Is it just co-incidence that the number of No Win No Fee personal injury claims have soared during the recession?
The most common reasons for making a claim for compensation are road traffic accidents, back strains (back injuries from lifting) or slips trips and falls. As the economic downturn has deepened the number of accident claims has risen dramatically. Experts have suggested that this trend has necessitated councils and companies to reduce their expenditure forcing them to neglect important health and safety issues.
The introduction of conditional fee agreements (CFAs) in 1998 …

A promising young student has been killed after being involved in an accident while cycling in London.
Dorothy Elder, 23, was hit by a double decker bus while cycling near Holborn in Central London. The accident left her needing a series of operations, but the tragic student lost her 11-day battle for life.
After the accident she was taken to the Royal London Hospital, and was later taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting.
The accident, which happened at the junction of Southampton Row and Theobald’s Road, means that Ms Elder is the …

Ever since the invention of the car there have been car accidents. As technology has improved in terms of engineering and raw materials, cars and vehicles have become more efficient and faster. All this efficiency and speed, coupled with the need to cater for modern living has resulted in more accidents. Car crashes, road traffic accidents, it does not matter what you call it, have become very formulaic for society. You crash your car, you make a no win no fee claim. Your insurance pays out and life goes on.