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Advice, case updates and commentary from Scotland’s specialist personal injury solicitors.
Double-Decker Bus Crash: Safety Lessons Learned
The need for careful route planning by bus operating companies and constant driver vigilence on the road was highlighted yesterday after the…
Read more →Cutting Speed Cameras: Impact on Road Safety
Scotland’s top police officers have said they would be concerned if funding for speed cameras became a victim of government budget cuts.…
Read more →BP to Offer One-Off Payments to Claimants
In the hope of drawing a line under the crisis and in an attempt to quantify total costs, BP has announced its…
Read more →Dog attacks in Edinburgh hit record high
Incredibly, more than 100 dog attacks have taken place in Edinburgh during the past six months, including one where a 12-month-old baby…
Read more →Claims BP Bypassed Rig Alarm System for a Year
A chief engineer on the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig has told federal investigators that fire and gas-leak alarms had been turned…
Read more →Insurers Blame Victims in Personal Injury Cases
When will the insurance industry stop blaming personal injury solicitors for rising premiums? Today’s report by the Association of British Insurers claims…
Read more →Road Safety Funding Cuts: What You Should Know
In the budget today, it was announced that transport funding is likely to be cut by more than 25% by 2014, causing…
Read more →Review of UK Health and Safety Laws in Progress
In a move aimed at targeting the so-called ‘compensation culture’, the new government has already got health and safety legislation firmly in…
Read more →Headway Car Raffle Helps Brain Injury Victims
‘Hats for Headway Day in Scotland’ Gaille McCann and Catriona MacGregor, Headway Regional Co-ordinators in Scotland help launch the Headway Car Raffle…
Read more →Forgotten victims of Gulf oil rig disaster
Nearly two weeks after the tragedy, relatives of the men who died on the Deepwater Horizon plan private memorial services as the…
Read more →Work Fatalities Outnumber War Deaths in UK
Personal injury solicitors and their clients often get vilified in the media for creating the so-called ‘compensation culture’. Critics are quick to…
Read more →Construction Sites Continue to Fail Safety Checks
It might be April Fools’ Day, but it is no joke that nearly one in four of the construction sites visited by…
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