Lawford Kidd, Personal Injury Solicitors

Scotland has introduced new legislation with the aim to create a simpler way of setting the rate of personal injury discount rates.

As part of its No Time to Lose campaign tackling work-related cancers, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has been highlighting the risk of exposure to deadly asbestos fibres to young tradespeople. 

Road safety progress in the European Union has stagnated for the last four years, according to a new report from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).  

Pedestrians now make up a quarter of all deaths on the UK’s roads, ahead of motorcyclists or cyclists, according to new analysis by road safety charity IAM RoadSmart. Only car occupants have a worse record. 

The European Commission has published the third element of its ‘Europe on the Move’ strategy, in which it calls for the mandatory installation of a range of safety features on new cars sold in Europe, reports the RAC Foundation.