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Created: 18 May 2010

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The question of compensation from airlines is a topical one but also a fairly unusual one. The UK and most other countries are signatories to The Montreal Convention which sets international standards and limits for what compensation can be claimed...

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Compensation Claims

Created: 14 May 2010

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Maclaren the company famous for Formula 1 cars and ……….child’s buggies – have announced that they are to offer compensation to the parents of 40 UK children whose fingers were injured (in some cases severely) in the hinges of its folding...

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Compensation Claims

Created: 10 May 2010

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David Watson, a driver for Perth council, is suing his employer for compensation over a run in with a wheelie bin.

The compensation is sought in regard to a broken wrist he sustained while trying to deliver the wheelie bin from the back of his...

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Compensation Claims

Created: 29 April 2010

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My apologies for disappearing temporarily from the blogosphere.  I to have been left grounded by the volcano! I was in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights, but that is a story for another day (and yes, the court covers plasticine...

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Compensation Claims

Created: 16 April 2010

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I read an interesting story in the paper today which expressed outrage that the family of a prisoner should receive a high level of compensation for what the paper called “falling out of his prison bed” When I read between the lines of the...

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Compensation Claims

Created: 11 March 2010

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Occasionally the media bend the idea of raising personal injury claims into something seedy.  The tag line “compensation culture” is banded about and Solicitors are vilified for the part they play.

One such example is the case of Gillian...

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Compensation Claims

Created: 01 March 2010

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Me and Solicitor Greg Whyte at Thompsons currently have a number of compensation cases against TUI travel, also known as ‘First Choice Holidays’ in regard to gastroenteritis and other stomach complaints caused by bad hygiene.

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Compensation Claims

Created: 18 February 2010

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Every year I speak to many people who are injured due to falls on buses.  A bus does not drive like a car and its jerky braking and accelerating can make it a hazard for those onboard, especially those standing or still to take their seats.

Many...

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