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Despite numerous TV campaigns surrounding the issue of the importance of wearing your seatbelt many accidents are still far more serious than they should be just because people fail to wear their seatbelts!
What is the law surrounding seatbelts?
There are various groups dictating who must wear a seatbelt and who is responsible for the belt being worn and the following is a brief guide:
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Let’s face it, we all sometimes get it! That fleeting moment of fury that takes over us when a fellow road user cuts us up at a roundabout or pulls out from a side road in to our path.
And it’s not difficult to comprehend that road rage is a major cause of road traffic accidents worldwide. And as winter approaches and the weather worsens, the conditions of Britain’s roads over the course of the following months will slowly deteriorate as the cold, wet weather makes driving conditions more difficult and slows traffic down.
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French Spiderman Knows no Fear for Height Regulations!
You may have seen or heard of him in the news; he’s the acclaimed rock climber who knows no fear when it comes to dangerously scaling any large construction he can chalk his hands on!
And once again the Frenchman known as the “French Spider-Man” or “the Human Spider” has wowed audiences of onlookers by scaling the Ariane building in Paris (8th October 2009) with nothing but his bare hands and some sturdy rock climbing shoes, (source).
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I’m Very Busy, What Do You Want?
What do you expect when you speak to your lawyer, not just for the very first time but every time you speak to them in relation to your claim?
Some would say rude, abrupt and even arrogant but is this really what you should expect and more to the more to the point, what you should stand for?
In short…No! So, what should you expect from your lawyer and their telephone manner?
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Sneaky Insurers Tactics That Tempt
If you have been unfortunate enough to have found yourself in a car accident recently, you may well have received a nice phone call from the other drivers insurers shortly after.
This call may have followed along the lines of …
“Hello, we are sorry to hear that you have recently been involved in an accident causing you an injury. On note of this, we are happy to offer you compensation of £1,000.”
Great News you may think!… Everyone could do with a few extra quid at the moment right?
But do the other Insurers really have your best interest at heart?
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Health Service Errors Risk Patient Safety
More than 5,700 patients in England died or suffered serious harm over a sixth month period due to errors. According to the BBC, statistics gathered by the National Patient Safety Agency (or NSPA) indicated that 459,500 health mistakes were made last year. These figures cover incidents involving hospitals, GPs and mental health units.
Amongst the most commonly recorded mistakes were patient accidents, followed by mistakes during treatment and with medication. The figures put forward are only on a provided on a voluntary basis which unfortunately indicates that the real figure regarding the number of mistakes made may be much, much higher.
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A hernia is most likely to be the caused when you are involved in a heavy lifting activity. A hernia is due to a weakness in body tissues which allows other bodily tissues to protrude through; this often includes an organ of the body such as an intestine. Your tissues are normally strong enough to contain the organs and stop them from pushing through.
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Following a head injury we are all familiar with concussion and the affects it can have but what are the more serious consequences of a severe head trauma? One of the life altering consequences could be epilepsy which can be caused by trauma which has caused part of the brain tissue to be damaged. This is often the result of a very serious road traffic accident, a fall down a flight of stairs or more serious criminal offences such as a serious strike wound to the head.
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Manual Handling and the Reponsibilities of Employers
One of the most common injuries that we encounter at the Injury Lawyers is caused by employers not providing instructions on how to handle heavy or awkward objects. The relevant legislation in England and Wales is the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
First of all an employer needs to consider whether these regulations may be relevant to them, the question to be asked is whether the employer has manual handling as part of their operation. If so then a risk assessment should be conducted by the employer and, if there is a possibility that the rules might apply, then consideration of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations should be put in place.
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Medical Assistance for Burn Injuries
Saved by a Shark! There’s a phrase you don’t hear very often (or ever in my case!) but for Erin McNeill this phrase became true! The young woman had been stopping at a friend’s house when a fire broke out and she suffered serious burns, being admitted in to intensive care for treatment at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. She had suffered severe burns to 40% of her body with fourth degree burns sustained to her right arm.
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