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April 2013 saw the government bury years of access to justice when they stopped lawyers being able to recover all of their client’s legal fees from the opponent if the case wins. The result is that other lawyers are now taking up to 25% from their clients compensation claim to cover a Success Fee which is no longer recoverable. This fee is designed to help fund No Win, No Fee claims and allow people the right to make a claim if they have been injured through potential negligence.
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From a manual handling perspective, loading a van can be potentially very dangerous. You may have to lift at low levels to get loads in to the back of a van, or push them when they are on the back of the van where it could be more difficult due to friction from the flooring. In general, you may be manoeuvring loads whilst twisted or bent down, which again is bad manual handling practice and can easily lead to serious back injury problems.

So what are your rights if you are injured at work due to loading a van? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

The above is legalisation with extremely important rules to ensure that employees are not injured when carrying out manual handling activities. Some of the more notable regulations read as follows:
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It may sound amusing, but it’s no laughing matter if you end up slipping on a vegetable (or vegetables) and fall down to the ground. Landing on a hard floor can easily result in broken bones. Twisting and turning as you fall can easily cause serious ligament damage.

So if this does happen to you, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Bikers are always much more vulnerable road users; not just because a bike offers little or no protection in a collision, but because drivers do not properly look out for bikers and accidents are unfortunately common.

So what happens if you are correctly cycling past a junction or a side road and a driver fails to notice you and pulls out in to you or in to your path, causing a collision?

You have a good chance at making a successful road accident claim for compensation. Liability in this kind of scenario isn’t too hard to establish. If you are already proceeding on the major road and a vehicle comes out of a junction or side road, they must give you precedence and it’s your right of way. They are clearly at fault.
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I know we all do it – lean things up against a wall before we have time to put them away. I often do it with my guitars once they’re unloaded from my car. The odd sweeping brush is often found leaning up when doing a bit of spring cleaning as well.

But what happens if an object leaning up against a wall was to tip over and hit you? Or perhaps slide down and hit you? Obviously if this happens in your own home and you’ve done the leaning, there isn’t really anyone to pursue a claim against! What I’m talking about here is if you are in a public place like a shop or perhaps at work and this happens.
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In the highly commercialised world we live in, marketing is everything – we’re subjected to huge amounts of TV, radio, and sign advertising everywhere we go. Shops and stores are full of display signs showing the latest offers and deals to entice you in to parting with your hard earned cash.

But surely one of the last things you expect is to be injured by a display sign in a shop – whether it’s a marketing sign or for other purposes. But if the sign is fairly large or perhaps sharp, you can easily end up injured if this happens to you.
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For many, finding that “Holy Grail” 100% compensation solicitor seems like nothing but a pipe dream. Most lawyers don’t advertise that they are taking up to 25% from their clients payouts due to law changes, and most lawyers will use, in my opinion, misleading advertising with thinks like “100% No Win, No Fee” or “No cost solicitors” etc. Neither of those statement is indicative of you receiving 100% of your compensation payout,

So when you read our 100% Compensation Pledge For U, you’re probably thinking – “what’s the catch?”

How can we give you 100% of your payout when other lawyers can’t? What makes us so special? Is it even possible? Are there hidden fees or is this just a way of enticing you in so we can charge you in another way?
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If a floor is being mopped, those employees mopping the floor have a duty to warn people that the floor is wet and poses a potential slipping hazard. Traditionally this is done by erecting Wet Floor signs. So what happens when a floor is being mopped and no warning sign is visible and someone slips and injures themself on the wet floor?

As a member of the public visiting a place like a supermarket or a bar, the Occupiers Liability Act puts a duty on the owners to take all reasonable steps to look out for your health and safety. Erecting a sign can be seen as a reasonable step; but failure to do so can be seen as a breach of the Occupiers Liability Act and that means they are liable to compensate you for a claim!
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We have blogged a few times in the past, and very recently, about why you should instruct a firm like us to represent you for your claim. You may think you’re being smart and savvy by dealing direct, and getting a quick settlement. You may be able to barter with the insurers and they may even tell you they’ll give you a little extra for keeping the lawyers away from the case.

Think again!

We did a recent study that I blogged about and we showed that on average we get an increase of around 53% for our clients on their offers. And other research has shown lawyers can get up to four times as much just because we are involved.
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Have you instructed a firm to represent you who are taking a percentage from your claim only to find out that we can give you a 100% agreement? If so, then read on…

Unfortunately, the recent law changes that have come in to force from April 2013 have resulted in other solicitors taking up to 25% from their client’s payout and asking for payment of insurance. Even worse is that most solicitors are potentially miss-advising people in our opinion by telling people things like “no one offers 100% compensation anymore” or that “everyone is taking 25%” and people are trusting in their advice. Many of our clients who shopped around before finding our 100% offer were told things like the above, which is pretty scary stuff!
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