It is perfectly possible to make a claim against the NHS and/or its staff for the negligent acts of those staff if that resulted in damage to a patient injury or loss. This can be done on a ‘no win no fee’ basis, meaning that there is no risk to the claimant. Damages (compensation) are […]
Remain calm – the vast majority of employers have public liability insurance to cater for this exact eventuality. You should immediately report the incident to the first aider and follow the employers protocol Take photographic evidence of the scene of the accident including any broken machinery, missing parts, spillages. Get the names, addresses and […]
To the best of your ability, try and identify the thing that caused you to trip up. This is sometimes more difficult than it seems as if you knew what it was that had caused you to trip up you would have spotted it in the first place and avoided it ! However, once you […]
Remain calm and try and obtain the other party’s details – gather evidence ! including taking photographs of the car, the location of the car on the road, registration plate and any damage. You should then exchange your name, address and insurance details, if you know them, with the other party. Get witnesses. You should […]
“A doctor or hospital owes a duty of care to its patients. This duty of care is breached when the doctor or hospital failed to exercise the standard of the ordinary skilled person exercising or professing to have that special skill (Medicine). A doctor need not possess the highest expert skill; it is well established […]
Some years ago I acted on behalf of a Manchester lady who injured her ankle whilst walking on a suburban street near her home. She had been to the shops and was walking back at dusk wearing trainers when, as a consequence of a rut in the road not far from her house, she stumbled […]
Every now and then the Supreme Court in this country does something which is just simply ‘the right thing to do’. Unfair dismissal. The Seven Justices of the Supreme Court have today 26 July 2017 overturned Judgements by the High Court and the Court of Appeal and instead have backed an appeal by trade union […]
When clinical negligence occurs it can very often be painful, distressing and embarrassing. This is especially the case when medical negligence occurs following treatment for gynaecological conditions. It is embarrassing enough having to go to the doctors with a problem down below without having a resulting treatment making matters infinitely worse. Incontinence is one of […]
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