Healthcare workers, whether they be employed by the NHS or a private company are often exposed to very high risks of injury during the course of their employment due to the nature of the work they undertake and can involve …
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Covid 19 in the workplace
As the world-wide spread of Coronavirus continues to make headlines, it paves the way for new areas of risk in the workplace. Whilst we have seen the obvious trend of employers failing to implement social distancing measures, a lack of …
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Covid-19 and Lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The global pandemic has taken us all by storm. As with anything that isn’t planned – problems can emerge. I will be looking at employers’ liability issues that have arisen due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Firstly, I would like to …
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An Open Letter To Management Who Doesn’t Take Employee Safety Seriously
Why should top-level Directors care for employees safety? For starters, every employee should work in a safe and protected environment. However, in most companies, employees are not given a chance to raise their concerns about Workplace safety or not given a …
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£92,500 secured for Construction Machine Mechanic who suffered traumatic amputation to left thumb.
Mr Marks was injured at work in November 2014 whilst working as a Construction Machine Mechanic. His job required him to prepare a refurbished cement mixer to go out on hire and refuel the cement mixer’s engine. To refuel the …
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Express Solicitors secure £130,000 for Mr Costa as a result of workplace accident
Mr Costa was injured at work in 2016 as a shuttering carpenter. Whilst carrying out a conversion of a property Mr Costa was instructed by his employer to remove the shuttering underpinning the property. Whilst Mr Costa was carrying out …
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New Training contract For Alex Langston
We are delighted to announce that Alex Langston has been given a training contract with Express Solicitors. Alex started with Express Solicitors in their New client team in April 2015. Alex was then promoted to a litigation assistant where he …
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Express Solicitors secure £181,000 settlement for HGV Driver injured at work.
Mr Rees was injured at work in October 2014 whilst making a delivery as a Driver. He was required to carry out a delivery of freight to industrial premises in Halifax. During the unloading process Mr Rees was stood inside …
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£13,000 for client after blame denied
Our client worked as a carer attending service user’s houses to provide personal care. One of the service users she attended had a metal wheelchair access ramp installed on their property. The ramp had a handrail, but it became very …
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Leaking sink causes 12 month injury
Mrs Law instructed us to act on her behalf following an accident at work on the 12th March 2016. Mrs Law worked in a Waitrose Café in Banstead as a Sales Assistant. As she was walking to the bread slicing …
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£2,500 awarded to Mr White 6 weeks after defendants asked us to withdraw the claim.
Mr White was involved in an accident at work in July 2015 when he was unloading a compact (also known as a scissor lift) from the back of a low loader vehicle. Mr White lowered the compact from the vehicle …
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Mr Thomas awarded £28,000 following an injury lifting a radiator.
Mr Thomas instructed Express Solicitors in January 2015 after sustaining an injury following an accident at work on 29th July 2014. Our client was employed as a Heating Engineer for a company called Robert Heath Heating Limited. Our client’s main …
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£3,150 after an accident at work
I recently represented Mr Johnson in a claim for compensation following a nasty fall at while at work on 29th October 2015 which caused him to sustain a severe injury to his left elbow. On the day of the accident, …
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Employers Liability – Failure to Risk Assess
When making a claim against your employer for personal injury there are certain hurdles you need to overcome to be successful. Very broadly you firstly need to prove that you are owed a duty of care by your employer, secondly …
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£24,000 compensation after an accident at work
Mr Roeton was a self-employed brick labourer who was working as sub-contractor on a building site in Crewe which was operated by Bloor Homes Limited. At the time of his accident, Mr Roeton was carrying a concrete block along a …
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£70,000 compensation after accident in a Garage
Express Solicitors acted on behalf of Mr Wilkins who sustained a significant injury at work during the course of his employment as a mechanic. Mr Wilkins was instructed by his employer to use a piece of equipment known as a whizzing …
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“Common Sense is not enough”
The case was where the Client, head chef of Bupa care home, injured himself when he failed to turn off and unplug an electrical hand-held blender from the socket and in trying to remove the blade, he accidently switched on …
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£12,500 for an accident in a Hospital
Mrs Hampson was a 58 year old nurse working at the Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital when she was involved in an accident at work. The accident came about as a result of Mrs Hampson being required to assist a …
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£6,000 for Chemical Burns
At the time of his accident, Mr Andrews was working in the external ducts of a power station completing cleaning works with colleagues. Mr Andrews’ employer had provided him with Personal Protective Equipment in the form of goggles and a …
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It’s not too late – £5,500 awarded to client after cut to hand at work
Miss Hussain instructed Express Solicitors in March 2016 following an accident that she had sustained while at work on the 18th December 2013. Express Solicitors did not hesitate to take on the case, despite there being only 9 months until …