I was surfing the internet at the weekend and I saw that a champion cyclist has been awarded a record breaking £14 million in compensation after his career was destroyed when he was hit by a car.  As a result of the road traffic acc...

  I like toast and butter for breakfast, which is why I felt unwell when I read the story of Mr Forse who found a dead mouse in a loaf he had bought online through Tesco. Mr Forse noticed something dark in colour in the corner of three or four s...

  I took a break from helping you with your No Win No Fee compensation claims this week and instead focused my efforts on the forthcoming Penrose Inquiry (called this because it will be chaired by Supreme Court judge Lord Penrose). Indeed, unles...

  In the weeks leading up to my yearly family holiday I’m rushing about making sure I’ve got everything, (passport, money, travel insurance, toiletries etc etc) working late clearing my desk for the next couple of weeks….. I just ...

Ever since I started reading about the possibility of driving an uncrashable car I have been reading about the subject with great interest and I have been asking my friends what they think.  I am happy to see any ideas which will make the roads a saf...

  As I blog today my head is spinning due to the copious amounts of champagne consumed at last nights Firm Magazine Law Awards.   I wasn’t planning a big night but my plasticine plans were pleasantly distorted when Thompsons Managing Pa...

  The risk of being involved in a road traffic accident for drivers who eat at the wheel is around twice that of drivers who don’t. This is similar to the risk involved in driving while using a mobile phone. Research by Brunel University ha...

When I heard that Volvo were trying to make an uncrashable car I thought that this sounded like something from a science fiction film. How on earth can you have a car that doesn’t crash?  Imagine if you were driving along on the motorway and yo...

  I was sad to read that last weekend there were 6 fatalities and over 10 people injured as a result of road traffic accidents in Scotland. Driving can be a dangerous every day activity and sadly I hear about hundreds of crashes on the roads ever...

  Thompsons Solicitors will have a team of 25 running in the Great Scottish Run 10K in Glasgow on Sunday 5 September to raise funds for its chosen charity, Clydeside Action on Asbestos. CAA, which was formed in 1984 to provide advice and assistan...

There are more vehicles on our roads than ever these days and as a result there are more and more road traffic accidents occurring every day!  Unfortunately road traffic accidents happen and it has been estimated that 1 in 3 people who die as a resul...