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Clydeport has lost a legal bid to impose a year-long delay on a civil action claiming compensation for the widows of the Flying Phantom tugboat disaster.
Solicitor Advocate Frank Maguire of Thompsons Solicitors Scotland who represents the widows of...- Details
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A woman from Devon who tragically lost her 15 year old daughter as a result of the brain disease vCJD is leading a High Court case against the health secretary over the compensation scheme put in place for victims.
In 2002 the government set up the...- Details
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A construction company, Marcob Administration Limited, has recently been fined £80,000 for breaches under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
An employee of the construction company tragically sustained fatal injuries...- Details
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An offshore worker David Stephenson, 44, was crushed to death on a diving support vessel offshore from Aberdeen.
The Marine accident investigation Branch (MAIB) stated that the most basic safety principles were ignored and lessons must be learned....- Details
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Four companies, Axa, Aviva, RSA and Zurich are to appeal Lord Emslie’s decision not to overturn the Scottish Parliament Bill entitling workers to compensation from the pleural plaques where asbestos fibres leave scarring on the lungs.
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One of the highest ever personal injury compensation payments in the UK was awarded at Newcastle High Court this week.
Lukasz Borowski, 27, received the compensation after being left paralysed from the neck down following a car crash in 2005.
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On the 7th January 2010 a building firm named WM E Naylor and Son were fined £8,000 plus costs of a court action for using unsafe scaffolding.
The Health and Safety Executive carried out an inspection of one of the firms work sites and found...- Details
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