A recent study has illustrated that disputes in the construction industry are taking much longer to resolve and are also becoming more costly. The EC Harris research study looked at value, causes, duration and optimal resolution methods whilst comparing 2012 figures to those collected from 2011....
It has emerged that a string of failings by social workers and police allowed the gang convicted last week of a series of sex offences in Oxford to continue to exploit the young girls over an eight-year period. Seven members of a child sex trafficking ring were last week convicted of sex...
The family of Lee Lewis, a 22 year old man who died after crashing into a wall whilst being pursued by the police, have been awarded £20,000 in compensation from South Wales Police. The family, who were awarded the compensation in an out of court settlement during a civil claim against the...
It has been well documented that there have been hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse against the late Jimmy Saville and these have resulted in the police investigation "Operation Yewtree". Following this, we have seen the arrests of a number of "household names", such as Rolf Harris, Jim...
The press has recently been littered with headlines blaming the rising legal bills of the NHS and local Councils on solicitors and the so dubbed 'claims culture' which the UK now finds itself in. It has been reported that compensation claims are becoming the number one concern for schools and...