A Quick Guide to Personal Injury Trusts
One of the more structured ways of ensuring a recipient is able to manage their inheritance properly is to put it into a trust. For...
Holidays: What Happens When Things Go Wrong?
You’re all packed and ready to go, you’ve actually remembered the passport and the tickets, and everyone’s looking forward to a great holiday. The one...
Isabel Bathurst
Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical NegligenceShock horror! Justice for claimants after all
Congratulations to the Lord Chancellor, Elizabeth Truss, for (a) doing the right thing and (b) for leaving many claimants’ lawyers stunned. Today (27.02.17), the Lord...
Isabel Bathurst
Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical NegligencePlaying Games with Peoples’ Lives
Is it any wonder that many people view statements by politicians with scepticism? “Say one thing and do the other” syndrome is alive and well...
Isabel Bathurst
Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical NegligencePayback time for Claimants?
In many cases, when Claimants are injured and they are successful in a personal injury or clinical negligence claim, they end up with a lump...
Emily Phelan
Paralegal, Dispute ResolutionThe truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Compensation for personal injury is a restorative remedy, the purpose of which is to put the injured party back in the position they were (as...
Emily Phelan
Paralegal, Dispute ResolutionHiding your Guilt behind a Fig Leaf?
Within the last week the Supreme Court has considered a Scottish case relating to the contents of Section 1 (1) of the Employers Liability (Compulsory...
Jane Crosby
Partner, Dispute ResolutionAccess to Court – Free to All provided you can...
Prior to the most recent major hike in court fees over a year ago, if your client had a claim worth in excess of £300,000...
Isabel Bathurst
Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical NegligenceGuests Enter at their Own Risk!
Perhaps the traditional “welcome mat” at your front door should be replaced with a mat stating “guests enter at their own risk”. Why you may...