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Roundabout Accidents – Are You in the Correct Lane?
There are many rules in the highway code which govern how you should circulate on a roundabout (including how to approach and exit a roundabout). Obviously, all the usual rules apply – check your mirrors, signal and manoeuvre. You should also decide early on which exit you wish to take and ensure you are in the correct lane (before entering the roundabout) for your intended route.
It is a MUST that when you are approaching a roundabout that you give way to road users to your right who are already established on the roundabout.
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Injuries Caused by Work Place Traffic Routes
Regulation 17 is an important Regulation when it comes to the day-to-day, practical running of any workplace à Regulation 17 of The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 covers Traffic Routes!
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Medical Negliegence Claims : NHS Complaints Procedure
Before bringing a claim for medical negligence it is important to consider the NHS complaints procedure. If this is not followed by prospective claimants then it can be difficult to obtain funding for a claim from the Legal Services Commission. This is a procedure which is constantly being revised and reviewed, but the idea of the complaints system is to encourage greater openness between patients and clinicians, increase patient satisfaction and consumer confidence in the NHS. Furthermore it allows the NHS to identify potential risk areas which may invite further protective measures being put in to place.
Keep Workplace Free From Obstructions
In the case of Burgess v Plymouth City Council the person making the claim against the Council was a cleaner for a School. The lady went into a classroom and tripped over a box used for storing lunch boxes and sustained an injury. The Local Authority (that’s her employer) disputed that they were responsible and therefore refused to offer her any compensation for her injury and other losses. Her employer argued that the cleaner ought to have been looking where she was going and it was her job to clean the classroom and that they had not breached any of the statutory duties (i.e. Workplace regulations).
Car accident claims at Low Speed (in Legal world we call these Low Velocity Collisions) LVC – Low Velocity collision, what is this? A common occurrence of this is when another driver drives into the back of your car when you are stationary. Well, lets not go into why they don’t actually slow down enough not to collide with you at all, and why they see you last minute, (despite the very fact that you are in a big highly visible car right under there nose and one would hope in front of there eyes) then slam the brakes on…. slow down to what they claim is a snails pace and hit you at very low speed.
Bringing a Claim for Fatal Accidents
Where a loved one has been involved in an accident which has led to their death, it is likely that compensation and damages will be the last thing on the minds of those who cared about them. However, where the deceased left behind people that they looked after, supported or were dependent on them, then those dependents may be able to claim damages.
As discussed in the previous post about accident at work regulations, there are some really helpful Work Regulations which can be used to win your injury claim if you have had an accident in the workplace.
Clinical Negligence and Standards of Care
When an individual has suffered through medical negligence it can be a very traumatic time. People place a lot of trust in doctors and medical practitioners and naturally when it comes to health issues are more often than not keen to take the advice and recommendations of a qualified medical professional.
This can make it all the more difficult to cope when such a professional falls below the standard of care that they are expected to provide to their patients.
Helpful Regulations for Accidents at Work!
Regulations 5 of The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 is really helpful Regulation in many accident at work claims that we run. So, you may ask what is Regulation 5? What does it relate to and what significance does it have to me?
Claim Compensation When The Other Driver Doesn’t Have Insurance?
Imagine your having a bad day… your running late for work, you hit traffic and every red traffic light on your route, and then just as you are about to pull into the car park, BANG WALLOP some clumsy driver smashes straight into the back of your car. Youv’e been injured and your pride and joy is a mangled mess, then to top it all, you find out the other driver doesn’t have insurance! You think it can’t get any worse and errrr, actually you just might be right.
In fact it gets a little better because we tell you about the MIB, no not the Men In Black, but the Motor Insurers Bureau…
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