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On a bicycle? Wear a Helmet!
Olympic gold medal rower James Cracknell has pledged his support to the brain injury charity Headway and is fronting the "Use your head, use a helmet” campaign. One year ago James nearly died whilst cycling when he was hit from behind by a truck travelling at 70 mph. He suffers from...
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The Road Safety charity Brake has described the punishment given to one driver recently for driving whilst using two mobile phone as "woefully inadequate”, and it's hard not to agree in this particular case. The Times newspaper today (16th August 2011) carried a report about a driver who...
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Holiday Insurance Cover – Don’t Risk It!!
A recent APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) survey has revealed that lots of us risk being left with no insurance cover for medical care when we go on holiday. See the APIL press release here: http://files.apil.org.uk/pdf/press_releases/2206.pdf Many of the activities we take...
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CLAIMS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES – WHY USE THEM?
If you were injured why would you take your claim to a Claims Management Companies? Thousands of people do but, to be honest, it's a mystery to me! Claims Management Companies ( CMC) are basically middle men who sell your claim to one of their "panel” solicitors. They spend a fortune...
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Last year, disgracefully, more than 4,000 workers suffered a major injury as a result of a fall from height at work and 12 workers were killed! A recent example can be found in the Health & Safety Executive prosecution of a roofing firm after one of its workers fell through the roof at...
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