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The legal aid argument has extended, in Northern Ireland, to include new proposals to recover monies in criminal cases in the case of a guilty finding. Legal Aid is the system which allows people to have their legal fees paid from a central fund and effectively allow them to get free legal advice and representation. [...]
The Liberal Democrat party held their spring conference last year and passed an Access to Justice motion which is aimed at protecting the legal aid system which currently provides free legal advice. Lib Dem members voted in the motion calling for more detailed consideration of reform to legal aid, in response to Government plans to [...]
If you have been injured and start a personal injury claim there is a good chance it will be under a conditional fee arrangement or “no win, no fee.” What this means for you is that regardless of a successful outcome or not your solicitor or firm of solicitors cannot charge you for their fees. [...]
The government has recently said that it will ban referral fees in personal injury cases. Justice secretary Ken Clarke said during a reading of the bill that the Ministry of Justice was considering a ban. However, the Legal Services Board has refused to lend support to an outright ban and this has drawn criticism from [...]
A man was visiting a waste recycling centre when he was tragically crushed by a vehicle belonging to the centre. The married father was disposing of garden waste when the vehicle, which was fitted with a shovel, crushed him against a wall causing fatal injuries in the spine and chest. The vehicle was being driven [...]
One of the first things that springs to mind in a vehicle accident is the damage to vehicles and injuries caused. Both areas lend themselves to making an accident compensation claim. The issue of whether you could make a claim or not, depends on who was liable for the accident in the first place. Simply [...]
Previously we have covered falling from height and the injuries that can occur along with regulations that should prevent these accidents from happening. In the case of Matthew Dutton these regulations were not adhered to by his employer and he suffered horrendous injuries after a fall from a 4 meter height. Mr Dutton was working [...]
Over 400 people have been awarded compensation after suffering toxic injuries brought about by a chemical in sofas supplied by major retailers. The sofas were manufactured in China and sold in the UK by Argos, Land of Leather and Walmsley’s. Contained within the sofas were sachets of a chemical known as dimethyl fumarate which is [...]
Over the years working at heights has produced some excellent results in day to day work and also some technical marvels of modern architecture. However, working at height has also produced many accidents ranging from minor injury to death. In 2005 the Work at Height Regulations were drawn up and these regulations are in place [...]
