No win no fee claims have been in the news an awful lot this week.  Although no win no fee stories are very topical this week and the potential changes that the government want to make might have a huge impact on the law, I think I will talk abou...

My good friend Frank Maguire of Thompsons Solicitors, an expert at winning compensation for clients in personal injury cases, kindly agreed write a post for my blog this week. Here Frank looks beyond the euphoria of the Chilean miners’ rescues to...

  I did not think the potholes in the roads in Glasgow could get much worse however, I read today that a road expert has warned Glasgow motorists to expect another winter of misery on the roads. It has been reported that Glasgow City Council are...

  A Scottish construction firm have been fined £10,000 after an Charles Wilkinson, an employee, sustained fatal injuries in a workplace accident. Charles Wilkinson was hit by a telehandler when it was being reversed the wrong way along a o...

  I was shocked to hear that golfer, Colin “Monty” Montgomery was involved in a road traffic accident on A80 this week. It is also a shame to learn that he suffered a personal injury by virtue of which, he will not be able to take part i...

  I was sad to see that despite the government advising us that hospital acquired infections are decreasing, a ward at a Glasgow hospital closed earlier this week, as a result of an outbreak of C-Difficile. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed...

  I am of the opinion adverts like the one on the tv which I am in and my family are in provide a route for injured people to secure access to justice.  It is thought Lord Young in his review of the so called “compensation culture&rdq...

  I turned even redder today when I heard the news today that John Lewis plead guilty to breaching the asbestos regulations only one year ago.   Despite numerous campaigns to highlight the dangers of asbestos in the workplace, John Lewis allo...

I never cease to be amazed by the lengths to which insurance companies will go to avoid paying compensation, particularly to victims of asbestos exposure, many of whom are terminally ill with deadly cancers like mesothelioma. A consortium of insurance...

  Whilst surfing the internet the other day I read a very interesting article debating whether or not workplaces should be a third female?  What do you think? Lawyer Baroness Kennedy argues that having a workplace make up similar to that of ...

  I was moved to tears this week watching footage of the 33 miners who had been trapped underground for 69 days being reunited with their loved ones, their liberty and their country. As someone who deals in health and safety law I was heartened to h...

  Thousands of people suffer from injuries in car accidents in the UK every year. This is due to numerous reasons and knowing how to act when using hard shoulder can help you prevent one of the car accident causes. A hard shoulder (also known as ...

  Anyone who has ever experienced a serious back problem will be able to tell you how excruciating the back pain can be, how it can affect your mobility, work abilities and how considerabily it can reduce the quality of your life. Around 80% of t...

  Every year around 30 million vehicles travel in Britain and around 10,000 accidents are reported every day. Even though these include minor scrapes, bumps etc, it is still a worrying number and suggests people are not taking all necessary precauti...

  Four years on from the explosion of an RAF Nimrod over Afghanistan that was shown to have been “never airworthy” , the families of the victims secured £15million in civil compensation.   The compensation was paid to family...

  Continuing on my ‘no win no fee compensation’ blogging sabbatical I want to again talk about Politics and Achievements.   As I mentioned last week, my big mate Frank Maguire, Senior Partner here at Thompsons won Solicitor of the...

I was astonished this week to read in the news that there was a lorry driver travelling in his lorry, with a laptop and DVD player mounted on his dashboard. Incredible as it may seem, but he appeared to be watching a DVD as he was driving a 30 tonne vehic...