Plans to widen a busy part of the M62 in West Yorkshire have been publicly unveiled in the hope of easing traffic flow and reducing the number of road accidents and personal injury claims on the stretch of motorway.
The plans reveal that at peak times, the hard shoulder will be used between Brighouse and Rothwell [...]
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 filling [...]
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 to [...]
A man could face criminal prosecution after making an accident claim against his local authority that turned out to be fake.
Craig Alan Johnson, 31, of Wigan, attempted to sue for compensation, alleging that he had suffered personal injury by tripping over an uneven paving stone in Hindley in 2006. It was claimed that his alleged [...]
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 and [...]
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 in [...]
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, as [...]
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 doing [...]
A man who suffered spinal injuries during a five-a-side football match has been granted the right to appeal against the court decision saying he would not be allowed to seek financial compensation.
Andrew Kerr was tackled whilst playing football at a sports centre in Littleborough in February 2005. The tackle caused Mr Kerr to collide into [...]
A WIDE-RANGING survey has concluded that there are significant problems with personal injury laws and the US jury system.
Legal Prudence and the American Jury identified the spread of plaintiff-unfriendly legal practices as one of the major problems facing the civil justice system. It said that major corporations, along with other pro-business proponents of tort reform [...]