Mooneerams Solicitors invited student lawyer, Olivia Mitchell, to write a blog about what it's been like to study law during a pandemic. We welcome her honesty and hope she finds her final year of university resembles something much more normal! When I began university as a law student in 2019, I could never have envisaged ... The post Studying Law During a Pandemic (Student Blog) appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

We hear the terms ‘personal injury cases’ and ‘personal injury claims’ being bandied about all the time. However, what exactly do we mean by a ‘personal injury case’ or a ‘personal injury claim’? What is a personal injury case? At its most basic level, the definition of a personal injury case is: A legal dispute ... The post What are the most common types of personal injury cases? appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

Pedestrian accidents i.e., ones involving a collision between a motorist (or another road user) and a pedestrian, are a daily occurrence in the UK. In 2019 there were 470 deaths, an increase of 3% on the previous year.  In, all there were a total of 21,770 pedestrian casualties of all severities, reported to the Police. ... The post What are the consequences for hitting a pedestrian? appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

We’ve already written a few articles on the Mooneerams blog about the whiplash reforms: (Can I still make a whiplash injury claim? and What are the whiplash reforms and why do we need them?) We’ve also covered the topic for Legal News Wales. To refresh your memory, for many years now, the Ministry of Justice ... The post Whiplash claims: why the proposed whiplash reforms should be scrapped appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

Contrary to what the press would have you believe, the idea that there is some kind of ‘compensation culture’ in this country, is a myth that has been bandied about for many years by the government and the insurance industry, using sections of the national press to act as their PR mouthpiece. It is a ... The post Is Personal Injury a Civil Case (and other questions, you always wanted to ask)? appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

We’ve all had that call from a claims management company, telling us that we’ve had a car accident within the last three years and that we ought to make an injury compensation claim (despite our best endeavours to tell them that we haven’t been involved in an accident, ever!) We dislike these types of marketing ... The post Had a whiplash injury within the last 3 years? If so, you might want to make a claim as soon as you can! appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

If you type the words 'criminal injuries' into your web browser and then click on the 'news' section of the menu at the top of the page, it's likely that you'll see a list of headlines, such as: 'Teenage boy rushed to hospital with head injury following robbery’ or: ‘Man stabbed after confronting a criminal'. ... The post Should I make a criminal injuries claim? appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

Whether you ask a solicitor to make a personal injury claim on your behalf or you decide to deal with your own claim, there is a set format for the way that the parties to an injury claim, i.e. the claimant(s) and the defendant(s) conduct themselves, before starting formal legal proceedings. The format is known ... The post What is the Pre-Action Protocol for personal injury claims? appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

For most people the term ‘brain injury compensation’ conjures up thoughts of serious injury claims that lead to huge amounts of compensation being awarded to those who have suffered catastrophic head injuries in road traffic accidents or accidents at work. Some brain injury claims do result in compensation awards that run into the millions of ... The post A Guide to Traumatic Brain Injury Compensation Claims appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more

For most people the term ‘brain injury compensation’ conjures up thoughts of serious injury claims that lead to huge amounts of compensation being awarded to those who have suffered catastrophic head injuries in road traffic accidents or accidents at work. Some brain injury claims do result in compensation awards that run into the millions of ... The post Traumatic Brain Injury compensation claims appeared first on Mooneerams ..read more