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Employee Drowns While Collecting Golf Balls
Employee Drowns While Collecting Golf Balls We go to work expecting that the laws are there to protect employees. There are various Health and Safety Laws to provide that protection but sadly, all too often they are ignored. In this tragic accident a man had drowned when he was sent by his employer to collect…
Problems Making a Will Electronically
The Law Commission’s report on making a will needs to be updated so as to reflect modern day society and bring the law in line with the electronic age. The law on making a will (usually by solicitors) has not been updated for many years. In fact 40% of people in the UK die without…
Make A Will By Text Message!
Fatal accident claims solicitors can report that there is ongoing investigations that the law relating to will writing in outdated and must be kept up to date with modern technology. It has been mentioned that text messages, emails or even voice mails could be considered binding on the deceased’s estate on how the testator’s wishes…
Fight for Dignified Death
Whilst we are experts in fatal accident claims there are moments when the law affect other aspects of our lives. The right to die, has been brought into the court once again when a campaigner who is terminally ill requires the court to determined when he can die with ‘dignity’ rather than being ‘entombed’ by…
Car Insurers Hike Up Premiums by One Call
If you have been involved in fatal car accident or non fatal accident you must report the accident to your insurance company. Failure to do so may result in you not being covered for the accident claim. The reason why it is important is because your insurance company need to find out what has happened…
Police Charged for Dangerous Driving
Can the police be charged with causing death by dangerous driving or causing death by careless driving during an emergency 999 call? The answer is, as you would expect, ‘it depends on the circumstances.’ If the police were found guilty of causing a fatal accident then the dependents of the deceased can claim compensation. During…
Hit and Run Driving – Man Jailed
A set of tragic circumstances led to the loss of two young cousins in a hit and run case on New Year’s Eve. The driver was convicted of careless driving and jailed for 4 years. The set of regrettable circumstances are: Hungarian man allowed to come to the UK with criminal convictions. His friends also…
Fatal Accident Claims – Uninsured Driver
When faced with a fatal accident claims road traffic accident there can be worry for the dependent family that the defendant driver does not have motor insurance to provide compensation to the deceased’s estate and family left behind. Thankfully, even if the defendant driver was uninsured or even untraced at the time of the fatal…
Insurance Companies Profit from Motor Accidents
Motor insurance companies have been accused of ‘profiteering’ when it comes to renewal of motor insurance premiums. Across all polices for fatal car accident claims and non-fatal accident claims it has been reported that the number of accidents have reduced whilst the premiums have increased. This is despite the fact that the solicitors costs have…
Fatal Car Accident Claims – Marijuana
Tragically it is not just human error, a split second wrong decision or complete and utter carelessness or recklessness that may cause a fatal road accident claim for compensation but what the driver does before getting behind the wheel. The issue is drugs in society and seemingly freely available to many youngsters who drive today.…