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Psychiatric Injuries
Published on 04/05/2013
An ‘invisible’ psychiatric injury can be no less debilitating, distressing or disabling in the short, medium or long term than a physical injury might be. Additionally, as it can sometimes have a more profound and extensive effect on the victims ability to function than an physical injury it has every right to be taken as… View Article
How common are injuries suffered when working on farms?
Published on 02/05/2013
Injuries suffered as a result of working on farms are unfortunately very common indeed. Work-related fatalities and injuries have always been common in farming due to the inherently dangerous nature of the work. The annual number of fatalities and injuries in farming has, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) never sustained a downwards… View Article
Claiming Compensation for Epilepsy Negligence
Published on 26/04/2013
Epilepsy is a neurological condition which leads sufferers to suffer seizures caused by interruptions to electrical activity in the brain. Roughly 1 in 30 people are expected to become epileptic at some point in life, whether they suffer from generalised, or partial seizures. Epilepsy can have far reaching causes and in most cases it starts… View Article
Can I claim compensation for my kitchen accident?
Published on 25/04/2013
The commercial kitchen is by its very nature an environment that contains myriad hazards for the unwary worker. The question you should therefore ask yourself is whether or not you were an unwary worker at the time the accident happened, i.e. an employee whose employer had neglected to make you aware of the workplace hazards… View Article
Claiming compensation for items retained following surgery
Published on 24/04/2013
The idea of surgical instruments being left in the body following surgery sounds nasty – and it is. According to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE as its more commonly referred to, surgical instruments should never be left in the body given the number of regulations and guidelines currently in place…. View Article