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Personal Injury Solicitors And Insurance Company Cuts Down
Personal injury solicitors and insurance giant Norwich Union is shedding more than 350 jobs in the city as part of a massive overhaul of its business. The company is cutting 359 positions at its Pynes Hill office - leaving just 54 posts. The shock move also involves closing [...]
Posted in Legal on Jul 19th, 2008
Tiredness causes 1/5 of all road accidents
Driver tiredness accounts for around one fifth of accidents on major roads, and is responsible for around 300 deaths per year on the UK’s roads.
The road safety website Think! has recently launched a campaign to try to combat the issue of car accidents due to driver tiredness. The campaign [...]
Posted in Legal on Jul 19th, 2008
Whiplash Prevention Is Far Better Than Compensation
According to figures released by insurers Crystal Claims, 70 per cent of compensation claims following a road accident are for whiplash-related injuries. You-claim’s more in-depth figures show that 43 per cent of the more serious incidents that required hospital treatments were for rear-end accidents. 32 per cent were for [...]
Posted in Legal on Jul 19th, 2008
Veterans Hit Personal Injury Snag
Hundreds of veterans who witnessed nuclear tests in the 1950s, have seen their claim for compensation in doubt due to existing laws on personal injury claims.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has indicated that it will use the defence of limitation to dispute claims for compensation over radiation sickness and other more [...]
Posted in Legal on Jul 19th, 2008
Correct Use of Stun Guns
A stun gun can be a very useful weapon when it is used correctly. It is going to give an electrical shock to the muscle of a person that it is applied to and will usually keep them down for about thirty minutes.
The taser will projectile the shock and the stun [...]