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Nervous Shock and Fatal Accident Claims
The law in this area is outdated, like most of the Fatal Accident Act 1976, the law that has been made since the passing of the Act and everything before it. The Fatal Accident Act 1976 is now 40 years old. The family unit in the day, typical white ‘Christian’ Male and Female, married with…
Fatal Accident Claims – Family Support
All of us at fatal accident claims solicitors appreciate how difficult it is for the family members left behind following unlawful killing of a loved one to find help and support. Some factors that family members have to consider is who is entitled to bring an action against the person or persons who caused the…
Battle for Justice
Our fatal accident claim solicitor, Ronnie Hutcheon talks to us about recent events and his own quest for Justice for bereaved families who has lost a loved one due to unlawful killing. The Hillsbourgh Families fight for justice brings to light the determination of people when the system, the law, the Government, the Press, whichever…
My Unmarried Partner Dies – But Still Married, Can I Claim?
My Unmarried Partner Dies – But Still Married, Can I Claim? This can be a heartbreaking situation following a fatal accident claim. Where a couple are not married but are living together there is no automatic right for the surviving partner to bring an action for the unlawful death following a fatal accident. This is…
Death In Accident Who Can Claim?
Death In Accident, Who Can Claim? As fatal accident claim solicitors we are often asked who can claim following a accidental death. Bereaved families often have the dilemma of having to cope with the considerable hurt and loss of a loved one and then have to grapple at the same time as to which family…
Death by Dangerous Driving Some Factors
Causing death by dangerous driving carries a heavy burden on a jury to establish if the defendant was driving a vehicle dangerously thereby giving rise to a potential charge for manslaughter. Most people will consider death by dangerous driving is where (usually a young male driver) driving a highly powerful motor vehicle at speed, losing…
Causing Death by Dangerous Driving
Causing Death by Dangerous Driving The sudden loss of a loved one due to another causing death by dangerous driving is one of the most common fatal accidents that the fatal injury claim solicitors have to deal with. All fatalities are a personal tragedy to the family, nothing can turn back the hands of time,…
Construction Worker – Fatal Accident
It is reported in the Telegraph that a construction worker has sadly lost his life when he was hit bay a moving boom on a crane at the £1.4 billion Queensferry Crossing last month. The fatal accident at work occurred to a 60 year old experienced worker on the North Tower of the new bridge…
Hit and Run Accident – Death by Dangerous Driving
A tragic fatal accident has occurred when a pedestrian was struck in Manchester causing fatal injuries. The Police have reported that the pedestrian was in his early 50’s and whilst taken to hospital following the fatal hit and run accident unfortunately died from the tragic collision. Man Arrested Following the Fatal Hit & Run Accident…
Knowledge of Loss of Life = £0
The Courts are ‘chipping away’ at the injustice of compensation awards following a fatal accident claim where a person or shall we put it in a more personal way, your Spouse, Partner, Child, Mother, Father, Brother or Sister is unlawfully killed at work or in a road traffic accident for instance. The case of Kaidir…