A recent UK Supreme Court decision has brought clarity for thousands of families of people who were exposed to Asbestos and subsequently died from the asbestos related illness mesothelioma. The six year battle has focused upon whether insurers who provided employer’s liability insurance cover at the time the Claimant’s were exposed to asbestos should pay compensation to the victim’s families, even though the Claimant didn’t develop any symptoms of illness until many years after the relevant policy had expired. The Supreme Court has now ruled that the disease can be said to have been “sustained” by an employee in the…
Accident & Personal Injury
Being involved in an accident that is not your fault can be a very dramatic experience regardless of the seriousness of any injuries you may have suffered. The trauma will be exacerbated if you later learn that you have accepted compensation offered to you that was much lower that you should have recovered.
If you have been offered free legal help by an insurance company or claims handler who you have not dealt with previously, please contact us first. We will provide you with all the help and advice that you need to successfully pursue your claim through our Solicitors who are local and convenient to you.
Driving abroad? Think you are insured? Think again?
From January 2009, executives and managers are at risk of being sent to prison for two years for breach of health and safety legislation. The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 increases the number of circumstances in which employees may be imprisoned for health and safety breaches.
When a 13 year old boy accidentally ran into a dinner lady in the playground at school he probably did not realise the matter would end up before the courts. In a recent decision the courts held there was no liability.
Have you been damaged at work? You may be able to bring a personal injury claim. In May, the Court of Appeal reached an important decision in an industrial noise test case.
Acceptance of Offers and Counter-Offers. When a claim is brought for damages for injury, both parties need to be aware of the position with regard to acceptance or rejection of offers and counter-offers of compensation.
Jordans today set out its support for former Justice Secretary Jack Straw’s report into fees for lists of accident claims paid to insurance companies, where he called for them to be abolished.
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