The Communication Workers Union (CWU) have called for a change in the Dangerous Dogs Act, in order to protect workers who are vulnerable from attacks by dogs. The calls from the CWU come after Angela Smith MP advised that the law should be updated so that workers can claim for compensation if they are attacked [...]
Not enough motorists are aware of a dangerous scam currently taking place on roads across the UK, which has been dubbed ‘crash for cash’. According to research carried out by More Than, the UK insurance group, 41 per cent of British drivers have never heard of this particular criminal act, which sees fraudsters intentionally causing [...]
A compensation claim has been made after a man fell 30ft from a bridge on to a disused railway line during an illegal rave party. Andrew Henley, 26, from Milton in Staffordshire, was left in a coma for three weeks and took a further seven months to recover from the near-fatal accident, which took place [...]
The current financial crisis has led to a large increase in the number of compensation claims being lodged in the UK. Road accidents and public liability claims have soared in recent months, as a result of damage to roads caused by the winter’s cold weather. The public themselves have not been helping the situation either, [...]
A concert-goer has been awarded €15,000 in damages after she suffered whiplash injuries at a Rod Stewart concert in Dublin in 2005. Sally Price, a lifelong fan of the 64-year-old singer, was struck by a football that Stewart had kicked towards the audience at the Point Depot concert. A tradition that the rocker has been [...]