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A 35 year old Blackburn man who was sexually abused by a teacher at a special school he was sent to in Broughton-in-Furness near Barrow in the 1970’s and 80’s, has received £10,000 in compensation from Lancashire County Council. Lancashire County Council owned and operated the school even... read more

I have been reading reports regarding a possible outbreak of gastric illness at the 516 room all-inclusive Houda Golf and Beach Club in Skanes, Tunisia.  This all-inclusive 250 room hotel is popular with UK travellers. Holidaymakers returning report symptoms consistent with food poisoning... read more

Certain hotels and resorts tend to come to my attention time and time again and little or nothing appears to be done by the hotel or Tour operator to alleviate the problems of guests becoming ill. One such place is the Jaz Mirabel Resort (Jaz Mirabel Beach / Jaz Mirabel Park) in Sharm El... read more

I'm delighted to report that Pannone's Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence  Departments were Runner Up in the "Personal Injury Team of the Year" category at last night's Eclipse/Proclaim National Personal Injury Awards. Frustratingly we were pipped at the post by Defendant firm Keoghs... read more

I've just arrived back to sunny Manchester from a flying visit to London for the 2009 Travel Blog Camp. This well sought after event began back in 2008 and is organised Darren Cronian of the consumer website Travel Rants . This year's very able and enthusiastic speakers were, Murray... read more

I was interested to read in todays online Guardian  that approximately one million folding pushchairs manufactured by the British company Maclaren are being recalled in the USA because of 12 reports of fingertip amputations after children caught their hands in the hinge mechanism. I was... read more

I've written the following article for New Law Journal about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) amongst soldiers. There is a great deal of media attention at the moment on fatalities and serious physical injuries amongst our servicemen and women in Iraq and... read more

Figures released by the Department for Transport show that the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured rose by 19 per cent to 820 in the three months to July 2009. The increase in the figures reflects a rise in the number cyclists during the spring. Encouraged by good weather and... read more

Just a quick update following several previous blogs relating to our major concerns at the Holiday Village, Sarigerme in Turkey. In August 2008 hundreds of British tourists were struck down by a serious sickness bug at this popular hotel and a similar thing has happened this year.  We are... read more

  The Government should do more to prevent death and serious injury on the road. Road crashes are the biggest killer of 15 to 24 year olds.   I can remember the drink driving campaign.  In the 1970s and early 1980s there was little no social taboo... read more