Richard Biggs - Associate & Personal Injury Solicitor
Victoria Pendleton, Olympic cycling champion recently criticised the state of Britain’s roads – saying potholes are putting cyclists in danger. Please see the full article here.
We wholeheartedly endorse Victoria Pendleton’s backing to the campaign encouraging local authorities to repair pothole-littered streets. Unfortunately there seems to be precious little money for councils to do anything at the moment and maintaining streets may well be low down on their list of priorities.
One function of personal injury litigation often ignored by the media is its role in ensuring that certain levels of safety standards are met. A potential defendant, be it an employer or public body, must comply with their legal responsibilities or face being held accountable in a court of law. Read more »
Richard Biggs (Personal Injury Solicitor)
This unusual story raises several important legal issues.
Firstly, it is likely that Sainsburys will find themselves liable to customers for injuries they sustained due to the machine’s explosion. Sainsbury’s, as owner/occupiers of the supermarket, have a duty to all customers to take reasonable steps to ensure they are reasonably safe when shopping. Read more »
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Personal Injury | Ralli | 
September 14, 2010 4:32 pm | 
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A recent landmark case in Australia came to the attention of Factor 50 as providing a common sense and welcome clarification of employer’s obligations to employees.
A group of Australian workers had contracted skin cancer after having worked for long hours outdoors under the sun. The employees sued their employers for failing to have provided adequate sunscreen which would have protected them against sun damage. Read more »
Richard Biggs (Personal Injury Solicitor)
Details of this interesting case broke in the media yesterday.
It concerned a group action by many hundreds of injured customers who managed to prove, on the ‘balance of probabilities’, that horrific symptoms they were suffering, which included breathing difficulties, were in fact being caused by their sofas. Read more »
Richard Biggs (Personal Injury Solicitor)
This winter has seen a significant rise in accidents caused by people either slipping on pavements or cars skidding on icy roads. We expect, as this article suggests, that this will give rise to a huge amount of potential claims.
The question is – will such claims be successful? Read more »
Richard Biggs (Associate)
We have regretfully seen a rise in fraudulent claims over the course of the last few years. These ‘cash for crash’ scams have sometimes been reported as victimless crimes. However insurance experts estimate that fraudulent claims cost each of us £44 each, reflected in the rise in our annual motor insurance premiums. Read more »
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