Cardiff Personal Injury Blog
Women rescued after cries were heard from Snowdon
Posted: June 20, 2013
Posted in: Hip Injuries Public Place Accidents
A 21-year-old woman is believed to have spent more than 20 hours on a ledge before a café worker heard her cries from the summit of Snowdon. After slipping at the top of the summit and becoming seriously injured, the hiker fell onto a ledge where she is believed to have spent the whole night. […]
Read MoreNHS services in Wales call for a ‘shake up’
Posted: June 3, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Numerous public meetings have been arranged across south Wales in an attempt to make big improvements to medical services. Community health leaders are encouraging a good public turnout to ensure that agreements are based on as many viewpoints as possible. Over forty meetings have been arranged so far – primarily organised by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, […]
Read MoreNHS reforms cause protest
Posted: May 30, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims
An estimated 5,000 health professionals and union members recently marched through London in an attempt to prevent further change to the NHS. Worries of additional A&E closures, front-line staff cuts and the augmented privatisation of medicine have triggered a need for immediate action. Protestors fear that the NHS is trying to save money instead of benefiting […]
Read MoreOne in ten have fallen asleep at the wheel
Posted: April 25, 2013
Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents
One in ten UK drivers admit that they have fallen asleep at the wheel of their vehicle and a further one in four say that they have felt drowsy enough to fall asleep whilst driving, according to a new survey by insurer, Allianz Your Cover. Despite more than half of the people surveyed agreeing that […]
Read MoreHospital criticised for risky operation
Posted: April 18, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
A hospital in Wales has been heavily criticised by the Public Services Ombudsman after a man died after having bowel surgery, reports the BBC. Seventy-year-old Allan King had undergone the surgery at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend to relieve symptoms he suffered and to give him a better quality of life, but he died […]
Read MoreWorker’s tree fall lands farmer in court
Posted: April 9, 2013
Posted in: Neck Injuries Workplace Injuries
An east Hampshire farm owner has been prosecuted after an untrained worker plunged over four metres from a tree as he was using a chainsaw to prune branches. The worker had climbed up into a large sycamore tree and used a rope supplied by the farm owner to tie the chainsaw to a branch. He […]
Read MorePublic denied justice as ‘no win no fee’ ends
Posted: April 4, 2013
Posted in: No Win No Fee Personal Injury
The current no win no fee legal system for personal injury came to an end on 2nd April 2013 as new reforms came into effect that will deny injured people proper justice, reports the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). “No win no fee was introduced by the Government after legal aid was all but […]
Read MoreWorkers suffer long term damage from HAVS
Posted: March 26, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Workplace Injuries
An aerospace company has been prosecuted for failing to heed safety regulations for at least six years, leaving a group of employees with permanent nerve damage. Portsmouth Magistrates were told that five workers based on the Isle of Wight had been left with long-term damage to their circulation and nerve systems after contracting hand-arm vibration […]
Read MoreWidower campaigns for greater asbestos awareness
Posted: March 20, 2013
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure Mesothelioma Wrongful & Accidental Death
A widower from Wales has called for greater awareness of the dangers of exposure to asbestos after his wife died from mesothelioma, reports the BBC. Eric Ward had worked as a fitter’s mate at a Welsh power station for over 20 years, where he was apparently exposed to asbestos fibres on a daily basis. His […]
Read MoreLandscape gardener crushed by ‘unsafe’ skip loader
Posted: March 12, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
A self-employed businessman has been given a suspended jail sentence for supplying unsafe construction equipment that led to the death of a father-of-six who was working on a garden in Reigate, Surrey. Ken Pinkerton, a 47-year-old landscape gardener, was crushed-to-death when a one-tonne skip loader he was using tipped over onto its side. He had […]
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