Case Studies

One of Damon’s tasks at work was to collect and carry rolled up industrial safety nets and check them for damage. The nets were approximately 9 x 16 metres and weigh over 20kg and on this particular day the nets were wet and probably weighed in excess...

As she was cycling on her electrically assisted bicycle an oncoming car suddenly turned right across Hannah’s path causing a collision.  She suffered soft tissue injuries to her hand, knee and shoulder. The car driver initially denied liability...

Our client, Samantha, was leaving the female locker room at work through the door which, because it was a fire door, had an automatic closing mechanism at the top. As she was walking through the door a metal box which was part of the mechanism, fell from...

On the day of the accident Ian was looking for his cat which had jumped over a garden fence which had recently been erected. He leaned on the fence with his elbows to see where the cat had gone but as he did so the fence panel itself broke and collapsed....

Jeanette   had gone to a wedding with her niece and other members of her family. She had not been drinking during the day and at about 9.30 pm she decided to leave the reception. To make her way out she had to walk down some stone stairs, it was dark...

On Boxing Day Shaun had been drinking heavily with a friend at a local pub. Shortly after closing time he left the pub and attempted to cross over the road in order to walk home. As he stepped out into the road he was knocked down by a car and suffered...

Jason was working for a carpet store through an employment agency.  He was unloading a lorry full of carpets and was pulling on one of the rolls of carpet when the wrapping around the carpet was ripped, Jason lost his balance and fell backwards onto...

As he   was walking through a supermarket car park on his way back to his car Conrad tripped and fell on some low slung strapping which was surrounding part of the trolley parking area. As a result of tripping he suffered facial injuries and loss of...

As he was driving towards Derby along the A50 Mick was hit in the rear by another vehicle. He sustained whiplash injuries to his neck and shoulder....

Joy was   working in a kitchen and she leaned over to pull down the serving shutter that had already been reported as faulty. She had to apply extra force to close it and as she did so the shutter suddenly released itself and landed hard on her hand....