I was reading with interest that although Scotland’s most heavily used roads have seen an increase in road safety they still remain the most dangerous in the UK. A report by the Road Safety Foundation has found that the chances of having ...

  Some of my friends at Thompsons have signed up for an 8 hour Cycle Commuter Course run by Cycle Scotland.  The course is aimed at providing cyclists, including new and returning bike enthusiasts, with the skills and confidence to tackle every...

  Thank goodness my friends at Thompsons are there to stick up for all the people who have legitimately sustained whiplash injuries and have a right to claim compensation. I feel reassured to know Thompsons are not afraid to take on the big Insuranc...

  I was pleased to read this week that William Prentice, the have-a-go-hero who tried to stop a runaway taxi, recovered £9,000 in compensation.  Mr Prentice was lauded by the Sheriff for acting in a public spirited manner.  He was wa...

  I was interested to read about the school girl who received over £1,000,000 in a compensation claim for clinical negligence against a consultant ophthalmic surgeon who treated her at Glasgow’s Gartnavel Hospital. The claim was brought ...

  A family have been awarded £270,000 compensation after the death of a loved one in a motorbike accident. Paul Bellingham died in July 2008 after he was knocked off his motorbike while on holiday in Scotland. Paul and his brother Mark were...

  Network Rail has been fined £3 million for the Potters Bar Train crash for Health and Safety Failures.  The accident killed 6 rail passengers and one pedestrian walking near the station when the train was derailed. The company admitt...

  A company based in Stonehaven, East Coast Viners Grain LLP has been fined £4,000 after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The breaches resulted in an employee of the company sustaining injuries after he fell...

  A farmer has been awarded compensation after one of his cows died after choking on a balloon.  Children at a Primary School in south-east London released hundreds of balloons in aid of comic relief.  Little did they know the dangers of d...

  Mr Spalding a plumber was awarded compensation after he was injured when working in the library of the University of East Anglia. Mr Spalding sustained injury to his teeth and face after he slipped whilst trying to get out of a confined space.&nbs...

  Drivers are being urged to be more alert on the roads to avoid a risk of a road traffic accident due to deer on the road. The number of road traffic accidents with deer peak between April and May each year as this is the time when young deer le...