One of our clients (aged 38) was employed in Swindon as a delivery driver for a local furniture company. During January 2012, he visited a block of flats in Swindon to deliver a sofa to a customer. To do so, he had to travel in a lift from the ground floor to the lower ground floor. As the lift door [...]
Our Client (aged 59), a farm worker, was kicked by a young calf in a holding pen whilst at work. He suffered a fracture to his ankle and damage to the ligament and cartilage. He was left with some permanent minor symptoms and was likely to develop degenerative joint disease a few years earlier than [...]
One of our clients (aged 33) was employed by Oxfordshire County Council as a Care Assistant in their Children’s Team. From about 2009 onwards, she was required to provide care to a 17-year-old male who had a number of learning difficulties. From about February 2010, she raised concerns about his agg [...]
One of our clients (aged 26) was involved in an accident at work during October 2008. At the time, he was employed by Laing O’Rourke’s, working on a construction site in Berkshire. At one point, he was working alongside a hedgerow, operating a remote-controlled compaction vehicle. As he did so, a he [...]
One of our clients (aged 32) had been working as an agency employee at an import/export company in Swindon. During February 2012, whilst helping to unload one of their lorries, a large box fell from the back of the lorry, landing on his head, which caused him to fall over. This was due to the neglig [...]
We acted for an employee of an Ambulance Service (aged 64) based in Somerset who had an accident at work during August 2009. Briefly, he was descending a long, steep flight of stairs at some premises rented by his employer, when he lost his balance and fell. Our client suffered a suprapatella ruptur [...]
We acted for one of Honda’s employees (aged 40) who was unhappy with how he had been treated by his employer. Briefly, during August 2010, he underwent spinal surgery to help cure a longstanding back problem. His treating doctor signed a sick note for him which specifically told Honda that he should [...]
One of our clients (aged 55) had, from about 2005 until 2008, been exposed to a drug by his employer in Swindon, who are a well-known pharmaceutical company, which caused him to develop allergic contact dermatitis. It took him about 12 months or so before he had fully recovered from his reaction and [...]
Our client (who is now aged 56) sought our advice about a number of accidents which he had had at work during previous years. At the time of each of his accidents, he had been employed by the same company as a bus driver. In October 2008, he was stepping down from the door of a bus when he missed th [...]
We acted for an employee of a Swindon company (aged 35) who worked as a loader on one of their production lines. His work involved lifting and carrying heavy car seats with an estimated weight between 25 Kg and 30 Kg. In November 2006, he started to experience symptoms in his right shoulder. He cope [...]
