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LONDON, February 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A pensioner "would not have died in the time and place that she did" was it not for a fall she suffered whilst at a Halstead care home, an inquest has found. Following a three-day jury inquest at Chelmsford Coroner's Court, the Coroner Mrs Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded a narrative verdict on Wednesday (6 February) after a jury found that the death of 84-year-old Ivy Fitch was "on the balance of probabilities" a result of the...
LONDON, January 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A fourth occupational asthma claim [http://www.fentons.co.uk/industrial-disease-claims/occupational-asthma-claims ] in three years against the same plastics manufacturing firm has been settled by Fentons Solicitors LLP, after employees developed occupational asthma because they were exposed to the chemical, 'isocyanate'. John Gibney, a member of the specialist Industrial Disease Claims...
LONDON, December 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An elderly woman left with a serious brain injury and physically impaired when she was hit by a car whilst crossing the road, has settled her head injury claim [http://www.fentons.co.uk/serious-injury-claims/head-injury-claim ] for more than GBP3,000,000. Nick Godwin, a partner with the catastrophic injuries department of Fentons Personal Injury Solicitors [http://www.fentons.co.uk ], said the settlement comprised a lump sum...
LONDON, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travellers who plan on driving whilst holidaying are being urged to take out extra cover to ensure they do not leave themselves vulnerable if they are injured in a road traffic accident abroad [http://www.fentons.co.uk/holiday-claims/road-traffic-accidents-abroad-claim ]. Katherine Allen, head of the Travel & International Litigation team at Fentons Solicitors LLP, said that the standard insurance policies that are taken out...
LONDON, October 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An expert in personal injury claims involving serving and former military personnel has stressed that a successful claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme does not prevent an injured victim from also making a claim against the Ministry of Defence. Mark McGhee, a military claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/military-claims ] specialist with Fentons Solicitors LLP, said that whilst the compensation provided to members of the...
LONDON, October 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cycle Helmets Debate Continues Matthew Claxson, a road accident claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/road-accident-claims ] specialist at Fentons Solicitors LLP, said the peculiar science of cycling safety is much more complex than many people realise. "The issue of helmet use within the cycling community is a fiercely controversial subject, particularly in regard to mandatory helmet laws. Opinions as to whether helmets should or...
LONDON, September 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Military Covenant is an agreement under which the state pledges a duty of care toward all military personnel. The Ministry of Defence states that 'it exists to redress the disadvantages that the Armed Forces community faces in comparison to other citizens, and to recognise sacrifices made.' But Mark McGhee, a leading expert in military claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/military-claims ] and a partner with Fentons Solicitors...
LONDON, September 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading spinal injury claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/serious-injury-claims/spinal-injury-claims ] lawyer has said he hopes that an end to threatened budget cuts and reductions in the level of services available to disabled people across the UK will be the real legacy of the Paralympic Games. Jonathan Fogerty, who was himself spinally injured as a teenager, said that whilst the success of the London 2012 Paralympics had...
LONDON, September 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has called for "sanity" in the national whiplash debate after figures revealed the numbers for this form of road accident claim [http://www.fentons.co.uk/road-accident-claims ] had dropped by 24,000 in the last year. APIL president Karl Tonks, an equity partner with Fentons Solicitors LLP, was speaking after an independently-commissioned survey also found that...
LONDON, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A last minute decision by the Government to rethink its proposals to cut compensation payments for criminal injury claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/criminal-injuries-claim ] has been welcomed by campaigning lawyers. The Ministry of Justice had proposed to end payments of compensation to victims of crime for claims below GBP2,500 - injured in incidents of 'lower level violence' - and significantly reduce payments for claims...
