by Russell Worth | Dec 22, 2015 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
If your business has five employees or fewer, you are not legally obliged to have a written risk assessment, but that does not mean that you don’t have to think about and identify any risks to employees, or the general public. Part of your responsibility as an...
by Russell Worth | Jun 29, 2015 | Claims, Medical Negligence
New guidelines issued by the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council are advising doctors, nurses and midwives in the UK to be open and honest with patients should things go wrong. The new rules, known as a “duty of candour”, state...
by Russell Worth | Jun 15, 2015 | Claims
An eight-year-old girl who was left severely disabled by a bout of meningitis shortly after her birth has been awarded more than £13 million in compensation. The pay-out is believed to be a record in a clinical negligence case where the claimant’s life expectancy was...
by Russell Worth | May 8, 2015 | Claims
A survey by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) has suggested that more than three in four Britons would not recognise the signs of skin cancer. The results are being published at the start of Sun Awareness Week, an annual campaign by the BAD set up in a...
by Russell Worth | May 7, 2015 | Claims
A provider of waste and recycling services has been prosecuted after one of its employees suffered life-changing injuries. Veolia ES Staffordshire Ltd (part of Veoila UK group) was fined after the worker, who has asked not to be named, fell more than 8 feet whilst...
by Russell Worth | May 6, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, News |
Law firm Russell Worth has launched a new hearing app to mark this year’s Deaf Awareness Week (4th – 10th May). The web application, which can be used either on a mobile or computer, enables users in their twenties through to those in their eighties to test the...
