It’s likely most people have all heard of selective deafness. Our wives, husbands, partners etc seem to be experts in the field, especially when football or the soaps are on TV! But have you ever considered that it may in fact be a case of industrial deafness rather than selective deafness?

Say, for example, that your husband constantly mishears or ignores what you have said to him. While you may believe it is a case of selective deafness, consider whether your husband has ever worked in a noisy environment, consider if your husband could be suffering from industrial deafness. The sufferer often does not realise that anything is wrong.

It is often a wife, partner or other family member or perhaps a friend that notices a hearing deficit. Industrial deafness does not mean complete deafness; it covers partial and sometimes relatively minor hearing deficiencies.
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The legal duty of an employer is take reasonable care for the health and safety of employees and to reduce the possibility of accidents and injuries at work – including scaffolding accidents if you work with scaffolding.

In respect of scaffolding accidents, some of the main risks are if the scaffolding is on poor foundations, if boards are missing from the platform, or if boards are uneven or of poor quality etc. Of course there are many other risks with scaffolding and it is imperative that scaffolding is erected properly and safely.

The building industry has proven to be a dangerous environment for workers and for the general public. If you are the victim of a scaffolding accident then you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
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As insurance policies become more expensive, more drivers are likely to take to the road without insurance. Although I understand that sometimes the insurance is just too much to pay, what some of these drivers fail to realise is that uninsured drivers are one of the main culprits for pushing up insurance premiums in the first place – aside from the fact that it is illegal!

If more motorists are driving without insurance then surely that means more people will be involved in a Road Traffic Accident with an uninsured driver? The answer is yes – Here at The Injury Lawyers, we have seen an increase in the number of client’s coming to us to request advice about claiming for injuries they have sustained at the hand of an uninsured driver.

Most client’s do not believe you can make a claim for compensation against an uninsured driver –the great news is that you can.
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Councils have many responsibilities that aid you in your day to day life, such as, the important ones for the topic of this blog: maintaining public spaces (such as parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, museums etc.) and the up-keep of highways, these are roads and pavements.

When the council provides these services it also takes on a responsibility to look after you when while you use them and to make sure that the services it provides aren’t defective or able to harm you if you use them properly. If you are using any of these services and you get an injury that could have been avoided had the council done a better job of maintaining that service you could be able to make a personal injury claim.

Parks, Playgrounds and Council Buildings
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When your job includes driving, you can be driving anything from a car, a van, a lorry, or some form or machinery or equipment – like a forklift truck for example. If the vehicle is owned by your employer then your employer should take out insurance on the vehicle which will also cover you as the driver in the event of an accident. It’s also their responsibility to maintain the vehicle as well.

As the vehicle will be used for work and business, the insurance policy is normally different to that of everyday motorists. Vehicles owned and used by companies are normally insured under what is called a ‘fleet policy’ which will usually cover all the vehicles owned and used by the company.

Now, normally Road Traffic Accidents usually involve the collision of vehicles and therefore a claim for personal injury will be made against the at fault party’s insurer. However, not all Road Traffic Accidents do involve other vehicles and an accident can often be caused by the employer’s failure to maintain a vehicle.
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The quest for longer, thicker more volumised eyelashes has become much easier to achieve these days through the availability of temporary fake eyelashes, eyelash tinting, and of course eyelash extensions. In this blog I hope to address the latter two, as these procedures unfortunately can result in injury.
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What will happen if I claim?

Many people considering a claim for personal injury will not have had much contact with the legal profession before they start their claim, and the thought of doing so can be quite daunting. People get worried about the “red-tape”, jargon, and waiting and delays. However, people may not understand is that there are rules in place to help avoid long drawn out claims.

At The Injury Lawyers the first step for most none road accident claims (so accidents at work, in public places, in the street, or with products for example) in this begins when you provide your details about your accident or the way in which you became injured.
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There are many Solicitors firms who deal with claims for compensation following road traffic accidents.

If you have been injured as a result of a road traffic accident and you are considering making a claim for compensation then you have a wide choice of Solicitors firm’s to choose from.

Here at The Injury Lawyers we specialise solely in personal injury claims. Road traffic accidents are a huge market for personal injury lawyers and, although competition is tough, we believe that we offer an excellent service to our clients to overcome the competition.
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There have been some recent reports that a major city’s NHS Walk in Centre has been charging patients £25.00 to treat whiplash injuries.  There is now concern that this trend could follow through the other NHS services.

A local counsellor in the city has slammed the charges quoted as saying they were “disgraceful” and “…flies in the face of the basic NHS values of healthcare being provided free at the point of use”

The city’s cabinet member for health, care and independent living has also stated she is “very concerned” about the charges.
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Accidents at school can be complex cases, mainly because it is inevitable that children will sustain small injuries whilst playing in the school yard. However, some accidents do happen that could have been prevented and therefore in some circumstances there is the option to pursue a personal injury claim.

Most accidents at school are claimed to be because of a ‘lack of supervision’- but this is very difficult to prove.

Sometimes no matter how much supervision there is, children’s game play can often lead to tears and therefore negligence is not automatically presumed.
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