By Kevin Valler 

Pleural Plaques are areas of scarring on the lungs caused by asbestos exposure. It is recognised that the scarring does not normally lead to symptoms of breathlessness. It does however have an associated risk of more serious asbestos related conditions such as Pleural Thickening, Asbestosis, Lung Cancer, and Mesothelioma. As a result people diagnosed with Pleural Plaques often suffer with serious levels of anxiety.

Out of some 3,400 fatal road accidents occurring in Great Britain every year, between 800 and 1,000 involve people or vehicles which are on the road for work purposes, that’s to say around 1 in 3 people injured or killed on the roads each year were ‘at work’ at the time.

Nick Parr, Partner has today received a very nice thank you letter following a successful accident injury compensation claim, the letter is copied below:

A man has been awarded £165,000 in compensation after being exposed to asbestos when he worked for British Airport Authorities (BAA).

The man worked as a maintenance fitter and boiler house supervisor at Heathrow Airport for 30 years, from 1969 to 1999.

A couple have been ordered to pay substantial damages to a teenage stable hand who was injured when she was unseated and fell from one of their ponies.

Three judges at London’s Appeal Court ruled that even though the stable owners were not negligent, they were “strictly liable” and must pay damages to the stable hand.

An apprentice Tree Surgeon who was injured at work when he fell out of a tree has won his compensation claim.

The man’s employers admitted liability for the accident after photographic evidence showed that some of the metal safety links securing his safety harness had been twisted causing damage and making them incapable of locking securely, which caused him to fall.

By Nick Elkins 

I recently concluded a claim where I acted on behalf of a client who was involved in a very nasty motorcycle accident and sustained serious injuries leaving him confined to a wheelchair.

As a result of his injuries he was unable to do things for himself that most of us take for granted.

With the holiday season well and truely underway many people will be heading off for a well earned break either here in the UK or abroad. 

It is important to be prepared on holiday and not to expose yourself or your family to the dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

By: Phil James 

It can happen to the most careful of us when we least expect it…

You could be in a supermarket, driving the car or simply walking the dog through the park, when suddenly you have an accident or suffer an injury through no fault of your own.

Whether it is a trip or fall over an uneven kerb or a road traffic accident it is important that you know what to do to help your chances of making a successful compensation claim.

Below we have put together our 5 tips for what you should do if you have an accident:

A dog is to be put down after it attacked an expert who had been called in to prove it was not dangerous.

The owner had asked an animal psychologist to examine his German shepherd which had attacked four children and two men in two years.