Tripping accident claims ip parks or  on recreational areas owned by the Council are brought against the Council by virtue of the duties imposed upon them by the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957.   A critical issue is when does a visitor stray from being a lawful

Very complicated issues can arise where a person is the named person insured to drive a car, but then allows a friend to drive the vehicle, who is then an uninsured driver , and crashes.   The passenger (who is the only named person insured

Please note that our offices are closed over the Festive period from Friday 23rd  December 2011 at 5.00 p.m       to           Tuesday 3rd   January 2012   9.00 a.m .

Congratulations to our Andy Bloxham for once again completing the annual 5k Birchwood Santa Dash in aid of Brainwave North West. A respectable top ten finish (i.e. 10th) in this years showery race but a sharp decline from last years more credible 4th place, a fall in perform

Which have been the most important cases in 2011?   Dailing -v- R J Heale & Co Ltd 2011 EWCA Civ 329  where the claimant a ceiling fixer fell at work and sustained head and back injuries and began to drink heavily. Three years

European law is not all bad European law is not all bad. We have settled a case where the driver who caused the accident was driving a hire car. The hirer did not report the accident to the hire company, and so the insurance company for the hire company said that

The Law Society Gazette reported The Law Society Gazette reported the need for a wholesale training review including the pathway to qualification and continuing professional development, a move we fully support given the need for specialisation, as there are too m

At Bartletts we pride ourselves on using only qualified solicitors and our vast experience to produce the best results for our clients. Mr J was the innocent victim of a fairly innocuous road traffic accident in a car park, when another driver reversed into him whilst waitin

We have been established since 1860 and like to think that in those 150 years+ we've learned a trick or two to make a difference to the result in each and every one of our client's cases. For instance, rarely can a client have provided less information at an initial interview than