After previous campaigns by the British public, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced that British people suffering personal injury in terrorist attacks abroad will receive compensation, once changes are made to the law in the coming month. At present, those wounded or even killed overseas are not able to claim any compensation for their losses. [...]
A mother is hoping to receive compensation after her son sustained severe facial injuries when he was impaled on a metal fence whilst playing outside his home in East London. “Alfie came running home with his mouth hanging off,” said Clare Metson. “His lip had come away and was hanging like a flap. I could [...]
A fossil hunter is pursuing a compensation claim after he became badly injured in a seaside rock fall. Dave McGowan, 41, was looking for and collecting fossils with his girlfriend along the shoreline at Seatown, near Bridport in Dorset, when rocks fell from the cliff above. The incident left his leg and ankle broken but [...]
Car insurance premiums are rising at their fastest rate in a decade, according to a survey by the AA British Insurance Premium Index. Premiums have risen by 11% over the past year and 3.5% in the last three months. Between April and June, the average quote for an annual comprehensive car insurance policy rose to [...]
Legal professionals have warned that swine flu victims could sue their employers for tens of thousands of pounds if they can prove that they contracted the illness at the workplace. Firms could face costly personal injury claims if they fail to adequately protect their workers from the H1N1 virus. Therefore employers are being urged not [...]
Violent crime victims are to have their criminal compensation reduced if they have previously been fined for minor offences such as speeding. The new Government policy could see rape victims and the families of murder victims lose £1,650 from a £11,000 state compensation payout. A brain injury victim could lose up to £37,500 from a [...]
The Ministry of Defence has come under fire after admitting to spying on wounded British soldiers claiming for damages for their injuries. Since 2000, 284 claims have been secretly monitored in an attempt to stop false or exaggerated claims. The MoD has defended its actions, stating that the surveillance “is used in less than 1% [...]
A Sussex pensioner is claiming up to £150,000 in injury compensation after she was the victim of a hit-and-run road accident in Hastings. Shelagh Leach, 83, suffered serious personal injury after she was hit by a car outside a petrol station. The driver, Paul Barnard, accidentally mounted the pavement when he swerved to enter the [...]
A man who was shot as he confronted armed raiders at a takeaway in Birmingham has lost his appeal for more compensation. Raj Kumar Khushia, 37, said he was originally promised more than £15,000 in criminal compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), but the figure was later halved to £7,671 because he had [...]
Three people face jail time and substantial legal costs after video evidence revealed that their compensation claim was a scam. Andrew Singh, 26, his parents and dozens of relatives lodged compensation claims against a Bury-based coach company. One of the coaches they were travelling in was involved in a collision with another vehicle en route [...]