Call for More Research after Study Reveals link between former footballers and Alzheimer’s Disease
Research from Glasgow University has revealed an increased risk of dementia amongst former professional footballers. The study, led by…
Personal Injury
How to ‘Conker’ Health and Safety Myths
With the World Conker Championships 2019 taking place in Northamptonshire this Sunday the 13 October, closely followed by the Scottish…
World Cerebal Palsy Day 6 October 2019
Today is World Cerebal Palsy Day. Cerebal Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood (over 17 million people live with this…
HSE Releases Quarterly Update on Fatal Injuries
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its latest quarterly update for fatal injuries to workers and members of the public in…
How London Bridge terror attack survivors are able to sue Hertz over injuries.
It was recently confirmed that survivors of the London Bridge terror attack of June 2017 are suing Hertz, the company who hired the van…
The Gap and the Mat
With the gloomy rainy days of late summer setting in, many establishments are looking out their wet floor signs and anti slip mats. Whilst…
Keeping “off-track”: Personal injury claims and tram tracks
The Edinburgh Trams have now been part of the city’s landscape for 5 years. The council voted to extend the tram to Newhaven with the new…
Here comes the MIB
Recently I was contacted by a colleague whose husband had been the unfortunate victim of a “hit and run” accident, meaning that despite his…
Whirlpool Product Recall
As a Government-ordered product recall of Whirlpool-made tumble dryers is being planned because of a heightened fire risk arising from…
Share Life, Give Blood
Every year on 14 June we celebrate World Blood Donor Day. This is an event championed by the World Health Organisation and designed to…
Primary or Secondary Victim - or not?
In the last few days it was reported that a claim against Glasgow City Council (“GCC”) had failed. Danielle Weddle raised a claim for the…
Are you cycling naked?
There are apparently 3 types of cyclist - ones that have come off their bikes, ones that are currently coming off their bikes and ones that…
Injuries Assemble
Everyone loves superheroes and that is firmly backed up by the box office where the Avengers movies alone have amassed almost 5 billion US…
£65k fine for Health and Safety breaches at M&Ds Theme
Back in 2017, I blogged about various accidents at theme parks across the UK including the June 2016 incident at M&Ds ‘Scotland’s…
Driving Miss Daisy off into the sunset
Last month Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was involved in a road traffic accident when his 4x4 collided with another vehicle as he…
Be Sure You’re Insured
On Monday Police Scotland announced the launch of “Operation Drive Insured”. The operation, which plans to tackle the problem posed by…
The use of Personal Injury Trusts
Trusts can have a variety of uses and benefits and are not just for the wealthy. If you are receiving a sizeable sum of compensation…
“Bang out of order” – Managing Firework Safety
In 2016-2017, nearly 21 million attendances were recorded at Accident and Emergency departments throughout the NHS. Of these, over 5,…
Spectator Sports and public safety
At the end of September the Ryder Cup took place in Paris. Aside from Europe’s success the news has been full of an incident which occurred…
Lower drink driving limit = less accidents in Scotland?
In December 2014, the drink driving limit in Scotland was lowered to 50mg per 100ml of blood breaking away from the 80mg limit which…
Prevention better than cure
Spare a thought for safety this Injury Prevention Day as our children return to school and nursery.With many children returning to school…