Birmingham Council forced to pay for injuries: A man who was employed by Birmingham Council sued them for negligence after falling off a toilet, in just one of almost 300 cases which has been disclosed in an information request from local press. It is thought…

Fuchs Lubricants Pay Compensation After Four-Year Fight. A lubricants company has been forced to pay out compensation after one of its workers was injured so badly that he had to undergo multiple operations. Mr. Russell Scragg was the worker who was injured at the factory…

Compensation claim unlikely to succeed: A boating accident in Israel has led to a British holidaymaker losing part of her foot, despite major surgery. Hemel Hempstead-based Jane Beirne was on a boating trip in Israel when the incident occurred. She fell off a pontoon with…

Birth Brain Damage Payment of £4million A teenager left brain damaged after clinical negligence at her birth has received a lump sum of £4.3million, and further annual payments for the rest of her life. This settlement is to pay for the care that she…

Inadequate parking facilities blamed Between 2011 and 2012, Staffordshire police drivers were involved in an incredible 48 accidents – in car parks belonging to the force! These accidents are included in a total of 487 claims which have been submitted to the insurers of Staffordshire…

Fine for JD and RL Spalton A 42-year-old worker from Church Broughton, who did not wish to be identified, sustained serious injuries, when the Quad-bike he was purpose riding, for rounding-up sheep, overturned. The Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court heard that at the time of the…

Compensation for Accidents and Wrongful Dismissal The authorities have reported 76 criminal attacks being made on teachers. This is at a time when teachers are receiving record compensation, in respect of claims for related to accidents and personal injury. Released statistics indicate that among the…

£500,000 Compensation a Possibility During October 2006, Michaela Devereux was riding her horse in Lyndhurst Road, Holmsley, the New Forest, when it was spooked by the noise from the exhaust of a motorcycle. Within seconds, the vehicle struck the horse on a hind leg, causing…

Hairdresser sued for £30K Leigh Lumsden made an appointment with hairdresser, Kim McNally in June 2010 and subsequently attended the salon to return her hair back to its natural colour. Her hair had been dyed black although she is naturally blonde. Local press reported that…

Fine for Pendennis Shipyard Ltd David Banks, a teenage apprentice was working on the first level of a scaffold board structure when it tipped. This action caused him to fall about 2 metres to the floor of the dock, as a result of which he…