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 [...]
Robert Plant, singer of British classic rock band Led Zeppelin, was involved in a minor car crash at a junction in the northwest of London, it has recently been reported. Although Mr Plant, 60, is believed not to have sustained any personal injuries, the other driver, Richard Grant, was knocked unconscious and suffered whiplash due [...]
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 [...]
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% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]