Imagine you’re in a job where you’ve had to work long hours under high pressure over a couple of years and without any sign of change. You’ve complained to your superiors about the increasing workload, both in person and via email. You’ve requested an immediate increase in staffing levels. You’re swamped with work but no help arrives. Your health deteriorates to the point where you suffer a nervous breakdown because of the pressure. You are off work for several months. Before you go back to work, you have a meeting with your superiors about the causes of your ill-health – the main one being your workload. They reassure you by offering you help with your work from a fellow employee. On your return to work, you find that only a few of your files have been covered by co-workers in your absence. The paperwork has been allowed to build-up. Worse, the colleague allocated to help you is moved to other duties within a month of your restart. The workload continues to increase. It’s an Continue Reading
Claiming Personal Injury Compensation – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
There are so many factors to discourage you from making a personal injury claim these days. The Westminster Government almost seem to be trying to outlaw claims for whiplash injury and there is a constant undercurrent of suggestion that such claimants are fraudsters or at least exaggerating their symptoms. So, if you are thinking of claiming personal injury compensation following an accident, should you do so? An unattractive “entitlement” mentality Most of us find it difficult to warm to people who claim entitlement to positions or privileges just because of who they are or what they may claim to have done in the past. But legal entitlements are different Fair enough, the legal entitlement to personal injury compensation, where the injury is caused by the negligence of another, is not a "deserving cause" in everyone's eyes. Usually, these doubters are folk who have never been in the position of an injury victim themselves. It is different when you are the victim. Personal injury Continue Reading
100 Moray Claims Blogs – A Round-Up
We launched the Moray Claims website in October 2012. This is the 100th blog article. So, as we reach the milestone of 100 Moray Claims blogs, what are the main themes which have evolved via the blog during the last 2 years? They ask, You answer I’ve looked to the “They ask, You answer” advice of Marcus Sheridan for guidance, even if most of the time it’s meant predicting rather than knowing what you might want to know about personal injury law. Moray Claims is a trading name of Grigor & Young and so we started off this blog describing Moray Claims as “Not just another accident claims company”. Probably a bit too cryptic as a headline. Belatedly, months later, I realised it might be a good idea to explain what is Moray Claims and the purpose of the blog. In the buzz-speak of the content marketing gurus online, I’ve tried to provide meaningful content, to a targeted audience (you folks in Moray and a bit beyond that) and be authentically helpful. Helping you in Continue Reading
Claims for Compensation after Assault
Most of our articles dealing with claims for personal injury cover injuries which have been caused as the result of someone’s negligence. In other words, the injuries were not caused intentionally. But what about situations where you have been injured because someone deliberately assaulted you? As a victim of crime you may be able to claim compensation. So what mechanisms exist to deal with claims for compensation after assault? Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is a Government body set up to deal with these claims. Elgibility rules and exclusions There are strict rules on eligibility and certain factors can exclude you from making a CICA claim. However, you may be entitled to make a CICA claim if you have been a victim of violent crime or if you were injured while trying to prevent a crime or stop a criminal or while assisting a police officer. Being resident in the UK can be important as there are some Continue Reading