The legal system in the UK predominately works upon a common sence approach and Law, it can sometimes be useful for you to understand the nature of this when your filing for a personal injury claim as it will impact upon your award value.
There are 6 main principles:
1] The facts
Gathering provable factual information is crucial, [...]

A car accident or RTA can be really distressing.  As if the initial shock of impact is not enough, the last thing you will be thinking, is to grab the necessary details.  None the less this is a crucial thing to do for the future if you are considering putting in for an RTA claim [...]

We use the broad term “Medical negligence” to describe any treatment, lack of treatment or other variation from the accepted standards of medical, health or safety care on the part of the health provider which causes harm to a patient.
Medical negligence can include misdiagnosis, improper treatment, failure to treat, delay in treatment and  failure to [...]

There has been an increase in recent years in the number of keyhole surgery and laparoscopy procedures which has increased the level of complications and fatalities.
The majority of complications are with the initial surgical entry, and most of the medical negligence claims concern damage to the bowel, injuries to blood vessels and the use of [...]

Neonatal medical conditions can arise shortly after a child is born and if there not treated quickly and effectively they can place a child at serious risk of permanent disability or even death.
This is why Healthcare professionals such as consultants, doctors, midwives and nurses are more vigilant in the early part of a child’s life [...]

Obstetric Cholestasis is a liver disorder and affects approximately 1% of pregnant women. The condition is caused from a reduced flow of bile fluids which are produced by the liver.  There are very little symptoms apart from itching mainly on the hands and feet.
The itching disappears within a week or two of delivery however the [...]

A subarachnoid haemorrhage is a sudden leak of blood over the surface of the brain.  This effects over 8,000 people in England every year.
 In the majority of cases there is a brain aneurism,  the people at the greater risk are those with high blood pressure and people who smoke. The injury is more common as [...]

Cauda Equina, is Latin for ‘horses tail’ and relates to the bundle of nerve fibres at the base of the spinal column that control movement and feeling. The pressure on this bundle of nerves causes symptoms including pain, sensory loss in the sacral region, weakness in the legs and loss of bladder control.
 This can all [...]

We receive many requests each day, some really obscure, as I write this article my inbox is filling up with many such cases.
Obviously if you have had an accident and you have been personally injured and it was not your fault then your case is a lot easier to prove.  However if you believe you [...]

The first thing to establish in making a claim is what your claiming for.  This may sound like a ridiculous and obvious thing, in reality though many people really don’t know what their problem is.
I review countless cases each day from a cola bottle purchased with Arabic writing on it, to an RTA (road traffic [...]