Telford worker injury firm fined £75,000 – BBC News
“A Shropshire firm has been fined £75,000 after a worker was left partially blind and deaf when he was thrown from a machine.”
BBC News, 11th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: accidents
Man injured in Wiltshire crash is awarded millions – BBC News
“A man who sustained extensive injuries in a road crash in Wiltshire has been awarded millions of pounds in damages.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
West Midlands police officer cleared of crash charge – BBC News
“A police chief inspector accused of failing to stop after hitting a student with his car has been cleared.”
BBC News, 16th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disabled man killed by bed hoist – BBC News
“A disabled man choked to death after becoming trapped in a mechanical hoist which failed as he was using it to get into bed, an inquest has heard.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fraudster jailed for crash-for-cash scam – The Independent
“A fraudster who staged almost 100 car accidents and used the insurance payouts to fund a glamorous lifestyle was jailed yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Firm fined £270,000 over worker’s death plunge – The Independent
“Sugar manufacturing giant Tate & Lyle was fined £270,000 today (9 October) after a contract worker ‘tragically’ drowned in the Thames.”
The Independent, 9th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pavement trip payouts cost £82m – BBC News
“Councils in England have paid out more than £82m in compensation over the past five years to people who have tripped on pavements, figures have revealed.”
BBC News, 25th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cyclist’s family awarded £580,000 – BBC News
“The family of a teacher killed while cycling home from his school in Greater Manchester has been awarded compensation of £580,000.”
BBC News, 28th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Grandmother cleared over baby killed by dogs – The Guardian
“Coroner records verdict of accidental death in case of three-month-old Joseph Mack, mauled while grandmother slept.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Copley v Lawn; Maden v Haller – WLR Daily
Copley v Lawn; Maden v Haller [2009] EWCA Civ 580; [2009] WLR (D) 200
“Where, following a road accident caused by a defendant’s negligence, the defendant’s insurers offered to provide a ‘free’ replacement car to the claimant while his own car was being repaired, the claimant could reasonably reject or ignore the offer if it did not make clear the cost of hire to the defendant for the purpose of enabling the claimant to make a realistic comparison with the cost to him of making his own hire car arrangements. If a claimant did unreasonably reject or ignore the offer, he did not forfeit his damages claim altogether but was entitled to recover at least the cost which the defendant could show he would reasonably have incurred. The general rule that the claimant could recover the market rate of hire for his loss of use prevailed, unless, and to the extent that, the defendant could show that, on the facts of a particular case, a car could have been provided more cheaply than at the market rate.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Potters Bar and Grayrigg: public inquiry into train disasters ruled out – Daily Telegraph
“A public inquiry into the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash which claimed seven lives, and the 2007 Grayrigg derailment in which an elderly passenger was killed, has been ruled out by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd – WLR Daily
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd [2009] UKHL 33; [2009] WLR (D) 195
“A person who, as a result of a railway accident, suffered post-traumatic stress disorder which led him to kill someone, could not, as part of his claim for damages in negligence against the train operators responsible for the accident, recover damages for loss of earnings following his detention after the killing in prison, and subsequently in hospital under ss 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983.”
WLR Daily, 18th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and Another – Times Law Reports
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and Another
House of Lords
“A claimant who, as a result of a railway accident caused by the defendants’ negligence, suffered post-traumatic stress disorder which led him to kill someone, could not recover damages for loss of earnings following his detention, in prison and in mental hospital, after the killing.”
The Times, 19th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Barclay v British Airways plc – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A passenger slipping on a plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft was not an accident since there was no distinct event which was not part of the usual, normal and expected operation of the aircraft and which had happened independently of anything done or omitted by the passenger.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
Woman gets £30,000 payout from M&S after slipping on grapes – Daily Telegraph
“A woman has obtained nearly £30,000 in compensation after she slipped on two grapes and broke her shoulder in a Marks & Spencer store.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Road accident victims ‘bullied into settling’ by insurers – The Times
“Motor accident victims are facing high pressure tactics from insurers to settle for less compensation than they are entitled to receive, a leading accident lawyer said this evening.”
The Times, 5th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Barclay v British Airways plc – WLR Daily
Barclay v British Airways plc [2008] EWCA Civ 1419; [2008] WLR (D) 412
“Where a passenger slipped on a standard fitting plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft in its normal state and sustained bodily injury, there was no ‘accident’ within the meaning of art 17.1 of the Montreal Convention 1999 since there was no distinct event which was not part of the usual, normal and expected operation of the aircraft and which had happened independently of anything done or omitted by the passenger.”
WLR Daily, 5th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Hoon under fire for stalled crash inquiry – The Independent
“Families of the Potters Bar rail crash victims have criticised Geoff Hoon, the Transport Secretary, for delaying his decision over whether to grant a public inquiry into the accident.”
The Independent, 24th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Early payout for Buncefield victims – The Times
“Around 270 families whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Buncefield fire will share an initial payout of £320,000 after their lawyers reached an agreement with the plant’s operators today.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge orders Total to make ‘generous’ offer to Buncefield victims – The Times
“Hundreds of victims of the Buncefield fire moved closer to an initial payout today after a judge instructed the oil depot’s operator to make them a ‘sensible and generous’ offer.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
