A talented athlete has received £77,000 compensation after she was hit by a negligent driver as she cycled to work. The incident took place in February 2013 when the woman was cycling along a main road. The motorist was driving towards her from the opposite direction. He turned right across the road into a side street and then collided with the woman. She was thrown from her bicycle and sustained …Read More

A woman who was trapped against a wall by a reversing bus has been awarded £3,800 compensation. The 45-year-old had been walking along the pavement with her daughter when a bus driver misjudged a turn. The bus swung too far and backed on to the pavement towards the woman. She was trapped against the wall and couldn’t move. She needed to push her daughter into the wall to stop her …Read More

He had worked as a forecourt cleaner at a garage and was often given demeaning tasks and made to perform them repeatedly. His boss made him collect things from the cash and carry up to four times a week even when he wasn’t on duty. When he complained that he wasn’t getting paid he was told: “You need your job don’t you? If you can’t go, you’ll lose your job.” …Read More

A mother has been given a second chance to try to leave the UK despite a judge’s concerns that she was only doing so to take her children away from their father. The case involved a German couple who had lived in England for more than 12 years. They had two children aged four and two who had both been born in England. The couple’s relationship broke down in 2012 …Read More

A grandmother’s will, which led to a family dispute over the ownership of her flat, has been upheld by the High Court. The grandmother had originally intended to leave the flat to her daughter and granddaughter and had written this into her will. When she was 90 years old, she moved in with them because her eyesight and health had deteriorated, although she could still cope mentally. However, tensions arose …Read More

More than 35,000 people have now used Help to Buy The Help to Buy scheme has now enabled more than 35,000 people to buy a new home, according to the latest government figures. Almost three quarters of the homes bought using the scheme were new-build properties. This has helped to provide a boost to the construction industry with private house building rising by 34% since the launch of Help to …Read More

Making a will is one the easiest and best things you can do to protect the interests of the people you care about. It’s also the only way of ensuring that your wealth is passed on in the way you want. Unfortunately, many people never get round to making a will, which means they are said to have died intestate. If that is the case, their wishes will not be …Read More

A group of 21 workers have won an age discrimination claim against their former employer after they were sacked for being too old. The group were drivers for Purple Parking, a company that provides bus shuttle services and car chauffeuring to UK airports. They were told they could no longer work for the company because there had been a change in their insurance policy which now excluded employees over the …Read More

A woman has been awarded £3,750 compensation after she fell on a malfunctioning escalator in a department store. The woman was shopping in British Home Stores when she travelled on the in-store escalator to get to a different floor. The escalator suddenly stopped causing her to fall. She suffered bruising to both hands, the right side of her body and her forehead. The woman took legal action against the store, …Read More