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Baby P Reforms Not Providing Adequate Protection
Lessons have yet to be learned from the Baby P case, with a number of children murdered or abused since the death two years ago, according to research conducted by The Observer. Baby P, later revealed as Peter, was on Haringey’s child protection register and, despite numerous visits to his home by social services, doctors and police, died in August 2007 aged 17 months with 50 injuries.
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Working Time Directives: The Effect on Patient Care
Hospital staff are vulnerable to falling victim to dangerous working practices in an attempt to meet European rules on doctors working hours. According to the BBC website, the Royal College of Surgeons data on the number of rotas complying with the 48 hour week indicated a fall of 6% between March and April.
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With the rising fuel prices in this country we have witnessed more people take cheaper, alternative ways to travel into work and one of those rising popular methods of transport is the bicycle. However, cyclists, run a risk of accidents on the road. Many bicycle accident claims involve cyclists being accidentally hit by motorists or suffering an injury through poor road surfaces.
Driving Home The Message of Road Accident Claims
At The Injury Lawyers we cannot stress enough to people looking to make a car accident claim, where they have suffered an injury through no fault of their own, of the importance in collecting information from the scene of the accident. Especially when you consider that insurance companies are becoming increasingly tough on claims that are not set-out properly to the extent where they will reduce the payment to the claimant or even quash the claim completely.
Accident Claims for Children Commonsense, Required
When it comes to dealing with compensation accident claims for children then a large dose of commonsense is required from all interested parties. No matter if its the personal injury lawyer dealing with the case, the insurance company defending the claim, the judge overseeing the injury claim or finally the parents of the child involved.
Workplace Claims For Slips, Trips and Falls
It’s a scary statistic to learn that for an average human lifespan we will spend nearly 20 years (19 years and 8 months to be precise) of our lives working. That’s a long stretch just doing the 9 to 5 routine. During those 20 years what are the chances that you suffered an accident in the workplace – tripping over a computer cable, slipping on a wet surface or falling over a misplaced object.
Wondering What Your Whiplash Claim is Worth
There has been some considerable debate recently about insurance companies contacting individuals recently involved in a car accident and asking them toaccept an offer for their injury, mostly neck injuries also known as whiplash. The reason behind the speediness of the insurance companies to act is if they get to the injured party earlier enough the can offer a below-the-norm payment than say if the person were to seek out a professional injury lawyer to process the claim for them.
No Win No Fee – Set For Review
Ministers are set to review the ‘No Win No Fee‘ claims policy also known as conditional claim. The review comes about after a few high profile cases were won under a ‘No Win No Fee‘, allowing the winning lawyers to increase their payments under the conditions of the ‘No Win No Fee’ contract. Much has been written about ‘No Win No Fee’ claims and the way certain injury law firms abuse them by adding hidden extras within the policy.