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Amputees call for more accessible sport and activities
- 09.02.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A new survey shows there is clear demand for more physical activities to be accessible for people with a limb impairment.
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Patients unable to control their bodies now able to communicate
- 01.02.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Patients who are 'locked-in' with no control of their body have finally been able to communicate.
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Cyclists not classed as road users according to transport secretary
- 13.01.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
The transport secretary has claimed cyclists don't count as road users after he was questioned in the House of Commons.
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Three inspirational stories of achievement by brain injury sufferers
- 12.01.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Read the inspirational stories of Chris, Graeme and Richard, three 'Silverliners' who have made amazing achievements in spite of their brain injuries.
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Free legal advice for injured people through Legal Surgery
- 23.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Since May 2012 Salford Royal Hospital has offered a free legal advice service to all patients who have suffered head and spinal cord injuries and more recently to those with severe orthopaedic injuries. The advice is given by senior solicitors employed by PotterReesDolan who specialise in helping seriously injured patients and their families.
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Blindness after a severe brain injury could be reversed
- 20.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
People who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and have been left blind as a result could recover full 20/20 vision after the simple operation.
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Pedestrian who was hit by a car wins case with two thirds liability
- 16.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A man was awarded a proportion of his compensation after he suffered a brain injury when he was hit by a car.
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The inspirational story of Talan Skeels-Piggins, Paralympic skier and the first paralysed motorbike racer in the UK
- 07.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Read about the amazing story of Talan Skeels-Piggins, who has overcome the odds to achieve amazing feats in skiing and motorbike racing.
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Why the issue of cyclist safety is so important to me
- 15.11.2016
- HughPotter
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
We were really pleased to be able to work with Brake as it’s such a well-known charity and does great work for road safety.
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A single blow to the head: how just one punch can kill
- 13.10.2016
- JeanneEvans
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
I am acutely aware of the dangers of throwing a single punch, a single blow to the head, from the many cases which I have dealt with where individuals have been assaulted.
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