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 …

Advice for compensation claims involving work related injuries, diseases or accidents vary on the type of accident or illness sustained by the employee. This Legal Request article takes a closer look at work place injury and illness leading up to compensation claims. Claim for an injury at work…

We have already established the three main types of asbestos and where it originates from in an earlier Legal Request article. Now we are going to focus on asbestos related illness. There is no doubting that asbestos has fantastic properties, but likewise there is no detracting from the human impact of working with asbestos. This article delves into the illnesses that are associated with asbestos.

At Legal Request we have decided to run a series of articles focusing on Asbestos. The aim is to educate as many tradesmen as possible to the perils of asbestos. As new generations of plumbers, electricians, plasterers and builders enter into the industry

Physical damage to the ear and loss of hearing following an accident or industrial damage has a major effect on your life. We rely so much on sound and hearing, from day to day interaction with family and friends to being able to stand up straight. An injury to your ear or loss of hearing can have a devastating effect on your life. This Legal Request article looks at damage to the ears and hearing in an accident.

Labels and stereotypes are unfortunate aspects of society. You may not approve, but being branded one thing or another fits our complex social and welfare systems, making dealing with other people easier. As humans we can cope with anything as long as it has a label or a name. Disability in any form following an accident presents a number of new challenges on your life. This Legal Request article looks at coping with disability, beyond the day to day challenges, for you and a loved one.

Tinnitus is not a disease but rather a symptom resulting from a range of underlying problems with the ear. The ringing noise that people perceive to hear can be quite annoying and thwart sleep. Damage to hearing is disturbing and can have a varied effect on those who suffer from Tinnitus. This Legal Request article delves into the subject of damage to hearing and the ear following an injury to the person or a working environment issue.

A vital aspect of your daily life are your senses. As a human being you traverse this life being fed data from sound, touch, taste, small and sight. Any interruption of your senses and your user experience of the world is impaired. Your capability of functioning after your accident is limited. This Legal Request article is about injury to the eye or eyes following an accident and realistic compensation amounts.

There are many definitions for PTSD but the basic analogy one can apply to the disorder is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma. This Legal Request article looks at the often difficult world of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, its effects and the actual amounts of compensation that have been awarded for the condition.

Personal injury compensation amounts are over inflated by some accident claim companies to entice people into making a claim. It is all part of a sales process to companies. These are businesses that use social engineering to get you to make an accident claim. At Legal Request we base what we do on quality service. This Legal Request article looks at quality service, verses unrealistic compensation amounts and disappointment when awarded compensation does not meet expectation.