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Expert Author: Elfy Anders | Summary Accidents happen in daily life, it could happen in all aspects of our lives be it in our work or personal lives. When accidents occur they can be costly because of the damage it might cause to the individual or their property. For example accidents can cause loss of earnings depending on how long the victim is off work, most companies have a limit to the amount of time employees can get off due to sickness so taking off more time than stipulated by the company leads to non payment of wages hence a financial loss to the victim. Expert Author: Michael Harris | Summary Historically all UK limited companies have had at least two officers appointed. The minimum requirement was to have at least one company director and a company secretary. The company director is appointed to run the company on behalf of the shareholders. The secretary position was created to provide administrative support to the company. Expert Author: Steve Weston | Summary The term whiplash covers a range of neck injuries which are caused by or related to a sudden twist or jerk of the neck. Soft tissues, muscles, ligaments and tendons of the neck can be affected by this injury. Whiplash occurs most commonly in car crashes, usually when the car has been hit from behind. Pain and stiffness is felt in the neck, back and shoulders with occasional pins and needles and headaches. Expert Author: Steve Weston | Summary Being involved in an accident is always upsetting and stressful but if that accident was not your fault then it is possible to make a compensation claim. Living in the UK means that any claim you make should cost nothing as the legal fees will be covered by the third party who caused the accident. No win no fee or Conditional Fee Arrangements portray that you lose very little by making a claim. Win or lose you will not have to personally pay any money to your lawyer as the costs are usually recovered from the other side. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary Car insurers in Canada are predicting a steep hike in insurance premiums if a current cap on compensation payments is removed. The average increase in rates is estimated at around eleven percent, which is a huge increase and way above the rate of inflation. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary People living in Australia, suffering from mesothelioma, a disease caused by asbestos poisoning are passing away before their claims for compensation are being heard. One Sydney Judge believes this is due to a cost saving measure which was implemented in 2005. Expert Author: Nicholas Copernicus | Summary A prenuptial agreement is basically a legal contract where the couple will agree to who will own what when married. Having a prenup will prevent a contested divorce. A contested divorce is when the couple can't agree upon how to distribute the assets. Contested divorces are a lot more expensive than uncontested divorces because they require a lawyer. Expert Author: Lindsay Nolan | Summary Companies nowadays, focus on office work. Physical force is no longer a must at work, and few are the fields where you can only perform heavy work. However, any and all workplaces present their degree of injury risk and therefore accident at work claims are more and more popular. There are special courses and special training programs within any field of activity so as to prevent accidents while at work. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary Compensation for accidents claims can be complex and difficult to work out. In some cases the issue of who is at fault may not be clear cut and it could take time to collect the evidence to determine the facts of the accident. In other cases the injuries sustained may take some time to develop and until that happens, no one is really sure of the entire extent of the damage, and thus what would constitute a fair amount of compensation. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary The car industry is under pressure to make and sell quality products amidst the economic slowdown of the global credit crunch and the increasing awareness of green issues. One important factor in achieving this is to manufacture cars with high safety ratings that will protect both the passengers and the driver in the event of a crash. Expert Author: Linsey Summers | Summary There are countless adverts for No Win No Fee compensation on television, on the radio, in magazines and on billboards across the UK but is it really that simple? Now that Legal Aid is no longer available for injury claims, No Win No Fee has become the most popular way to make a compensation claim. Making a personal injury claim in the UK should usually cost nothing for the person who has been injured. This is because all legal costs should be covered by the third party, the party that caused the injury to the claimant. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary Councils across Britain pay out millions of pounds in compensation every year as a result of accident claims. The majority of these are due to slips and trips on council land which result in injury. However new recent figures show that for one council ninety percent of the money paid out for in compensation for accident claims is due to accidents being cause by drivers employed by the council. The figures show that since January 2007 Bournemouth Council has had to pay more than fifty thousand pounds to settle accident claims. Expert Author: Nicholas Copernicus | Summary A uncontested divorce is a simple and inexpensive way that most people divorce. It gives you and your spouse the chance to agree upon the terms of the divorce so that you can end your marriage quietly and with dignity. Once the terms of the divorce have been agreed upon then you include them in the uncontested divorce form and sign off on it plus file it. If your having trouble with coming to terms then try using a divorce mediator before you take it to court. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary We are lucky in this country that if you have an accident or become ill you are able to go to an NHS hospital, and seek treatment at their accident and emergency department. Most hospitals are located in central city locations and provide treatment around the clock in order to cater for largest number of people as possible. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary Most drivers are aware of the rules of the road, and know that driving carelessly can lead to accidents. Driving whilst speaking on a mobile phone or eating food can lead to drivers becoming distracted and unable to drive properly which increases the likelihood of an accident. When an accident occurs, and injuries have been sustained then the police will often attend the accident scene. In order to reach the scene promptly police officers may use their blue lights to cut through traffic and drive at higher speeds but this too can lead to more accidents. Expert Author: Lloyd Robles | Summary Though automobile accidents involving other autos or trucks are dangerous and frightening, an accident involving an automobile and a pedestrian is often more injurious, often fatal, with the pedestrian coming up a loser every time. In an ongoing effort to be a safer driver, acute attention to surroundings, including sidewalks, parking lots, and driveways, is of utmost importance. The consequences of inattention when pedestrians are present can be horrible, even deadly. Expert Author: Lloyd Robles | Summary One of the most frightening moments in a person’s life is the moment of impact during an automobile accident. Sometimes even scarier are the minutes immediately following the accident; that eerie silence and deafening sound of blood pounding inside your own head, though chaos and noise may surround the scene; a flood of emotions can render many accident victims motionless and impaired, even if not physically impaired by injury. It can be extremely helpful to have an outlined plan, of what to do when and how, should an accident occur. Expert Author: Lloyd Robles | Summary When sharing the road with much larger vehicles, namely semi trucks, motorists must remember that these eighteen-wheelers cannot and do not handle like automobiles, SUVs, or pickups. They take much longer time in stopping, involve much more care when changing lanes or negotiating turns, and accelerate much slower than automobiles. Because of added length, these commercial trucks have a hard time seeing every angle that surrounds them, and great care needs to be taken by every motorist to stay out of the ‘blind spots’ of these large trucks. Knowing the disadvantages in handling truck drivers face can help motorists share the road in a much safer way. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary A leading headmaster has spoke out against the compensation culture and said that children should be allowed to take risks or they would become more likely to hurt themselves. The headmaster, Mr Hughes-D’Aeth’s, logic is that the rise in compensation claims in this country has lead to an even bigger rise in a health and safety culture. Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Summary A bus driver from Edinburgh has been fined five hundred pounds and banned from driving for nine months after causing a crash which resulted in injuries including whiplash, because he was waving to friends. Mr Chalmers was a driver for First Group buses at the time of the crash. On a normal day at work he had stopped his bus at Edinburgh’s main bus station and picked up ten passengers. As he was pulling out of the station he became distracted by some of his friends and started waving to them.
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