Supermarket tripping accident: a recent case study - added 20.02.12 Beckett & Co have successfully obtained compensation for a shopper who was injured when she tripped in a supermarket in Southport ... read more | |
Injured shopper receives £14,000 after supermarket slipping accident - added 15.02.12 Beckett & Co Solicitors have successfully obtained compensation for a customer who was injured when she slipped on a wet floor in a Preston supermarket .... read more | |
Drivers urged to take extra care to avoid child pedestrian accidents - added 12.02.12 With many children about to start their half term holidays drivers should be aware that more child pedestrians may be out and about in the coming week and therefore extra care may be needed to avoid child road accidents... read more | |
Ice & snow: avoiding winter driving accidents - added 07.02.12 Precautions to avoid road accidents on icy roads ... read more | |
Council fined after accidents in schools - added 27.01.12 Local council prosecuted after child injured falling from school climbing frame onto concrete.... read more | |
Preston driver held 100% to blame for hitting child pedestrian who ran into road - added 27.01.12 The High Court has heard evidence in a case relating to a road accident between a Range Rover and a child in Preston.... read more | |
Blackburn worker injured in fall from vehicle - added 24.01.12 A court has heard how a Blackburn man suffered a broken elbow and an injury to his foot when he fell four metres from the roof of a waste collection vehicle .... read more | |
Manchester worker seriously injured in crane accident - added 24.01.12 A HGV driver suffered severe injuries to his head, back and legs when he was crushed by metal tubes which fell from a crane.... read more | |
Preston driver awarded motor accident compensation - added 23.01.12 A man who was injured when his stationary vehicle was hit head-on by a negligent driver has been awarded personal injury compensation after instructing Beckett & Co Solicitors to pursue a no win - no fee road accident claim .... read more | |
Rear end shunt: when is the front driver to blame? - added 17.01.12 The 'rear end shunt' is one of the most common types of road accident and one which frequently causes injury giving rise to a claim for personal injury compensation.... read more | |
Blackpool firm prosecuted for worker's fall from ladder - added 28.11.11 The owner of a Blackpool double-glazing firm has pleaded guilty to breaking health & safety at work laws after a 68 year old employee sustained serious injuries in a fall from a ladder at work...... read more | |
Face to face personal injury claim advice: the advantages of a free home visit - added 25.11.11 Not all personal injury home visits are the same ..... read more | |
Preston worker awarded £6800 after a machinery accident at work claim - added 21.11.11 Beckett & Co Solicitors have recently won personal injury compensation on behalf of a client who suffered an injury in a machinery accident at work ... read more | |
Supermarket fails to prevent worker's slipping accident - added 2.11.11 Morrisons Supermarket prosecuted after an employee suffered a fractured elbow in a slipping accident at work ..... read more | |
Company fined £230,000 following workplace machinery accidents - added 1.11.11 A food manufacturing company was fined after two employees suffered serious injuries in machinery accidents at work ...... read more | |
Lancashire firm prosecuted for machinery accident - added 1.11.11 A Clitheroe company's breaches of health and safety laws resulted in machinery accident at work which caused an employee to lose two fingers .... read more | |
"Sorry - I didn't see you (but it's not my fault)" - liability in motorcycle accident claims - added 16.10.11 Case study looking at legal blame in a motorcycle accident claim involving a vehicle pulling out of a junction in the path of an overtaking motorbike ... read more | |
Older motorcyclists more likely to have a non-fault motorbike acident - added 12.10.11 Article looking at motorcycle accident statistics in Lancashire .... read more | |
Lancashire Police ask cyclists to 'stop and prove ownership' - added 12.10.11 Lancashire Police are clamping down on bicycle theft by stopping cyclists and requesting proof of bike ownership .... read more | |
Lancashire firm admits breach after worker falls from forklift - added 10.10.11 Falls from height at work: A worker in Leigh was knocked unconscious and suffered a head injury at work when he fell from the roof of a fork lift truck ... read more | |
Firm prosecuted for unsafe scaffolding - added 26.9.11 A scaffolding firm, Totalscaff (GB) Ltd, has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 in costs following a prosecution brought by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) ... read more | |
HSE launches scheme to reduce accidents caused by dangerous ladders - added 19.9.11 2011 Ladder Exchange campaign aims to reduce the number of falls at work and injuries suffered by workers as a result of using dangerous ladders ... read more | |
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