The Personal Injury Lawyer Blog
Welcome to RJW's Personal Injury Blog!
We are a leading national law firm with over 80 years of personal injury (PI) experience. Our solicitors deal with every type of personal injury claim, from road traffic accidents to accidents abroad; from accidents at work, including industrial disease claims such as Mesothelioma, to severe head, amputation or spinal injury claims. We have also recently dealt with the UK's largest consumer group litigation order for the 'toxic sofas'.
The Personal Injury Blog is made up of regular contributors with guest blogs on relevant topics Regular contributors include:
Tristan Hallam has been a PI partner with RJW since 2004, and is a member of APIL and on the Law Society Personal Injury panel. His posts cover a range of areas which we hope you will find useful and thought-provoking.
Trevor Sterling is a PI partner and joined RJW in 2010 and has much experience in Personal Injury law. He is a secretary to Headway West London and has a particular speciality in representing those who have suffered serious brain and spinal injuries.
The RJW PI Blog also receives contributions from other members of the Personal Injury team including:
News results
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Simon Allen discusses Asbestos Compensation Claims
4 May 2012
Asbestos compensation claims differ greatly from other types of personal injury claims for damages. In most personal injury cases the injured party suffers physical injury from which either a good recovery is made or from which the residual symptoms are only moderately restrictive in relation to the activities they carry out in their life.
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Time runs out on BT engineers to claim compensation for hearing loss and Tinnitus from using tone sets (Oscillators) provided by BT- Act Quickly
3 May 2012
In 2010 BT admitted that many of their engineers were negligently exposed to excessive levels of noise during their employment with BT, through the use of tone sets. The tone sets (also known as Oscillators) were used to install lines in BT’s networks, the equipment was commonly used by Apprentice Engineers, Cable Jointers, Line Maintenance Engineers and Technicians.
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Accessory Nerve Damage, are you aware of the facts?
2 May 2012
Few people will have heard of the Accessory Nerve. However if they have it may be because it has suffered damage during Surgery. Normally this is an avoidable injury and it can be one that causes significant disability.
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Rising NHS Waiting Times could lead to Medical Negligence
20 April 2012
Waiting times for many forms of NHS treatment are up according to research from the Patients Association despite the Government’s pledge that they would not rise. For many types of treatment - knee replacements, hernia repairs and gallstones - delays are up by around 10%.
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Clinical Negligence specialist Paul Sankey on Brain Injury Compensation and aftercare
29 March 2012
People may read the story of Christopher Lines and think that to recover around £6.2 million against North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust after negligent medical treatment left him with a severe brain injury is a lot of money.
