By Kerry Blackhurst in Slips and Trips on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
As a Personal Injury lawyer I quite often encounter clients who have been unfortunate enough to incur a fruit or vegetable related injury when visiting their local supermarket. The most dangerous produce seems the be the grape or the humble mushroom (hence the title of this blog) as these... read more
By Kerry Blackhurst in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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
By Kerry Blackhurst in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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
By Kerry Blackhurst in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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
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
