Personal Injury

An inquest will be held this week (beginning Monday, August 22nd) into the death of a baby boy shortly after his birth at the Countess of Chester hospital.

August marks National Road Victim Month, a campaign held each August to remember those who have been injured or killed on our roads and to promote road safety.

Rothera Bray Personal Injury Department is pleased to announce its support of the Back Up Trust.

The Highway Code’s most recent updates came into force on 29th January 2022 and fundamentally change the duties owed by different road users to one another. We will be looking at what these changes are and why they are of importance to road users and the material impact for lawyers.

Rothera Bray’s Serious Injury Solicitor Greg Almond recently settled a case for a client involved in a road traffic accident, resulting in her requiring amputation of her leg below the knee and ultimately being awarded £1,950,000 in damages.

After a recent explosion at the Wessex waterplant premesis in Avonmouth, Bristol caused four fatalities, we look at the support and compensation available to those affected by the loss of a loved one to a fatal accident.

The Prime Minister has announced that England are to be in a nationwide four-week lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, from November 5 to December 2, as cases have spiked in recent weeks. Consequently, people are being told to stay at home, there is a ban on gathering with people you do not live with and the closure of non-essential business.

I was very concerned to read that the Police are reporting a significant increase in the number of drivers who are using the quieter roads during the UK wide lockdown as an opportunity to speed. Whilst out on my daily walk yesterday, I noticed several cars travelling well in excess of the 30-mph speed limit […]

The whiplash reforms are a package of measures introduced by the Ministry of Justice to change the way low value claims arising out of a road traffic accident are dealt with. The reforms were first proposed in 2015 with a view to making it harder for people to claim compensation for exaggerated or fraudulent whiplash […]

APIL (the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) has welcomed calls from a parliamentary committee to overhaul the law on compensation for bereaved relatives and extend eligibility to all family members who had a “genuine close relationship” to the deceased.

All brain and head injuries are serious but while some only cause temporary damage, others can cause permanent problems.

Those deemed most at risk of attacks in the workplace are workers in the service and care sector along with teachers, teaching assistants and other education workers.