by Russell Worth | Jul 8, 2013 | Personal Injury
A high school in Essex has been fined after a 14-year-old boy fell over four metres from a climbing wall. The incident occurred during a PE lesson at Manningtree High School in October 2012, when the teenager was one of four pupils selected to try the school’s first...
by Russell Worth | Jul 8, 2013 | Car Accidents, Personal Injury
Lawyers representing a courageous 17-year-old girl who plans to attend university and forge an academic career notwithstanding catastrophic injuries she suffered in a road accident have achieved a £14 million settlement of her compensation claim. The figure is one of...
by Russell Worth | Jul 8, 2013 | Industrial Disease, mesothelioma
The Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament for the forthcoming year included the announcement of a Bill to establish a payment scheme for people diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of workplace exposure to asbestos where their former employer or the...
by Russell Worth | Jul 5, 2013 | Accident Claims
A Midlands firm which specialises in the installation of solar panels has been fined after one of its employees sustained life-threatening injuries when he fell through a skylight at a warehouse in North London. Brian Dolan, from Warwick, was working for Rugby-based...
by Russell Worth | Jul 5, 2013 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work, News
A recycling firm in Bolton has been ordered to pay nearly £130,000 in fines and costs after one of its employees was crushed between two trucks at a recycling plant and suffered serious injuries. The 61-year-old man from Towyn, North Wales, suffered fractures to his...
