Industry News

Members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) challenge the Government’s proposals to raise the Small Claims Court Limit – A Press campaign, assisted by APIL members, has been...

AUGUST 2012 The Court of Appeal has recently declared that General Damages (otherwise known as ‘Pain Suffering and Loss of Amenity’) will be increased by 10% from 1 April 2013....

From 1 April 2013, injured people will no longer have access to a ‘no win, no fee’ Funding arrangement under the ‘Jackson Reforms’. The Government and Ministry of Justice have...

The Judgment in the case of Simmons v Castle allowed all Claimants to receive a10% uplift in their General Damages claims for any matter which concluded at trial on or...

There has over the past few decades been a significant improvement in safety standards on construction sites in the United Kingdom. However, this area remains one of the most dangerous...

The rise in “high street beauty treatments” has seen a significant increase in the number of treatments which have not gone to plan. The beauty industry in the United Kingdom...

ThyssenKrupp Elevator (TKE) UK Limited, the elevator company has been fined for safety failings that came to light when one of its engineers was killed by electrocution whilst working on...

Partner Charlotte Pegman has been pleased to see that construction sites in the West Midlands, Worcestershire and Warwickshire area have been put into the spotlight over the next three weeks...

When a director sustained an injury at work, he sought compensation from his company. He claimed that it had not fulfilled its duty to comply with health and safety law....

When a terminally ill man changed his Will by Codicil shortly before he died, in order to provide for the woman he had been living with for the 12 years...