15th June 2009
Cash for crash cheats put lives at risk
The insurance industry is calling for a more pro-active role from the police to combat fraudulent motor accident claims, or 'cash-for-crash' claims, as they've become known. The Insurance Fraud Bureau has shown t...
12th June 2009
What measures can you take to ensure you or your relatives are prevented from exposure to MRSA and other superbugs while in hospital?
There are frequent stories in the newspapers about outbreaks in hospitals of deadly superbugs including MRSA and C.Diff....
12th June 2009
How do you choose the right accident claim solicitors
The stress and strain of an accident can leave you emotionally (and financially) drained. If an accident wasn't your fault, there are plenty of personal injury solicitors to choose from if you want to...
06th June 2009
What is Neck Whiplash and How Does It Happen?
Whiplash is most often caused in car crashes when the car in which the whiplash victim is suffering is forced to accelerate from a stationary position to speed and then stop again, all in a matter of seconds....
06th June 2009
Why whiplash crash scams make it harder for
real victims
Motor insurance companies are becoming concerned that a rising tide of fraudulent whiplash claims could make life much harder for genuine victims of road traffic accidents and push the cost of in...
29th May 2009
It can be argued that Britain is facing an occupational disease epidemic. Figures from the Health and Safety Executive showing that up to 20 per cent of the UK's biggest killers, including heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, are caused ...
29th May 2009
How to recognise whiplash pain and what to do if you're a whiplash victim
Whiplash is one of the most common road traffic injuries in the UK, making up nearly three-quarters of all claims for injury on the road every year. Every day, nearly 1,200 peopl...
20th May 2009
Do Collision Avoidance Systems Prevent Whiplash?
Crash test safety can be divided into two distinct areas - secondary safety, which is technology that helps the occupant survive the forces of a crash and primary safety, which is designed to prevent the c...
20th May 2009
Are 'No Win No Fee' Medical Negligence Solicitors Harming The NHS?
The introduction of 'no win no fee' was designed to ensure that once the Legal Aid system had finished, those on low incomes or without the funding to afford their own solicitor still had...
28th April 2009
Relatives of infected blood victims consider Suing the NHS
The NHS is bracing itself for a fresh round of litigation after a report condemned the use of 'skid row' blood bought from America in the 1970's and 1980's. The NHS bought imported blood products...
27th April 2009
Can Whiplash Lead To Long Term Neck Injuries?
The UK has an unenviable reputation of being the whiplash claim capital of Europe, with the injury accounting for almost three quarters of road traffic accident claims. The majority whiplash suffers have only...
24th April 2009
What is the Government doing about mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is one of the biggest killers in the UK, and statistics are set to peak over the next 10 to 15 years as the disease has a long incubation period. Swept under the carpet for years, the problem ...
21st April 2009
Why Swansea is the car claim capital of the UK?
Swansea, Wales' second city and home to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), has been named in a recent report as the UK's leading location for car insurance claims. The claim, which has angere...
27th March 2009
Driving instructor successfully sues for whiplash injury
A driving instructor, who suffered whiplash injury during what he described as the 'worst driving test of his career', has successfully sued for compensation.
Andrew Carmichael, 35, suffered a...
27th March 2009
Why Swansea is the car claim capital of the UK?
Swansea, Wales' second city and home to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), has been named in a recent report as the UK's leading location for car insurance claims. The claim, which has angere...
