Personal injury claims

In this section of our blog we will keep you up-to-date with the latest developments in personal injury law. In addition, we will report on the most interesting personal injury cases that are currently in the news.

Many personal injury claims are pursued under a no-win, no-fee agreement. No-win, no-fee agreements, or conditional fee arrangements as they are also known, also feature heavily in the news. Check this blog regularly to see if the rules regarding the use of no-win, no-fee change.

Contact Law can help you if you think you have a personal injury claim. Call us today and we will put you in touch with a local personal injury specialist. We can recommend no-win, no-fee personal injury solicitors as well.

PI adverts necessary for hospital economy, claims advertising sector

Hospitals have been asked to remove any form of commercial advertisement for personal injury claims. Lawyers often advertise in leaflets around hospitals for their no-win, no-fee arrangements. Despite such adverts being banned since 2007 by the Department of Health, the financial incentive for many hospitals is too great to refuse. For allowing the adverts, hospitals [...]

NHS faces increased number of medical negligence claims

The increased use of no-win, no-fee solicitors has meant that a growing number of NHS patients have brought medical negligence claims against medical practitioners. The increase has been so sharp that the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, has decided to give the NHS Litigation Authority access to significantly more financial resources in order for it to [...]

Insurers in the spotlight over “compensation culture”

A group of MPs want to put a stop to the soaring cost of motor insurance premiums in order to combat Britain’s so-called “compensation culture”. They hope that this will come about by imposing tougher regulations on personal injury claims filed for insurance purposes. According to the Committee’s Chair, Louise Ellman, “Insurers, solicitors and claims [...]

Prime Minister capping personal injury solicitors’ fees by targeting the “health and safety monster”

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, is attempting to combat the so-called ‘compensation culture’ in Britain by limiting the amount that personal injury lawyers can earn on personal injury claims of up to £25,000. “What we are going to be doing is saying that, for claims up to £25,000, we are going to cap the fees [...]

Legal professionals warn of industrial disease increase

Many workers exposed to dangerous substances at their workplace risk contracting industry-related diseases, which may go unnoticed for many years. Some legal professionals have recently seen a small but steady rise in the number of bladder cancer cases brought by former workers who were exposed to carcinogenic chemicals in the 1950s and 60s. The discovery [...]

Djanogly stripped of ministerial responsibility after failing to reveal family connection

Jonathan Djanogly, the justice minister, has been stripped of the responsibility to regulate claims management companies after it was revealed his two teenage children are minority shareholders in his brother-in-law’s firms of the same nature. Djanogly announced in September that referral fees were to be banned for personal injury cases to stop “ambulance chasing”. However, [...]

Private school wins landmark bursary test case

King Edward VI School for Girls in Birmingham has won an important case that means the Charity Commission will no longer be able to force it to give more bursaries to students from poorer backgrounds in order to fulfil its duty to provide ‘public benefit’. The school is a member of the Independent Schools Council [...]

Golfer sued for shot that took out another player’s eye

Anthony Phee, 44, is suing James Gordon and the Niddry Castle Golf Club, West Lothian, for £750,000 after Mr Gordon’s stray shot hit him in the eye. Mr Phee’s eye had to be removed as the impact caused his eye to “explode”.

Gold miners sue Anglo American for millions in compensation

The London-based group Anglo American is facing legal action from 450 gold miners from South Africa who claim they contracted lung disease while working in unsafe conditions. The class action is the latest in a series of lung disease compensation claims to have hit the mining industry, and experts say these compensation claims could end [...]

Charity challenges Government over plans to scrap legal aid for medical negligence claims

The charity Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is seeking a judicial review against the Government’s plans to remove legal aid for medical negligence claims. The plans are currently before Parliament in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. The charity says the move will means “needy and deserving” victims who have been injured [...]