Archive for December, 2010
No win, no fee deal ‘grotesque’
A no win, no fee agreement between solicitors and the victim of an uninsured driver was described as “grotesque” in a Court of Appeal ruling.
Direct Line bids to recover damages
Insurer Direct Line is in the High Court to try to recover most of the £3.4 million damages it paid out to a man who claimed he was seriously disabled in a road crash.
£440,000 fines after aerosol death
Two firms and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a worker caught fire and died after suffering 90% burns.
Safety issues led to patient death
Poor systems of storage and staff shortages worked together to create fatal safety failures at a hospital in Telford, which left an 89-year-old patient dead, a court has heard.
Mystery shrouds asbestos inquest
A 50-year-old woman died from lung cancer caused by asbestos, despite never knowingly coming into contact with the deadly substance, an inquest has heard.








