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The Scottish Executive’s Report on Road Casualties in Scotland 2009 9,570 casualties in cars, 116 of whom died. 2,197 pedestrian casualties of whom 47 were killed. 11,547 reported injury accidents, in which 15,030 people were reported as being casualties. 1,019 motor cyclist casualties, 43 of whom were killed. Between 1999- 2009 the number of fatal […]

In 2009/10 there were 23 fatal injuries to workers in Scotland, 2,548 reported major injuries to employees and 7992 over 3 day injuries to employees. Compared with 2008/09 the total number of injuries in Scotland has fallen by 8.9%. In Scotland in 2009/10 the rate per 100,000 employees was 115.6 for fatal and major injuries […]

A civil jury at the High Court in Edinburgh decided that the MOD should pay £90,000 to a Royal Marine’s mother and £60,000 to his sister.  Joe Windall died when his Nimrod plane exploded on 2nd September 2006. A number of claimants raised court actions and Joe Windall’s case went before a jury.You may have read […]

The health and safety statistics for 2010 show that although construction accounts for 4% of the employees in Britain, 7% of reported injuries happen to employees in the construction sector. The accident rate in construction accounted for 42 fatal injuries in 2009 to 2010. 35% of the cases involved high falls and 24.8% involved electricity. […]

If your claim is successful the insurers will pay a sum of money in settlement. For example for a whiplash injury they might pay £2500. You will then receive that sum in your hand and there will be no deductions for legal costs. When a lawyer acts on a No Win No Fee basis there […]

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