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By Mike Cassidy in Road Traffic Accident Claims on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Regular readers of this site may recall that I blogged (03.08.2010) about Oxfordshire Council turning off their speed cameras. Their decision followed the withdrawal of central government funding for the cameras. Wiltshire is now the latest county to follow the lead of Oxfordshire in... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Actions Against the Police on Friday, August 6, 2010
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating an attack by two police officers on the car of a disabled pensioner. One officer smashed the side window of Mr Robert Whatley's Range Rover while the other jumped on the bonnet and attempted to kick in the windscreen. The whole... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Road Traffic Accident Claims on Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Yesterday Oxfordshire became the first county in Britain to turn off all its speed cameras. The cameras were switched off by the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership after the Government reduced funding for road safety schemes across the country by 40%. Several other counties are likely... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Actions Against the Police on Monday, July 26, 2010
The CPS announced last week that the Police Officer who was filmed on a mobile phone pushing newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson to the ground during last year’s G20 protest will not face any charges. Anyone who watched the footage on the internet will be scratching their head in... read more
Collisions between motorists and deer are becoming an increasingly common event according to The Daily Telegraph. It suggests that accidents involving deer on British roads are up 6% this year alone. One reason advanced for this rise concerns the increasing levels of traffic in... 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
By Mike Cassidy in Road Traffic Accident Claims on Thursday, June 17, 2010
A government backed review into the drink drive limit has recommended that the limit be reduced to one pint of beer or one small glass of wine. A study suggests that 168 lives could be saved if the blood alcohol limit were cut from the current 80mg to 50mg per 100ml. The reduction... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Road Traffic Accident Claims on Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I was delighted to read of the success at court of Mr David Tolley who sustained life threatening injuries in a motorway pile-up. However, I can’t help wondering at the attitude of the Defendant insurers who contested liability in his case. Mr Tolley went to the aid of a female motorist... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Actions Against the Police on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Greater Manchester Police have been forced to defend their use of the Taser stun gun following a complaint by a man who was Tasered while having an epileptic fit. The man aged 40 had a seizure at a gym in the city. Ambulance staff called to the scene had difficulty treating him owing to... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Actions Against the Police on Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I was interested to read about the case of diversity awareness advisor Alioune Haynes (The Times 01/03/10) who was strip searched at a nightclub because of the colour of his skin. Mr Haynes is a 31 year old part-time DJ and had been at a nightclub in Chatham with an off duty police... read more
