In this weeks blog post we will be covering the grey area of shared negligence as well as small claims and regulatory changes, which are under attack within the Houses of Parliament. Despite the fact that the UK government had seemingly pushed through an array of changes, due to go live in 2019, there seems [...]
As the football season nears to an end, with summer just around the corner, there will be a significant pickup in the number of people attending sporting clubs and sporting events. While many areas of personal injury claims are relatively straightforward, black or white in terms of negligence and liability, the same cannot be said [...]
In reality the 2016 referendum on European Union membership will impact every single area of business and personal life in the UK, one way or another. The task of unpicking a relationship that began more than 40 years ago will be a challenge to say the least. One area which has come under scrutiny of [...]
Chronic pain is defined as “pain lasting more than 12 weeks” compared to acute pain which occurs immediately when for example you touch a hot surface. This “warning pain” will disappear in a very short space of time once you have removed your hand from the hot surface. Whereas, chronic pain will last for in [...]
After initial proposals were released back in 2016 the UK government is finally on the verge of bringing changes to the personal injury law into force. The Civil Liability Bill is currently going through the House of Lords and should the rubber stamped into UK law in the short term. This will impact the way [...]
Despite the fact many of the motoring public, and the general public, have never been consulted it seems as though driverless cars are on their way. They are actually being tested on the roads of the UK at this moment in time with governments and politicians pushing for their immediate introduction – in order to [...]
When you visit your doctor you are entitled to expect a degree of competence and a diagnosis which you can trust. It is well documented that the NHS is under budgetary pressures as the UK population continues to grow and age and the cost of treatment continues to rise. For many people, claiming for medical [...]
Over the last few weeks some parts of the UK have experienced horrendous weather conditions with snow, wind and blizzard-like conditions. This has resulted in an array of serious accidents; people stuck on motorways for hours on end and general mayhem on the roads. The issue of potholes on roads is also a growing problem [...]
There is growing concern within the UK workforce that the forthcoming withdrawal from the European Union could see the demise of an array of legally binding protections for employees. Even though issues such as the maximum working week have been addressed by the European Union it is highly unlikely they will be repealed by the [...]
As pressure starts to reduce a little on the NHS after a torrid winter period the challenges facing public health services in England are becoming more evident. While it will depend upon which documents you read (and possibly your political leanings), the NHS budget for England in 2017/18 will be around £122 billion, or £2,200 [...]
