Manufacturer of Defective Motorbike Must Compensate Accident Victim
The consumer protection Act 1987 was used to bring a case by a surgeon who had sustained injuries due to the brakes of his motorbike seizing. He was awarded £40,000 in damages.
Accident Claims
Steel Manufacturer Pays £1.5 Million Price of Health and Safety Breaches
The Court of Appeal heard a case where a steel manufacturer had been fine £1,985,000 for breeches in Health and Safety. These fines are intended as a warning to others that the matter was taken seriously.
NHS Pays £8.8 Million For Failure To Diagnose A Broken Back
Doctors are not invincible and will sometimes make errors. However, if they are seen as negligent then there should be compensation available.
Compensation For Victims Of Crime – Court Awards Victim
If you have been a victim of crime see a solicitor to check whether you can claim compensation.
Supreme Court Rules On Making Personal Injury Claim Actionable
There is always a challenge when deciding whether a personal injury claim can be considered through the legal system for compensation, and a recent Supreme Court hearing looked at this question.
Packaging Firm Fined £4 Million For Workplace Injury
Health and Safety is regarded as paramount and any breach will be punished as judges made clear in the following case where a worker lost his toes by industrial machinery. The packaging firm was fined a significant amount of money.