests and treatments. His comments will no doubt add pressure to David Cameron who has stressed that patients...
When a guest died in a Devon hotel swimming pool back in 2008, the hotel was found liable for the death and was met with a £35,000 fine. The guest, a 28 year old man, was a non swimmer. He got into difficulties in the pool at the Rainbow...
In the UK, the rate of fatal injuries at work is on the rise and the most recent figures show 0.6 in 100,000 workers die in workplace accidents . This translates to 171 deaths in the year up to March 2011. 50 deaths occurred in the construction industry;...
A dispute between two neighbours over the boundary line separating their properties went up to the Court of Appeal last year and the dispute only ended when one of the parties were refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in November 2010. ...
For those employed as commercial divers, their work naturally carries a high risk. Recently, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has undertaken investigations into two separate incidents involving diving for shellfish. In both cases, there were...
In mid June, three men were injured in an explosion at a North Lincolnshire leisure centre. The blast at the newly built Pods Leisure Centre in Scunthorpe, due to open on 4th July 2011, left two contractors in hospital suffering from cuts and...
Employers tightening their belts by cutting down on training are working to a false economy, if the fines being handed out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are anything to go by. Businesses taking on trainees sometimes overlook the need for...
