This blog is produced by members of the Personal Injury department at Pannone LLP, a full service law firm based in Manchester city centre. Our Personal Injury Team is the top-rated team in the North West in Chambers Legal Directory. We undertake the full spectrum of personal injury work, from road traffic accidents to industrial disease cases; from travel and tourism litigation to catastrophic injury claims involving serious head, spinal and amputation injuries; from police assault and child abuse cases to group actions arising from major disasters.
We hope you will find this blog useful, informative and thought provoking. We'd be really interested to hear from you regarding any of the issues we cover, so please take the opportunity to make comments. We would also like to hear your views on the format and content of the blog and if there are subjects you'd like us to cover, then please email us and let us know.
By Richard Scorer in Abuse Cases on Thursday, July 1, 2010
Child abuse scandals in the Catholic Church are back in the news again. Countries such as Italy and Germany which seemed to have escaped the scandals are now being deluged by disclosures, and the spotlight has fallen on Pope Benedict’s personal culpability in turning a blind eye to... read more
By Richard Scorer in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Thursday, July 1, 2010
I am delighted to report that the 2011 edition of Chambers Legal Directory, the highly regarded guide to the legal profession, will announce that no less than 15 Partners in Pannone's Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence departments are 'Leaders in the Field' of Personal Injury or... read more
By Kim Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Back in March Richard Scorer, Head of Personal Injury Department at Pannone LLP blogged that the Supreme Court were going to consider the extent to which British soldiers on operations overseas would be able to sue the government under the Human Rights Act. I am really sorry and... read more
By Joanne Berry in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Wednesday, June 30, 2010
A local girl, Semelia Shenel Campbell, aged just six has died after she was crushed in an electric gate outside her home in Manchester on Monday. It is too early to know exactly how this tragedy occured, and I understand the Health and Safety Executive are investigating. Sadly it is not... read more
By Joanne Berry in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Apparently personal injury lawyers are partly to blame for Englands poor performance against Germany. According to Stuart Maconie in the Daily Mirror that is. He suggests a "TV diet of Jeremy Kyle and ads for Lawyers Direct" has turned the UK into a "trembling-lipped... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Monday, June 28, 2010
Travel Law expert and Partner at Pannone LLP, Paul McClorry is in the process of seeking redress for over 80 holidaymakers that were taken ill at the Holiday Village Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in 2008 and early 2009. High Court proceedings have recently been issued which has led to... read more
In a creepy, Derren Brown-like manner I am willing to predict that I’ll have exerted some powerful subliminal influence over your behaviour by the time you finish reading this blog…. Surprisingly, in the space of the last couple of weeks I have received instructions in relation to three... read more
By Nick Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Friday, June 25, 2010
Pannone LLP and more specifically the firm's Cycling Claims Team have confirmed their love of all things cycling by teaming up with MK Cycles of Bolton to sponsor a local racing team! Team MK Cycles Pannone are already competing in the 2010 season local road race and time trial leagues. A... read more
By Kim Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Friday, June 25, 2010
My colleague Kerry Blackhurst wrote much more eloquently the other day in her blog than I ever could about the perception of a society that has gone ‘elf and safety’ mad and the Tory agenda to look again at all Health and Safety Legislation. Maybe David Cameron should take the time to... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Cycling Accident Claims on Thursday, June 24, 2010
Graham Thwaites was only yards from home when he was hit from behind by a 4 x 4 vehicle being driven by Andrew Carlisle. The 51 year old cyclist was thrown over the bonnet and bounced of the roof of Carlisle’s vehicle. Despite the medical treatment he suffered serious injuries and... read more
