Pages On: Armed Forces Injuries
Whilst many would believe an injury serving in the UK’s armed forces comes with the territory, the truth is that most of these workplace injuries occur in bases and during training. As accidents in these places of work fall under employer negligence, military personnel have every right to claim compensation, where injury is preventable.
Help for Gulf War Syndrome sufferers
Posted: 19 January 2016
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries
25 years after the conflict in the Gulf, the Royal British Legion are calling for more help for veterans suffering from so called Gulf War Syndrome. The condition, which is thought to affect around 33,000 former soldiers, includes symptoms such as chronic fatigue, joint pain, memory problems, headaches and sleeplessness. Sufferers have also reported respiratory disorders, psychological problems, irritable bowel and digestive problems. The charity has requested that more funding should be made available from the government to research the condition as too little is known about it. 60% suffering…
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MoD ‘breaking its own safety rules’
Posted: 24 December 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Two lawyers are to inform MPs that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has repeatedly failed to follow its own safety guidelines on a number of occasions, leading to hundreds of injuries each year for military personnel. The lawyers will tell the Defence Select Committee inquiry that the regulations are being routinely ignored, and, that had they not been ignored, the deaths of three soldiers during an SAS selection course would have been prevented. The three army reservists – Edward Maher, Craig Roberts and James Dunsby – had been taking part…
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Fatal heat illness not recognised
Posted: 1 December 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After a soldier died following an intensive punishment exercise, an inquest has revealed that no clear risk assessment was carried out beforehand, which would have been enough to save his life. 22-year-old Pte Gavin Williams was ordered to carry out the informal punishment exercise for being absent without leave. On one of the hottest days of 2006, he was forced to undergo the gym exercise known as “beasting”. Pte Williams, of Hengoed, Caerphilly County, collapsed at the Lucknow Barracks in Wiltshire shortly after the exercise. His superiors failed to recognise…
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Injured marine’s wife fears for future
Posted: 31 May 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Armed Forces Injuries, Neck Injuries, Workplace Injuries
The wife of a Marine left paralysed following a diving accident fears for the future after a losing battle for compensation. 27-year-old Spencer Vaughan, from Cwmbran in Torfaen, broke his neck diving into shallow waters in the Canary Islands in July 2009. Because the Royal Marine had been off work at the time of his injury, the High Court ruled that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was not liable for his injuries. Mr Vaughan’s wife, Jodie, said that she is worried for their financial future when his employment comes to…
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Two servicemen die in training exercise
Posted: 14 July 2013
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Two servicemen have tragically died after they took part in a training exercise in the Brecon Beacons in Powys. An investigation is currently underway to find the reasoning behind the deaths, but suspicion lies with the temperatures in which the men were training. Another of the servicemen is currently in hospital in a critical condition following Saturday’s fatal incident. Recorded as the hottest day in Wales so far this year, (the temperature stood at around 30C/86F in Powys) it is believed that the temperature played a large role in the…
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Armed Forces Compensation
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Although the majority of those serving in the armed services do not suffer any injuries, the role is such that there is always the chance of injury occurring. Regardless of whether or not you are engaged in direct combat, if you serve or have served in the armed forces and have suffered from an injury you may be entitled to armed forces compensation and one of the Cardiff legal experts in the area will be able to discuss your potential compensation claim and come to a decision as to whether…
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