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 ROCHDALE man who was exposed to asbestos when he was just 15-years-old has won a £400,000 compensation claim after he contracted terminal lung cancer.
David Smith, 56, had been working as an apprentice electrical engineer when he was exposed to the deadly substance while working for Alstom Energy. He worked for the company from 1968 [...]
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 infected [...]
MINERS who suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee – more commonly known as miner’s knee – must act now over compensation claims they are entitled to, a Welsh MP has claimed.
Nia Griffith, MP for Llanelli, said recent legislation that signalled the government’s recognition of Miner’s Knee as an industrial disease, had allowed the going-ahead of [...]
ALMOST everyone injured in a workplace accident have never received an apology from their boss over the matter, a new survey has found.
Research carried out by the National Accident Helpline found that 97% of employees said that their boss had not taken any personal responsibility for what had happened.
However, the survey found that 88% of [...]