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Useful
Personal Injury Web Sites
- www.avma.org.uk
A charity to help people who have suffered as a result of poor medical
treatment.
- www.headway.org.uk
A charity to provide support and information to people who have suffered
head injuries.
- www.lcd.gov.uk
The Lord Chancellors website which has extensive links to Acts of Parliament;
court reports; the courts etc
- www.legalservices.org.uk
This may provide means tested funding for medical negligence claims.
- www.venables.co.uk
Contains endless information about free and pay for legal advice sites
as well as other very useful links.
- www.courtservice.gov.uk
If you want to bring a court action or defend one this has lots of useful
information as well as all the court forms free.
- www.duhaime.org/diction.htm
Although Canadian this contains definitions of legal terms applicable
to English law.
- www.cica.gov.uk
On this site you will find a full copy of the 1996 Criminal Injuries
Compensation Scheme. (In .pdf format so you will need Acrobat Reader
to read it).
- www.victimsupport.com
A guide to all Victim Support services. Iincludes a very helpful section
on compensation for criminal injuries
- http://www.barrieoncompensation.co.uk
Compensation for Personal Injuries website written by barrister, Peter
Barrie. Includes notes on compensation, practice notes, Compensation
for Personal Injuries case digest, liability notes etc
- http://www.exchangechambers.co.uk/billbraithwaite/
Chapters from Bill Braithwaite's excellent book "Brain and Spine
Injuries - the fight for justice"
In the News
- "Personal
injury victims short changed" - BBC News March
23 2000
Judge
recommends higher compensation for accident victims.
- "Record
award for paralysed boy" - BBC
News March 20 2000
10 year old boy receives £5.1
million paralysed as a result of a road accident.
- "£9.2
million for Road Crash victim" -
BBC News December 21 1998
22 year old student
completely paralysed as a result of a car crash is awarded £9.2
million in anticipation of loss of future earnings and cost of his care.
- "Accident
victims win higher damages" -
BBC News July 16 1998
Mrs Wells,
severely brain damaged as a result of a car crash had her damages
restored to £1.6 million by the House of Lords following the
Court of Appeal's decision to cut her damages to £1.1 million.
The Lords considered that £1.1 million was insufficient.
Kevin Page,
brain damaged when a steel rod pierced his skull, received £1
million.
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