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Most people nowadays try and do their little bit to be as green as possible. In our office we have a policy of naming and shaming those who leave their monitors on at the end of the working day – it’s something we check each night before we close up. With our continued efforts to be greener, and given the ridiculous price of fuel, many are taking to the streets on bikes as a cheaper and more environmentally friendly mode of transport. And I guess it’s healthier too.

But in the stressful streets of the UK as one of the hardest working countries in Europe, our roads are bursting at the seams with traffic during the rush hours as busy commuters rush to get to work on time. Many drivers don’t keep a proper look out for cyclists as it is – but at 8am in the morning when we’re tired and grumpy, we’re even less alert than we should be and accidents can easily happen.

That’s why we have a pledge to fight as hard as possible to make sure that any innocent cyclist who is hit by a negligent driver receives the compensation they deserve. We often find that injuries can be fairly serious given that you don’t have the protection a car offers when you are riding a bicycle.  That’s why our bespoke way of working is designed to not only compensate you for your injuries, but to get you the best private medical care we possibly can.
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Today is a Friday – so most of the country (I imagine) is waiting for 5’o-clock to hit so they can escape the workplace and wind down after a week of working hard. Obviously we’re not – we’re open until 10pm tonight and 9am – 5pm over the weekend (and on the bank holiday) because we’re a little crazy and like to be as accessible as possible to our clients!

But the point I’m making is that the last thing anyone expects is to be going about their daily working business and suddenly slip over and injure themselves at work.
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In our opinion, in is always best to start your whiplash claim sooner rather than later. There are several reasons for this, and I will give you three reasons why you should start your whiplash claim as soon as you possibly can!

Medical Help

In most cases we can normally arrange for private physiotherapy. We can do this right from the outset of the case and arrange for the funding of the treatment so that the other side pays for it at the end of the claim. That way you get access to private medical care when you need it the most – right at the very start of your claim when you are likely to be suffering the most.

Quicker Payment

The quicker you start the whiplash claims process, the quicker you can expect a payout! Whilst this isn’t a strict rule as sometimes you may need to wait a little while to fully heal from your injuries, starting a claim now rather than a year later will normally mean you will get your settlement cheque sooner.
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If you’re reading this, I’m going to assume that you or someone you know has slipped over in a supermarket. I’m sorry if this is the case, but I’d encourage you to read on because I need to tell you something very important that could be the making or breaking of your claim for compensation.

In these sorts of cases, evidence can be everything. By law, a supermarket is liable to compensate someone who has slipped and fallen in their premises if they have breached the Occupiers Liability Act. This important piece of legislation stipulates that the occupier of a premises has an important duty to make their premises as safe as they reasonably can.

To prevent a slipping hazard as reasonably as possible, the supermarket should have a system or inspection and maintenance to look out for and clear away any hazards on the floor or place wet floor signs or cordons in the area until a hazard can be cleared away. What could be classed as reasonable is open to interpretation – if it’s a really busy Saturday afternoon, then a half hourly or hourly inspection may be classed as reasonable. In the early hours of the morning where there are far less customers, it may be less.
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We have decades of experience in dealing with all varieties of compensation claims. When it comes to clinical negligence and cosmetic surgery negligence, our specialist teams are more than equipped to fight for your rights to claim compensation when something doesn’t go as you imagined it would. We are also one of the leading law firms who are fighting for hundreds of women for PIP breast implant compensation.

So here is a quick article about making a cosmetic surgery claim.

Do You Have a Claim?

It’s probably best for us to assess this on the phone, so you can give us a call right now on 0800 634 75 75 and we will look in to it for you. But for general guidance, to win a cosmetic surgery compensation claim we need to commonly prove one of two things:
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There are numerous workplace regulations that employers must abide by. They are important, and they are there to prevent employees from being injured in the workplace. An employer must do all they reasonably can to prevent an employee from slipping, tripping, or falling in the workplace. This is covered by the Workplace Health Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992.

These important regulations stipulate that all traffic routes in the workplace should be free of any articles or substances that could cause a slip, trip, or fall accident. So liquid should not be allowed to accumulate on the floor, and items such as boxes should be allowed to be left on the floor either. Employers should have inspection and maintenance regimes that can prevent as much as possible something from becoming a hazard on the floor. Policies should be in place to train and instruct employees not to inadvertently create a hazard by, for example, leaving boxes in a traffic route in a warehouse.
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Motorways can be dangerous places – for the obvious reasons that there are speeding cars in three separate lanes. You tend to get a lot of ‘idiot drivers‘ as well who take the law in to their own hands when it comes to speed, and have no recollection of that magical little switch on the side of the steering wheel that sends out signals to other drivers that you are indicating to change lanes!

So we as expert personal injury lawyers end up taking on a lot of claims for compensation caused by motorway accidents. The absolute classic one is the situation when traffic slows down quickly. Apparently the car behind always ends up braking just that little bit harder than the one in front; so you end up with a line of cars all braking more than each other until the vehicles further at the back are slamming on to the extent that one of them may fail to stop.
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Well, actually its 110% compensation for you! I’ll explain how that works:

April 2013 saw the biggest shake-up to the personal injury claiming world in its entire history. For a long time now we have been able to recover all of our legal fees directly from the other side, meaning you keep all 100% of your payout. Sadly the government in their infinite wisdom decided to change the rules…

The rule changes mean that we are no longer allowed to recover a success fee or ATE (After The Event) insurance premium as part of the fees from the opponent. The success fee is a fee that reflects the risk of the case, as we ultimately take on many claims on a No Win, No Fee and do not get paid as the other side can successfully defend them. The ATE is there to protect you from having to pay your own disbursements if you can’t recover them or your opponents costs.
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On April 1^st 2013, there was a huge shake-up of the personal injury claiming system that has left almost all victims facing up to 25% of their compensation being taken by their solicitor for a claim from 1^st April onwards. The government decided that lawyers should no longer be able to recover all of their fees from the other side, meaning that lawyers now need to charge clients for certain fees.

The reason why I mentioned 25% is because that is the cap that the government has placed on the charges – i.e. lawyers can’t charge anymore than 25% of a person’s compensation to cover these now unrecoverable fees. The 25% charge must be inclusive of VAT and can only be from damages for personal injury and past financial losses and be net of DWP CRU deductions.

In addition that 25% relates only to the success fee. There is no restriction on the amount they can charge in respect of basic charges.  According to our research so far, most law firms have settled at simply charging the flat rate of 25%.

But we here at The Injury Lawyers dare to be different! As we always have done!
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Ladders can be naturally dangerous pieces of equipment. It’s therefore important to use the right ladders for the right job, and it’s important to make sure that ladders are well maintained and replaced when necessary. At work, this duty is directly the responsibility of your employer.
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