Despite the fact that we have a fairly good record when it comes to health and safety here in the UK, work accidents are still frighteningly common. As a firm of specialist injury lawyers we help a lot of victims for work accident claims and we often see trends in the nature of the accidents we help victims for.

Sometimes the happening of an accident should simply have never happened and was easy to prevent – the case of an unguarded chuck key in a lathe is one such example.
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As work accident specialists I can tell you that there are a LOT of workplace rules and regulations when it comes to health and safety legislation. They cover all areas like general safety, equipment, manual handling, working at height, personal protective equipment, chemicals, and all sorts.

The reason for this is to ensure that employees are safe at work and to put specific duties on employers to take steps and action to avoid injuries. But although there are several sets of regulations covering several different things, they all usually have one particular regulation in common: training!
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Why not? The insurance company you are probably pursuing for your vehicle damages are liable to cover you for injury as well. So if you didn’t claim then you are simply letting the insurers keep the money you are entitled to. When you think of it that way, it doesn’t make a great deal of sense to not claim, does it?

But there are other advantages and you should really ignore the media fuelled rubbish about a “compensation culture” and “whiplash epidemics”.
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Phone giants EE are recalling a batch of their Power Bar products after ‘a number of incidents’ where they have overheated, leading to a fire risk.

An alleged victim has tweeted an image of their hand showing significant burns that are said to have been caused by the Power Bars in question. Thousands of Power Bars are thought to have been distributed, with the batch model known as E1-06 currently being recalled.
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Workplace health and safety legislation is designed to specifically protect employees from being injured at work. Falls from scaffolding at work should never happen at all. When properly risk assessed and when staff are competent and trained, and working in the correct & safe way, there should never be any scaffolding accidents.

So if you have fallen off scaffolding, read on for some advice about your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation.
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It’s scary how often workers loose fingers or parts of their fingers in the workplace. From crushing injuries to fingers getting trapped in lathes or being cut by saws, it is sadly a common occurrence. We are always taking on cases for victims of finger loss injuries at work, as a firm of specialist work accident lawyers.

So do you need some advice about the best way to access the compensation you deserve? If so, read on.
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No win no fee is a widely used promise by personal injury lawyers – but do you know what it actually means in terms of how you can be charged, if at all?

A “No Win No Fee” is commonly the basis of your entire legal agreement so it is important to know exactly what you are getting into. For a little advice on what it means in relation to when you may actually be charged, read on!
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If you have had an accident at work and you are thinking about making a claim against your employer, you may naturally have a number of concerns. Don’t worry! Our experienced claims team has heard them all and we want to put your mind at rest.

It’s your basic right to make a claim when you have been genuinely injured at work through no fault of your own, so this article may be useful to put your mind at ease, If you’re worried about initiating a case.
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If you are involved in a road traffic accident you would expect that the other driver would have insurance and that they would stop and exchange details with you at the scene of the accident. That is after all what every good upstanding citizen has been taught to do. However, sadly, it is the case that some people just aren’t like the rest of us. So if you’ve been in an accident and the other driver has sped off before you can so much as get a glimpse of their registration number, what do you do?

You use the MIB Untraced Driver Agreement – and we can give you an insight in to this below.
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Our client was stocking shelves for a well known supermarket when the accident occurred, which resulted in a broken foot that caused a great deal of pain and financial loss. Whilst the break wasn’t a severe one, any fracture or lower limb damage is likely to result in needing a lot of help and needing a lot of time off work.

We were happy to accept the claim using our genuine no win, no fee policy and we were very pleased with the settlement we fought for.
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