APIL's annual Injury Prevention Day takes place this year on 21 August 2019 and this year the focus is on avoiding needless injuries and sharing driving wisdom, or as APIL are calling it, "driving lessons".

August has been identified as the month in which the most road fatalities occur, Natalie Marrison from our personal injury department discusses the support available for victims of road accidentals.

On Friday 26 July, staff from across all fifteen of the Ramsdens’ offices collected food donations for the nationwide ‘End Holiday Hunger’ campaign.

Dealing with the consequences of brain injury can be extremely difficult. In a recent study by Headway UK, as part of their Brain Drain – Wake up to Fatigue campaign​ it has been shown that almost 90% of brain injury survivors' lives are negatively affected by ‘pathological fatigue’, with 80% saying their lives would be improved if people had a better understanding.

Should you have been the victim of brain injury it is likely legal advice on the merits of a claim can follow, in order to avoid unnecessary costs and problems later in life.

Throughout Dementia Action Week our Private Client team have been looking at the different aspects of life with dementia. In our latest blog Veronica Mullins, Partner is focussing on having a voice after you have lost the ability to make your own decisions, if ever this were to happen.

Whether you are caring for someone with a brain injury or providing occasional support for a family member there are some small things we can all learn which will make us better equipped to do so.

Following an accident those involved have significant concerns in relation to their injuries and the consequences of this. It can often be difficult to know what to do to try and mitigate the effects.