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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RSI – Repetitive Strain Injury

Many of us associate personal injuries with accidents such as road traffic accidents, a slip or trip and work involving manual labour. However, how many of us realize that sitting at our desks in a regular office can have a detrimental effect on our health and cause us some significant injuries?

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) occurs in approximately 1 in 50 office workers in the UK and it is estimated that nearly 5.5 millions working days were lost due to the condition last year alone!
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Psychological Injuries

If you can establish that another person is liable for an accident which cause you harm/loss, not only will you be able to claim for physical injuries sustained, you will also be able to recover for any psychological harm incurred.
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MIB in Crackdown on Uninsured Vehicles

The number of uninsured vehicles on the roads has increased again, with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau estimating that over 1.7 million people drove vehicles which did not have cover in 2008. The worst culprit was Greater London, where a staggering 13% of vehicles were found to be uninsured, closely followed by Merseyside 12% and Greater Manchester 10%.

Under section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to use a motor vehicle on a road unless there is a policy of insurance in place, with third party insurance the minimum to be allowed.
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Compensation Full & Final

In the vast majority of compensation claims the compensation settlement is full & final! It is therefore important to make sure that all items of claim are in order when you are in a position to settle your claim. A final payment is once and for all, even if you continue to suffer longer then expected or, further injuries come to light after you have settled your claim.
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Workplace Dermatitis Claims

Any type of dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin and is caused by contact with chemicals and substances used in the workplace. Some irritants cause direct inflammation whilst others may take years to have any affect on the individual and may not necessarily affect the area which was in direct contact with the substance.

Common symptoms of contact dermatitis include blisters, itching and dryness of the skin. This, in turn, can lead to cracking of the skin and weeping.
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Working at Height and Falling Claims!

The law in this area is covered by The Work at Height Regulations 2005. I shall first deal with the general principles which are applicable in ensuring safe work practices which are to be both followed and applied in the work place.

An obvious but important point to make – Woking at Height; is very, very dangerous!
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Understanding brain injury compensation claims

Unfortunately brain injuries can occur in a number of different ways and quite often can arise from a blow to the head. This may be caused by a road traffic accident, a bad fall and even sports injuries; this is demonstrated more so in the cases of rugby players and boxers.

Head injury accidents are the most common admittance in to A&E departments every year.
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