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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
5 September 2016
The Paralympic Games: Born from rehabilitation treatment for spinal injuries
The Olympic Games may have come to a close, but we can still look forward to all the action of the Paralympic Games, due to take place in Rio between 7 – 18 September 2016. What I did not realise until recently was the fact that the Paralympic Games owe a debt to the treatment of spinal injury patients during and shortly after World War II.
6 June 2016
From Prisons to Petrol Stations - The Changing Landscape of Vicarious Liability
Following two recent Supreme Court decisions, the principle that employers can be held responsible for the wrongful acts of their employees is expanding. This affects a number of personal injury claims as it is now clearer than ever that the doctrine of vicarious liability is not confined to cases where there is a contract of employment between an employer and employee.
15 December 2015
Compensation for sexual assaults: blurring the lines between criminal and civil litigation
The recent case of C v WH [2015] EWHC 2687 (QB) highlights the increasingly interconnected worlds of criminal law and personal injury claims relating to sexual abuse.
15 July 2015
Injured abroad whilst on holiday? A modern take on the story of David & Goliath
In an earlier blog, Children unlawfully killed in Corfu hotel - should Thomas Cook be compensated?, I talked about how helpful the Package Travel Regulations are, but unfortunately they don’t always apply.
A client of mine was involved in a very serious road accident in Egypt. She was travelling in a desert safari tour (which had been organised by her hotel) when the vehicle inexplicably left the road. Her husband was one of two people to die in the accident, and she herself received serious injuries.
3 June 2015
Consulting Dr Google - A Friend or Foe?
In this increasingly tech-savvy age, it has become common to “google” one’s symptoms. For many of us, consulting the virtual Dr Google has become the first port of call for medical information. A recent Australian study by the Queensland University of Technology titled ‘'Dr. Google' doesn't know best: Search engine self-diagnosis and 'cyberchondria', has shown that 5% of all monthly Google searches are now health related; this equates to approximately five billion monthly searches.