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The problem of fatalities and serious injuries in the waste and recycling industry
- 17.11.2015
- RichardEdwards
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
Although the industry accounts for only about 0.6% of employees in Britain it produces 2.8% of reported injuries. Last year, 12 workers lost their lives and 3 members of the public perished too.
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New agreement imposed to help people claim against uninsured drivers
- 16.11.2015
- JeremySmith
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
Every year many thousands of people are the victims of motor accidents where the driver is uninsured.
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Hospital admits clinical negligence after failing to check blood pressure which caused brain injury
- 16.11.2015
- JeremySmith
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
I read recently of the very sad case involving 13 year old Ben Harman, who tragically suffered a severe brain injury soon after his birth when the hospital failed to spot that he had catastrophically low levels of blood sugar.
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I am very pleased to see that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), as part of their Family Safety Week, are offering safety advice for those who cycle to work
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When a lack of oxygen causes brain injury in children during sport
- 16.11.2015
- JeremySmith
- None
Here are two judgments in two tragic cases. One involves a ten year old child and in the other a 17 year old footballer, both of whom suffered catastrophic brain injury through being deprived of oxygen. Sadly these are the type of cases that we at PotterReesDolan deal with on a regular basis
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I was very pleased to see that the Court of Appeal this week have said that in the future children and protected parties should not be publicly named unless there is a very good reason to do
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Two cases of cyclists in accidents with two different outcomes
- 16.11.2015
- JeremySmith
- None
Two recent cycling cases highlight how differently the law deals with accidents on the public highway compared to accidents on private land
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A recent case involving a young child, Eva Totham, highlights a gap in the law that affects children who have suffered very serious brain injury
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Cyclist loses claim after bike crash
- 16.11.2015
- JeremySmith
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
A young man suffered terrible injuries when the tube connecting the front wheel forks to the handlebars of his bike fractured, causing him to lose control of the bike and crash
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Cyclist wins claim against Council after pothole crash
- 16.11.2015
- JeremySmith
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
As someone who regularly commutes to work by bike, I am only too well aware of the dangers to cyclists caused by poorly maintained road surfaces
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