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I am delighted to report that Pannone's Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams won the Award for "PI/Clin Neg  Team of the Year" at last night's Manchester Legal Awards. More than 500 people attended the awards ceremony at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. Awards... read more

  As a racing cyclist, I was saddened to hear the news in May 2009 that Major Gareth Rhys-Evans was killed whilst taking part in a 25 mile time trial event on the A1 at Eaton Socon.     Katie Hart negligently collided with Major Rhys-Evans who sadly died at the... read more

I read with mixed feelings the outcome of a recent Employers Liability claim which followed on from the tragic case of Gareth Myatt, a 15 year old boy who died in custody whilst being restrained by three adults using a now discredited holding technique. The hold was known as the double seated... read more

As we are braced to expect more snow, a couple of stories caught my eye recently both involving an unusual culprit - a snowman. As reported in the Daily Mail a British toddler was crushed when on holiday at a ski resort when a 10 foot snowman collapsed on him. Fortunately his father was able... read more

The recent case of an RAF service man who sustained catastrophic injury whilst taking part in an RAF fun day raises the issue of when a person can claim for injury having voluntarily taken part in such competitive and/or sporting activities. Tragically the young RAF serviceman sustained three... read more

It is estimated that only 2% of the people who regularly cycle have insurance. 98% of regular cyclists might find themselves responsible for compensation if they cause or contribute to an accident. There is a perception that it is cyclists who get injured. Many do. When they are injured in an... read more

The recent incident involving Mylene Klass wielding a knife at an intruder raises highly emotive issues, especially in light of the recent case of Munir Hussain who was imprisoned for chasing and assaulting an intruder who broke into his home and attacked him and his family. Exactly what duty... read more

My colleague, Kim Harrison, blogged 07 January 2010 about the dangers posed by the recent icy weather conditions.  With that in mind I was saddened to read of the case of schoolgirl Naeemah Accha who slipped on ice outside her school in Blackburn, Lancashire. The 11 year old fell and hit... read more

Regular readers of my blog will know that last year the Scottish Parliament changed the law to allow victims of asbestos related pleural plaques to obtain compensation.  Then the insurance companies tried to use the European Convention on Human rights to challenge the law.  I’m... read more

I was interested to read the decision of the US Appeals Court which has ruled that music fans who have damaged their hearing by playing their iPods too loudly cannot blame Apple.    Despite users being able to listen to music at a potentially dangerous 115 decibels judge... read more