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Kitchens are often dangerous places. I’m talking about workplace kitchens here, and they’re often very busy places indeed. I’ve worked in the catering industry myself – lots of people stressed out and rushing around working in a place full of sharp tools, hot liquids and substances; plentiful dangers all around.

So if you are injured in a workplace kitchen environment, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?

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It’s very easy to dislocate your shoulder, and the damage that can be done can be extensive. Slip, trip and fall injuries, as well as manual handling injuries, are common ones that involve shoulder dislocations. Bike riders being knocked off their bike in a road accident can commonly cause dislocations too.

So what can you claim for and what kind of payouts can be expected for such injuries?

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Coming in to contact with oil can do some serious damage to the skin. If you have ever been in contact with hot oil, I’m sure you’ll know what I mean. So if this happens to you in the workplace, are you entitled to make a claim for compensation? If you contact our legal team we’ll take a look at the duty your employer has and see if we can make a claim for you.
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There are some people, much like myself, who are at low risk of being injured in the workplace. Working in an office means I’m rarely exposed to any dangers. There are those occupations where the workplace can be a far more dangerous place, and working as a mechanic is definitely one that can fall within this category.

So let’s look at some rules and regulations and where you may be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation as an injured mechanic.

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Even what are classed as minor knee dislocation injuries can be extremely serious indeed, leaving the victim with potentially lifelong problems. If you’re after advice about knee dislocation compensation claims, I can offer it you both as an employee of a specialist injury law firm and as a victim myself.

I dislocated my knee in 2012 rupturing both collaterals and the lateral meniscus, and suffering an avulsion fracture as the ACL pulled off the bone – so read on for my advice.

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Pushing and pulling can always leave a person at risk of being injured through either muscular strains or damage, or being hit by objects that are being pushed or pulled. As with lifting, pushing and pulling in the workplace should always be subject to The Manual Handling Operations Regulations.

So what happens if you’re injured in the workplace when pushing and pulling objects? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?

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If we think we can win a claim, we might be able to offer you a no win, no fee agreement. The principle of this means that, if the claim doesn’t win, we do not charge you any fees we have incurred.

This allows people to make a claim with the safety of not having to pay a huge legal bill if it doesn’t win. After all, we cannot accurately predict from the outset whether a claim will win or not in many cases. So how does it actually work?
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Pothole compensation claims are one of the more common forms of accidents we pursue as a specialist injury law firm. They can be incredibly hard to win because the law is very on the side of the local authorities and councils.

That’s why it’s important to give yourself the best chance of winning by following these simple steps which can help us to make a better assessment of the claim and can help when it comes to evidence for a case.

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The government changed the law drastically last year. The reforms they put in to place have resulted in lawyers being unable to recover all of their fees from the other side, and in addition to this, they slashed the amount of legal fees that can be claimed back to an all time low.

These reforms are now leaving the victim out of pocket because lawyers cannot offer a proper service without having to take a deduction from your claim. But is 35% too much to take? Read on for some more advice.

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For many offices, the most dangerous area of the premises can be the kitchen/canteen. Food and liquid are likely to be spilled on the floor causing slip or trip accidents which falls within the scope of an accident at work.
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