As National Road Victim month draws to a close, Natalie Marrison from our Personal Injury team discusses road safety and the devastating effect of distraction whilst driving.

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".

Natalie Marrison from our personal injury department discusses the importance of rehabilitation during a personal injury claim, in allowing the claimant to return to as close to their pre-accident lifestyle as possible.

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.

The Lord Chancellor has announced this week that the Personal Injury Discount Rate (“PIDR”) will be readjusted from - 0.75% to -0.25% with effect from the 5th of August 2019.

Between the 24th and 28th June 2019, professionals national wide are coming together to learn about the practices of Safeguarding, raising awareness and helping to emphasise one of the key themes ‘Safeguarding is everyone’s business’.

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.