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A pack of dogs attacked a jogger and seriously injured him whilst on his morning run. The jogger had to fight off three pit bull-type dogs when they rushed towards him in a park in East London. During the incident the jogger slumped to the floor only to gain serious bite wounds to his face and ear. Luckily armed police rushed to the joggers rescue and prized the dogs off the jogger. One of t… Read more

In 2004 a taxi hit Pervin Yetkin, 54 of north London as she was crossing the road, whilst the traffic lights were against her. When she claimed for the accident she didn’t receive any damages as the court ruled that she was to blame for the accident. She therefore could not claim damages from her local council in Newham. However Mrs. Yetkin decided to appeal against the ruling. The Cour… Read more

A 35 year old woman, received £17, 467 for psychological injuries sustained in a road traffic accident involving a collision with a lorry in September 2005. She developed a specific situational type phobia that affected her everyday life in that she became an anxious driver and passenger who changed her vehicle, times and routes of her journeys to avoid traffic and large vehicles… Read more

A recent road traffic accident case saw Rebecca Williams gain £2,250 in compensation from UK Insurance Ltd. The Accident: In December 2008, Rebecca, a 20-year-old woman, was travelling in the front passenger seat of a vehicle driven by an individual insured by UK Insurance Ltd when they collided the car into the rear of a stationary vehicle. Rebecca sustained abdominal, neck and… Read more

Health and Safety at work Who’s at fault if an employee falls and hurts themselves at work? An ever increasing question when an employee falls form a height in the work place – “Who is liable, the Employer or the Employee?” When looking into an accident in the work place was you have to ask was the accident caused due to a breach of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 rather than the conduc… Read more

An 11 year old girl (the claimant) received £900 for a back injury that she sustained in a Road Traffic Accident on the 17th December 2007. Luckily the girl made a fully recovery within 10 days from the date of the accident. The accident occurred when the claimant was sat in the rear passenger seat of a stationary vehicle. Her vehicle was hit from behind by the defendant’s vehicl… Read more

Love maybe in the air for Jude and Sienna but should Sienna guard against being the next ex Mrs Law and should Jude be generally guarded having already experienced the financial loss a divorce undoubtedly brings? Pre-nuptials are never going to be the easiest of subjects to bring up with your future spouse but in a case such as this both sides have something to protect and one party cou… Read more

Two key issues could arise were Danni Minogue and Kris Smith to separate:-

1. What would be the legal status of Kris Smith in terms of his relationship with  his son, Ethan Edward Smith?
2. What would be Kris Smith’s financial obligations were Ethan to live full time with Danni?

In relation to (1) Kris needs to ensure that his name is on the birth certificate for Ethan. This way he will secure Parental Responsibility for Ethan and will have legal recognition as Ethan’s father. Wi… Read more