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#Get back on your bike!
So, you were riding along as usual and then, before you know it, as a result of someone else’s negligence you find yourself on the ground, in agony! So what...
As a solicitor I am bound by the Solicitors Code of Conduct. One of the mandatory principles by which I must conduct myself is to act in the best interests...
March 6, 2017
Blog
The dangers of working at height
A significant number of injuries are caused when workers fall from a height whether from ladders or scaffolding. Many employers are not aware of the law or fail to adequately…
February 27, 2017
Blog
What to do after a car accident
If you have been injured in a car accident and can show that it was not your fault, or that you were only partly to blame, you will be able...
If you have been injured in an accident which has resulted in life changing injuries such as a brain injury you may be able to make a claim for compensation....
Many cyclists suffer catastrophic injury or death in accidents involving HGVs each year. In London alone, 7 of the 9 cyclists killed in 2015 were hit by HGVs. When cyclists...
January 19, 2017
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Winter Cycling – Top Tips For Staying Safe
Pulling back the curtains I am greeted by another cold and wet London morning. Not for the first time I question my desire to plonk on a helmet, turn on...
January 11, 2017
Opinion
Our civil justice system is not broken or in need of more reform!
A while ago I was asked to help a relative who had been involved in a road accident. Despite the fact that they knew I worked as a claimant personal...
Don’t shake the buckets please – Spinal Injuries Association
Riffat Yaqub alongside other members of the Personal Injury Team at Hodge Jones and Allen donned some red t-shirts and spent a few hours at Euston Square underground station raising...
Questions about cause of death – gaining answers from an inquest
Losing a loved one is a very difficult and traumatic. In some cases, where the cause of death is uncertain or unnatural, an inquest must be held. What is an...
December 8, 2016
Opinion
Should insurance companies be allowed to access people’s social media profiles?
In the last week, Facebook has blocked the motor insurer Admiral from accessing users profiles in order to help set car insurance premiums via a new app. Admiral had planned...
It is not an uncommon occurrence in the UK for products to be recalled. Often this is a minor inconvenience but the reason for the recall is because the product...
October 31, 2016
Opinion
Samsung phones recalled
Almost everyone now owns a smartphone. We carry it in our pockets and our bags, some even sleep with it under their pillow. But do we really consider the serious...
October 25, 2016
Opinion
My first few weeks at HJA
I started working at Hodge Jones & Allen on 1st August 2016 and I am thoroughly enjoying working at the firm. Fighting for what’s right is the underlying ethos of…
Picture the scene... you’ve had a long, hard day at work or school and all you want to do is get home and relax. Unfortunately, your journey home includes a...
October 4, 2016
Blog
Access to justice for ‘minor’ whiplash claims is disappearing
In the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2015, he announced the end of the right to compensation for ‘minor’ whiplash claims. According to the government, this has been decided to reduce the...
“I think I am going mad. My head is all over the place”
The above is a comment from one of my clients Sally following a road traffic accident. Sally was a front seat passenger of a car that was hit from behind....
Bruises, lacerations, burns and fractures are types of injury which come to one’s mind when thinking about an accident at work. Often it is very easy to forget that whilst...
Mitigation is the act of reducing the severity, seriousness or painfulness of something. In a personal injury claim, mitigation applies to reducing the severity of an injury as well as...
Wednesday, 17th August 2016 is Injury Prevention Day. During the summer months many more families will be heading out to the countryside to make the most of the sunshine and...
