Criminal Injury Claims

If you are a victim in the UK of a violent crime, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. What is classed as a violent crime? A crime of violence is a criminal act which includes actual violence to a person, or even the threat of violence against a person. These violence’s come in forms such as injury caused by a weapon, rape and even child abuse. Injury doesn’t have to be an actually wound caused by the violence , your injury may be a psychological injury. For example if someone threatens you with an act of violence this may cause you great stress, disturbed sleep and anxiety.
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Vibration White Finger

Many of us are familiar with the above phrase but what is it, who does it affect and what are the symptoms? The first point to make is that it has changed its name! It is now referred to as Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). The term was altered as other symptoms may be present other than white fingers.

What is and what are the symptoms?
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Cauda Equina Syndrome

What is it?

Your spinal cord extends from the brain down through a spinal canal. There are nerves that branch off from your spinal cord which send signals to and from muscles and other parts of the body. These signals give information to your brain for example, when something hurts, pain signal are sent. Other signals are sent such as touch and sense of position, so your brain knows what your body is doing at all times!
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Judge Must be Judged After Drink-Drive Debacle

A former judge stopped by police for driving erratically was found with half a bottle of vodka and an empty can of red bull in his car. He told police that he had not been drinking but, after being breathalysed was found to be almost 3 times the legal drink-drive limit.

Today, Bruce Macmillan, 63, pleaded guilty to a charge of drink driving.

According to The Guardian, at the time of the incident, which occurred on August 27^th this year, Mr Macmillan was still operating as a circuit judge but following the incident resigned earlier this month to avoid the embarrassment of being dishonourably disrobed.
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