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Transport minister John Hayes has said that more than a million Volkswagen drivers in the UK have been “taken for a ride” by the manufacturer over the diesel emissions scandal. He added that the Government is prepared to take legal action against the carmaker to secure compensation. Mr Hayes tol...

The AA has called for a review of how drink drivers are dealt with after DVLA figures showed that more than 8,000 drivers have been caught over the limit at least twice in the past five years. Between 2011 and 2015, 219,008 motorists were prosecuted for driving or attempting to drive while above the...

Plans to up the small claims limit for personal injury to £5000 today came under fire from the Law Society of England and Wales. ‘These proposals will completely undermine the right of ordinary people to receive full and proper compensation from those that have injured them – often seri...

‘Cold calling must be banned’, lawyers’ groups warned this week A complete ban on cold calling for personal injury claims is essential to protect consumers and prevent unscrupulous operators from finding a way around existing rules, solicitors warned today. Responding to the news the Telephone...

  The Claimant ‘E’, aged 35 at the time of the accident, was injured after falling from a horse. E had attended 40-50 riding lessons over a 2 year period but was a still novice rider with little riding confidence. E had never been taught how to gallop. E and her friend had booked on [&helli...

This is one subject that I can honestly say makes me feel very angry. I drive on our roads everyday and have done for many years now. Each time I do, I see at least one driver using a mobile phone whilst behind the wheel. Over the years, this practice has increased dramatically, probably due to [&h...

  The NHS Litigation Authority has warned that future negligence claims against the health service will total more than £50bn. The NHS received 5,419 claims in 2006-7, rising to 10,965 in 2015-16. During the past decade, the NHS has paid out more than £6bn in negligence claims, and in the past fi...

A teenager who broke her back in a horse riding fall has won a £3m legal battle against her ex-boyfriend’s family. Ashleigh Harris, who was 14 at the time of the incident, had been encouraged by her then boyfriend’s family to ride the ex-racehorse when she fell off, leaving her paralyse...

Our last free talk of 2016 will be at 11am on Tuesday 15th Novemberber in Orpington Library. Through these talks over the past five years, we have been able to help hundreds of people by providing essential free advice on subjects that everyone should be aware of. In our next talk we will be dis...

New awareness campaign released to target uninsured drivers Uninsured and ‘hit and run’ drivers take a life every three days A new video released today, ‘Protection’, aims to improve public awareness that car insurance is a legal requirement. This is the second video released by MIB (Motor I...