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It has been reported that a diabetic man has become the first in the UK to claim personal injury compensation after being shocked by a Taser stun gun.Nicholas ...
As many as 70 holidaymakers are looking to make compensation claims against tour operator Thomson after contracting stomach bugs onboard one of its cruise ...
It has been claimed that patients could be being misled by hospital data which shows that institutions are performing well.According to information seen ...
A football player could be eligible for compensation after he badly broke his leg when he was tackled by another player last year.Terry Johnson, 26 had ...
A potential increase in the risk of clinical negligence in UK hospitals has been highlighted by a new study showing forthcoming NHS cutbacks.The Civitas ...
A teenager is thinking of launching a claim for compensation against McDonald's after he badly burnt his leg when he spilt one of its hot drinks onto ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a new campaign to improve safety in the construction sector after new statistics on personal injury ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has criticised an NHS trust after it pleaded guilty to neglect which led to a man's death.Kyle Flack, 20, had cerebral ...
Hundreds of holidaymakers who claim they suffered personal injury and distress at a hotel in the Dominican Republic are taking legal action against their ...
Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, a Clinical Negligence Lawyer at Kester Cunningham John, comments on the damning report which catalogues the failings in care leading ...
The Conservative party has proposed new measures which aim to cut readmissions in hospitals and prevent clinical negligence cases occurring so often.If ...
A group of holidaymakers who claim they were made ill as a result of poor hygiene at a hotel are suing their tour operator for personal injury compensation.The ...
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has urged the government to offer more backing to injured parties to help them make compensation claims.John ...
New plans to assist industrial disease victims in making compensation claims against former employers have been announced by the government.The Department ...
An inquest into a clinical negligence case in Cambridgeshire is to lead to a reform of out-of-hours care provision.Authorities have concluded an investigation ...
An increasing number of motorists and road users are set to make compensation claims for personal injury due to the pothole problem currently affecting ...
KCJ injury specialists Justina Molloy and Simon Davis have obtained over £180,000 for Ms X who suffered a minor brain injury and whiplash, exacerbating ...
The excellence and strength in depth of the Kester Cunningham John Clinical Negligence team has been recognised in the latest independent survey of the ...
A trade union has called on the government to offer more support to victims of asbestos-related pleural plaques over concerns that proposed legal changes ...
The increasing popularity of weight loss surgery has led to an increase in the number of clinical negligencecompensation claims in the sector, according ...
A couple has been awarded a five-figure payout after making a successful compensation claim against an Essex hospital accused of clinical negligence.Louise ...
An inquest into a clinical negligence case in Cambridgeshire has prompted fresh concerns about the quality of care afforded to out-of-hours patients.The ...
A man has been awarded one of the largest compensation settlements in UK history after sustaining a serious brain and spinal injury in a car accident.Lukasz ...
A campaigning MP has called on the UK government to follow Scotland's lead in allowing sufferers of pleural plaques to make compensation claims against ...
Former footballer Colin Hendry may be set to initiate a new compensation claim against a hospital over the death of his wife last year.The one-time Scotland ...
A trade union has called on the government to introduce a UK-wide extension of its recent ruling allowing compensation claims for pleural plaque victims ...
Consumers looking to make compensation claims for personal injuries should seek to take advice from solicitors directly, rather than using a middleman, ...
Companies should heed their legal responsibility to keep their premises safe in icy weather if they wish to avoid compensation claims.This is the advice ...
Bad weather inevitably results in more falls and injuries than usual. Despite that, very few people who fall and hurt themselves in the snow will have ...
An increasing number of drivers could be at risk of suffering a personal injury from a car accident due to the number of potholes on the road.This is ...
Kester Cunningham John has obtained £18K for Mr S who had two fingers crushed by a faulty machine. The first solicitors he consulted valued the claim ...
Kester Cunningham John personal injury specialist Hannah Rutterford has obtained £1.4m for Mr E, a 19 year old who will never recover fully from the injuries ...
Hair salons in the UK are failing to take necessary precautions when using chemical hair dyes in order to protect sensitive customers from personal injury.This ...
Simon Davis, a personal injury solicitor at Kester Cunningham John, has obtained £40,000 for Mr R who was injured during an accident at work. Mr R was ...
The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (Ucatt) has voiced concerns that a government dossier advocating continuing the ban on compensation ...
Kester Cunningham John partner and personal injury specialist Simon Davis has obtained compensation for Mr K, a flying instructor who was knocked off ...
Former Norwich City footballer Dean Ashton is considering making a compensation claim over the leg injury which forced him to retire at the age of 26.The ...
Kester Cunningham John asbestos-disease specialist Simon Davis has obtained £80,000 for the estate and dependents of Mr L who died shortly after being ...
Bury St Edmunds Coroner Peter Dean will, on 15 and 16 December, be investigating the death of Mrs Lilian Sweetman, a 58 year old woman from Stowmarket ...
A trade union has urged the government to reinstate the right to compensation claims for pleural plaque sufferers as a matter of "social justice".The ...
A new General Medical Council (GMC) report has revealed that many UK patients are potentially being exposed to clinical negligence risks due to mistakes ...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has stated that safety legislation to prevent personal injury is vital, noting that about 1.2 million people suffer from ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Julie Crossley has obtained a £10,000 compensation settlement for a 7 year old girl whose burst ...
A HOTELIER faces having his foot amputated after an allegation of misdiagnosis at Dorset County Hospital. David Knight, from Weymouth, is now seeking ...
A woman has called for greater responsibility in the hairdressing industry after winning her £2,000 compensation claim against a salon.Charlotte ...
A lack of regulation in the hairdressing sector is causing many customers to be exposed to the risk of suffering a life-changing personal injury.This ...
A court ruling to award three train drivers a payout for their carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) could pave the way for similar personal injurycompensation ...
A number of NHS trusts across the UK are exposing patients to increased risk of clinical negligence by failing to conform to safety standards, according ...
Pleural plaque victims should once again be given the right to make compensation claims from their employer, an MP has told the House of Commons.Jarrow ...
The Approval Hearing in the case of Helen Walker, a 37 year old Solihull woman, is being heard today in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. She is ...
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust admitted in 2008 that if staff had investigated and treated Lowestoft man Thomas Jacobs' spinal ...
The NHS trust responsible for a medical facility in Essex has been censured for low healthcare and hygiene standards which could be causing a medical ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called on builders in Norwich to ensure they have taken precautions against the ongoing health hazard posed ...
A man who suffered brain damage after his meningitis was misdiagnosed has won a clinical negligence compensation claim worth £3.2 million.The payout ...
A family which won a compensation claim following their mother's asbestos death have issued a reminder of the danger of low-level exposure to the substance.Karen ...
The courts today approved substantial compensation settlements for a mother and son from Felixstowe who suffered brain injuries when the mother nearly ...
A group of 24 British tourists, including a man from Cambridgeshire, are to make compensation claims after a court ruled that their tour operator was ...
MPs supporting the restoration of the right to compensation claims for pleural plaque sufferers have vowed to overcome a recent parliamentary setback ...
Employers have been reminded of the need to provide safe systems of work on their premises if they are to avoid compensation claims from injured workers.Trade ...
A new report has called for better standards of regulation in the cosmetic surgery sector in order to protect patients from personal injury.Medical experts ...
Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, a clinical negligence specialist partner at Kester Cunningham John, has obtained a £37,000 settlement for Mr T. Mr T, who is in ...
KCJ clinical negligence specialist Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp has obtained £24,000 for Mrs B, a lady whose problematic treatment for stress incontinence has ...
Hannah Rutterford, a partner and claimant personal injury specialist at Kester Cunningham John, was this week named 'Young Achiever of the Year' at the ...
Companies and workers have been reminded of the continuing health risk posed by asbestos in modern workplaces.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has ...
Private healthcare firm Take Care Now has lost its contract with the NHS in Cambridgeshire in response to concerns over clinical negligence in out-of-hours ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Trefine Maynard looks set to obtain a multi-million pound payout for her client Tahlia Downes. ...
A pensioner is to pursue a compensation claim against North East Essex Primary Care Trust after suffering extensive injuries when he fell out of a first ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Sharon Allison has obtained compensation for Mrs J, following the death of her sister, Mrs A, in ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Trefine Maynard has succeeded in obtaining compensation of over £1 million for a teenager from Bury ...
Trade union the GMB has urged the government to give the right to make compensation claims back to sufferers of asbestos-related pleural plaques.The GMB ...
A group of 42 UK holidaymakers have won their compensation claims against several tour operators after suffering chemical burns in the pool of a hotel ...
A group of MPs have met with the prime minister in order to help push through a bill which would allow pleural plaque victims to make compensation claims.The ...
KCJ personal injury specialist Ruth Booy has obtained US $925,000 for Miss E. Miss E was involved in a road traffic collision in California. As a result ...
KCJ clinical negligence specialist Sharon Allison has obtained a £15,000 compensation settlement for Mrs T, whose husband might still be alive if there ...
KCJ clinical negligence specialist Julie Crossley has obtained £10,000 for Mr A, a young man who suffered an elbow injury in 2001. Expert opinion was ...
A House of Commons decision to approve a new bill to facilitate compensation claims for asbestos victims has been welcomed by a construction sector union.The ...
Companies in East Anglia have been urged to take steps to prevent young employees suffering a personal injury at work.According to the Health and Safety ...
KCJ clinicial negligence specialist Sandra Patton has obtained a settlement of £120,000 for Mrs G. As a result of an unnecessary delay in diagnosing ...
Sandra Patton, a clinical negligence specialist at Kester Cunningham John, has obtained a £40,000 settlement for a mother who was given an unplanned hysterectomy. ...
Workers who suffer from pleural plaques as a result of work with asbestos should be allowed to make compensation claims, according to a campaigner.Anne ...
A healthcare regulator has called for improved monitoring of out-of-hours care by NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in order to avoid clinical negligence ...
Julie Crossley, a member of the Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence team, has helped Mrs D to obtain £55,000 compensation for the fact that healthy ...
Julie Crossley, a clinical negligence specialist at Kester Cunningham John, has obtained a £40,000 settlement for Mrs A who was left with a paralysed ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Julie Crossley has obtained £160,000 for a 70 year old man whose lifestyle and retirement plans ...
New government proposals are being considered which would see NHS staff being compelled to confess and apologise if medical negligence leads to a patient ...
A Norfolk couple whose daughter was killed by an eating disorder have called for an end to clinical negligence in anorexia care.Christopher and Pauline ...
A Cambridgeshire woman has called for action to be taken over a dangerous road after claiming for compensation for an accident she suffered while driving.Jo ...
The Government has announced firm plans to change the procedure for claims involving road traffic accidents to a value of £10,000, to be implemented in ...
The number of compensation claims made for asbestos-related diseases could be set to rise due to a mesothelioma-linked court case.Dianne Willmore, 49, ...
The NHS could be leaving itself open to clinical negligence claims, as one in six patients are currently being misdiagnosed.A study by the Imperial Centre ...
A woman from Essex has been paid compensation after clinical negligence contributed to the death of her child. A woman from Harlow, Essex has been awarded ...
New proposals from a government agency could be set to make it easier for cyclists involved in car accidents to prove liability and make compensation ...
A union has called on the government to permit workers suffering from asbestos-related pleural plaques to make compensation claims.The Union of Construction, ...
People who are victims of medical blunders should be entitled to receive damages, the government has stated.Victims of clinical negligence should be entitled ...
Workers who contract the industrial disease vibration white finger have been advised that they may be entitled to compensation claims.Medical expert Dr ...
A new report by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has revealed a rise in the number of medical negligence incidents occurring from improper drug ...
Norfolk County Council has spent more than £400,000 to settle 85 personal injury claims resulting from trips on pavements since 2004.Freedom of Information ...
Cambridgeshire Constabulary has paid out more than £21,000 to employees who have suffered a personal injury at work since 2006.A Freedom of Information ...
Cambridgeshire County Council has pledged to take action to improve the state of the region's pavements.The authority has paid out nearly £3 million ...
Personal injury specialist Hannah Rutterford has just won her second Court of Appeal case in 2 years. The first case, won in 2008, was a local fatal ...
Injuries caused by animals have been more newsworthy than usual in the past year or so and have ranged from babies mauled by dogs to David Blunkett suffering ...
A retired Norwich man who was exposed to asbestos during his career has urged the government to let people in his situation claim compensation.David Brown ...
Kester Cunningham John personal injury lawyer Tim Gleave has obtained £70,000 for Mr P, a Suffolk man who was involved in a road traffic collision. He ...
Kester Cunningham John is one of five firms nationally to be on the Limbloss Legal Panel, and therefore recommended by the Limbless Association to handle ...
The Liberal Democrats have expressed concern at the level of clinical negligence within the NHS.According to figures obtained by the party, the number ...
Farmers who have livestock grazing near public rights of way could be affected by the ruling in a recent court case.Six years ago, Shirley McKaskie suffered ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Sandra Patton has succeeded in obtaining £1.5m compensation plus additional periodical payments ...
Ruth Booy, who heads Kester Cunningham John's Personal Injury Unit, has obtained £250,000 compensation for Master H following a road traffic accident ...
Kester Cunningham John personal injury lawyer Tim Gleave has obtained £27,000 for Mr T following a workplace accident which left him with reduced function ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence solicitor Tom Cook has obtained over £1 million for Ms P who had to undergo an above-knee amputation which ...
An NHS hospital is facing a compensation claim from a patient who suffered severe pains after a routine operation.Lynn Main is alleging that clinical ...
A compensation claim from an amateur footballer who was injured while playing a match has been successful.The 29-year-old sportsman was playing a game ...
The widow of a man who died from an industrial disease is taking legal action to secure £1 million in compensation.Alex Devoy died as a result of ...
Road safety charity, Brake, has recently voiced concerns that insurance companies are trying to force drivers to settle claims just hours after accidents ...
A Bury St Edmunds man is hoping to claim for compensation after he became ill as a result of his work.Martin Scowcroft participated in a nuclear testing ...
A coroner has ruled that a man who died of lung cancer acquired the disease in the workplace.Roy Hancock had worked as a scientist at a nuclear laboratory ...
KCJ clinical negligence lawyer Julie Crossley has obtained £175,000 for Ms C. Ms C is in her 50s and underwent 'cementless knee replacement' surgery ...
"You become disabled. You need help on the road to recovery. You want to get a job. You want to keep that job – perhaps your old one, perhaps a new ...
Businesses are being urged to reduce the risk of personal injury or death on their premises.According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), thousands ...
Tim Gleave, a member of the Kester Cunningham John personal injury team, has obtained compensation for Mr R after he sustained a serious injury to his ...
The widow of a shipyard worker is taking legal action after claiming her husband died of an industrial disease.Ted Parkins died of asbestos-related lung ...
Two companies in Northumberland have been fined more than £8,000 after an employee suffered a personal injury at work.North East Concrete Limited ...
With the number of those suffering asbestos-related diseases rising both nationally and in East Anglia, more needs to be done to help. Personal injury ...
Sandra Patton, a clinical negligence specialist at Kester Cunningham John, has obtained a settlement of £65,000 for Mr and Mrs Y whose lives will never ...
Many night workers in the UK could be at greater risk of personal injury at work, an academic has suggested.According to Professor Andrew Watterson of ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Sandra Patton has obtained a settlement of £700,000 for the family of Mrs T, who died in 2004 from ...
Essex couple Mr and Mrs T were both injured when their car was in a collision with another vehicle. Kester Cunningham John personal injury specialist ...
Kester Cunningham John clinical negligence specialist Tom Cook has obtained a £300,000 settlement for Mr Y who became an amputee when a knee operation ...
Mr P was knocked off his motorcycle by a car, suffered a severe blow to the head and was in a coma for weeks. Although he made a good physical recovery, ...
Kester Cunningham John personal injury specialist Simon Davis has obtained £250,000 for Mr P. Mr P suffered extensive injuries to his arm and lost much ...
Personal injury solicitor Simon Davis, who specialises in industrial disease claims, has obtained £45,000 for Mr B. Mr B was exposed to isocyanate fumes ...
Hannah Rutterford has obtained substantial compensation for Mr B following an accident at work. While cleaning a tray in a coffee shop Mr B was injured ...
A court has ruled that a severe brain-stem stroke suffered in 2004 by Samantha Cole from Marks Tey near Colchester could have been prevented if her GP ...
Hannah Rutterford has obtained a £30,000 settlement for Mr G, after he was gored by a bull. Mr G took some children in his care for a picnic on a local ...
Justina Molloy, a personal injury lawyer at Kester Cunningham John, has become one of the first 25 solicitors in the country, and one of only 2 in East ...
Clinical negligence lawyer Sharon Allison has succeeded in obtaining compensation for Mrs M following a hospital error in which she was given 50% more ...
Personal injury specialist Simon Davis has obtained a £2.2 million compensation settlement for Mr S, who was hit by a car during childhood, suffered injuries ...
Kester Cunningham John (KCJ), has succeeded against national competition to win a contract from the UK's largest civil service trade union, Public and ...
A Doncaster woman has been awarded compensation after a private clinic undertaking NHS surgery admitted that her hip surgery was carried out incorrectly.Mrs ...
It is a little known fact that Britain has a scheme that compensates people injured in road traffic accidents if the driver to blame is uninsured or cannot ...
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