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Vibration White Finger Update

Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Lawford Kidd
Personal Injury Law Scotland

Vibration White Finger injuries have been minimised in Scotland amongst workers using Vibrating Power Tools on M74 Glasgow Link. For advice on all aspects of vibration white finger & HAVs in Scotland contact us 0800 027 1480. Injuries from HAVS (which can result in substantial claims) have been reduced by the introduction of the HAV […]

Tags: #Accidents at work , #Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome , #HAVS , #Vibration White Finger , #Workplace Accidents

Workplace Accidents and Ill Health in Scotland

Thursday, 24 March 2011
Lawford Kidd
Personal Injury Law Scotland

The National Audit Office have published a report confirming that workplace accidents and ill health in Scotland resulted in 2.5 million working days last year. The cost was around £187,000,000. For free initial advice on all aspects of workplace accidents contact us on 0800 027 1480. The Audit Office looked at the work of Health […]

Tags: #Manual handling accidents , #Personal Injury Law Scotland , #Personal Injury Scotland , #Workplace Accidents

Environmental Campaigners Win Court Expenses Order

Friday, 4 March 2011
Lawford Kidd
Personal Injury Law Scotland

Lord Stewart, on 20th January 2011 upheld in the Court of Session an application by environmental campaigners Road Sense to restrict any award of costs against them when they proceeded with a case against the Scottish Ministers. They were pursuing an appeal against the Scottish Ministers regarding the proposed peripheral route around the west and […]

Tags: #court expenses order , #environmental campaigners , #Personal Injury Scotland

Personal Injury Claims against Direct Line – Whiplash Injury

Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Lawford Kidd
Personal Injury Law Scotland

Direct Line Insurance have been involved in a number of personal injury cases brought by injured whiplash victims who failed to receive proper compensation. For help with all aspects of whiplash injuries in Scotland contact us on 0800 027 1480 In 2011 two personal injury claims have been reported from Edinburgh Sheriff Court where the […]

Tags: #Direct Line Compensation , #Neck Injury Compensation , #Whiplash Compensation Scotland , #whiplash edinburgh , #Whiplash Injuries Scotland , #whiplash linlithgow , #whiplash livingston

Manual handling accidents – a major cause of occupational injury in the UK

Monday, 31 January 2011
Lawford Kidd
100% compensation

Manual handling accidents remain one of the main causes of occupational injury within the UK. More than a third of all three day injuries reported each year to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities are caused by manual handling. Manual handling means the transporting or supporting loads by hand or by bodily force. […]