SHAMED R & B star Chris Brown could be facing another day in court after he was named in a personal injury claim. Robert Rosen is suing the singer for medical costs claiming that he suffered personal injury following an incident with the singer’s bodyguard. According to reports, Mr Rosen took a picture of Brown [...]
PEOPLE who suffer a personal injury as a consequence of European election posters can claim, a leading solicitor has said. There have been instances of personal injury inquiries following incidences such as election billboard posters falling down, or distracting drivers. But Martin Hart, of Hart & Co Solicitors in Belfast, said: “Somebody confronted with this [...]
A FORMER taxi driver has made legal history by winning the right to make a compensation claim after his life was ruined by a false rape allegation. Clive Bishop, from Somerset, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid in 2007 in front of his wife. Some months later, teenager mother Kirsty Palmer admitted that she had [...]
A BRITISH tourist is bringing a personal injury claim against an American couple following an accident at their holiday home. Julian Bruch, from Horsham, West Sussex, says he suffered personal injury after an outdoor chair broke underneath him and he fell on the veranda of Michael and Debra Taylor’s vacation home, on the Bolivar Peninsula [...]
A ROCHDALE man who was exposed to asbestos when he was just 15-years-old has won a £400,000 compensation claim after he contracted terminal lung cancer. David Smith, 56, had been working as an apprentice electrical engineer when he was exposed to the deadly substance while working for Alstom Energy. He worked for the company from [...]
THE global financial crisis has been blamed for the rise in compensation claims made by drivers in a region of Australia. Now car owners in the Northern Territories are to be hit with an increase in registration prices as a consequence of more compensation claims. Motor Accidents Compensation Commissioner Ram Vemuri said: “People will be [...]
MAU Mau warriors that fought the British during Kenya’s war of independence are bringing a compensation claim against the UK over alleged military atrocities. Lawyers for the veterans said they have recorded some 40 cases of torture, including unlawful detention, sexual abuse and castration. A Nairobi-based spokesman for the Mau Mau said they believed they [...]
THE drum and bass producer star Goldie is staying silent over claims that has has made a compensation claim against a television production company. The 43-year-old from Hemel Hempstead, who has also starred in a James Bond and recently won the BBC reality series Maestro, is reported to have brought the compensation claim after he [...]
EVIDENCE from the popular online site Facebook has been used in at least three recent personal injury cases in Canada. Myla Bagasbas, from Vancouver, lost her claim for $40,000 in personal injury damages for pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment after the defendents produced photos from her Facebook profile that showed her kayaking, hiking and [...]
ONE of the UK’s most senior judges has criticised the high cost of personal injury cases. In a review, Lord Justice Jackson said personal injury case costs were now “remarkably high”. The judge commented: “The personal injury litigation industry is populated by numerous interest groups and middlemen, all of whom have to meet their overheads [...]