personal injury claim

I was pleased to see that the High Court in England upheld their ruling that Solicitors who stole compensation from sick miners should be struck off from practicing.

The Partners of Doncaster-based Beresfords were found guilty on 11 charges of serious professional misconduct.

Beresfords made millions of pounds from personal injury claims for miners through the government’s ‘coal health’ compensation scheme.

They were guilty of not giving adequate advice and entering into contingency fee deals against their client’s interests.

It was a sickening abuse of persons putting their trust in their Solicitors.

Thompsons, who act for miners in compensation claims, applaud the judgment.

I recently listed my top 10 tips for preventing back injury on the homepage of Thompsons website.

I didn’t do this for the goodness of my own health……I am made of rubber! No sooner had I done this then I hear about a Thompson’s client, Sharon Kerry, injuring her back while repeatedly bending over to put money in her employers safe. 

Sharon and her colleagues had said to her Council employers for years that the safe was positioned in a silly place and it was causing them to strain their backs every time they went to use it.  The council ignored the suggestions to move it and low and behold Sharon developed a back injury.

Sharon came to Thompsons to help her win compensation – she came to the right place.  We managed to win Sharon over £10,000 without even taking the case to court.

This accident could have been prevented easily, Sharon would have been unharmed and there would have been no need for a compensation claim at all if everyone had just paid more attention to Thom’s blog!