Archive for May, 2009

Leading consumer advice brands join for personal injury scheme

CLAIMS specialist National Accident Helpline is working with financial website moneysupermarket.com as a key supplier for its new personal injury claims referral scheme. The new venture means that thousands more customers will be able to access free personal injury claims advice online. Alan Kennedy, chief executive officer of National Accident Helpline, said: “National Accident Helpline [...]

Teacher makes compensation claim following pupil poisoning

A TEACHER who claims she was poisoned by a pupil is making a £700,000 compensation claim against her former employers. Shaaira Alexis is suing after she drank blackboard cleaning fluid placed in her water bottle by a schoolgirl, the High Court in London has been told. Although Miss Alexis, 52, made a full recovery, she [...]

Hospital boss fails in compensation claim

THE head of a NHS trust that was at the centre of the UK’s infection outbreak in which 90 people died has failed to win a compensation claim over losing her job. Rose Gibb is said to be reviewing her legal options after a compensation claim for £175,000 was rejected by Mr Justice Treacy. She [...]

OAP makes personal injury compensation claim after fall

AN OAP is to make a compensation claim after falling from her wheelchair on what she says was an uneven pavement. Daphne Slater, 73, says she is fearful of leaving her house after the accident, which happened near her home in Nuthall, Nottinghamshire. Now the pensioner is filing a personal injury compensation claim against the [...]

Amputee receives personal injury payout following work accident

A LABOURER who fell at work and had to have a leg amputated received a six-figure sum in compensation from his former employer. Mr William Edge fell from his wet ladder onto concrete three metres below, breaking his ankle in the fall. After eight separate operations and sixteen months of treatment, his right ankle became [...]