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Wasim Hussain, Glasgow Caledonian University - Car Accidents

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
Another Car Accident, Again?!   Life is full of tragic events, whether we want them to take place or not, which result in unintended consequences. I know it’s a bitch isn’t it, get over it. Take for example ‘Car Accidents’. ...

Claire Paterson, University of Dundee - Accidents in the Workplace

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth Have you been injured at work? This is the question we are asked so many times today. We cannot go through a single television show these days without seeing one advert or another questioning whet...

Emma Phillips, Aberdeen University - Workplace Stress: A Psychiatric Injury?

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
  Thom is lucky. He is made of plasticine and will be resistant to any form of psychiatric illness. However, not all of us are able to endure mental harm. As Waller J said there is an infinite variety of creatures, all with varying susceptibilities ...

Dominic McGuire,University of Abertay Dundee - No Win No Fee

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
  The “wonderful phrase” “No win, No fee”. It sounds great to all those who have been injured due to the negligence of someone else. This “wonderful phrase” gives those, who are not eligible for Legal Aid and don&...

Jillian Merchant, Strathclyde University - Accidents at Work

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
  According to the Trades Union Congress more people die every year at work than in war. In Great Britain last year 1.3 million working people we suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or previous employmen...

Stephaine Rogan, Strathclyde University - "No Win No Fee Claims"

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
PREPOSTEROUS OR PRACTICAL?  PROPOSALS TO SCRAP "NO-WIN NO-FEE" CLAIMS PREPOSTEROUS? It is important to understand both sides of the argument, to be the diplomat; I guess this is one of the main attributes we take from Law School. To f...

Alannah Sloss, Stirling University - Accidents at Work

Posted by: Thom at Thompsons Posted Date: 05/04/2011
  As a law student working part-time in a major DIY shop, I see firsthand on almost every shift how easy it is to suffer an accident at work. Such accidents can come from practices such as bad forklift operation, climbing the shelving and racking, s...

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