Recent developments, cases and information for personal injury solicitors and accident claimants. http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/ http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/images/claimsheavenlogo.png http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/ 130 64 Personal injury accident compensation claims news. A high court ruling has found that the Catholic Church can be held responsible for the wrongdoing of its priests. It is thought that this could make it easier for victims of priests to get the c ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111111.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111111.php 11 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT An illegal immigrant has been given GBP17,000 in compensation after it was found that he was falsely imprisoned for four months. The man had arrived in the country as a stowaway and then was ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111107.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111107.php 07 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT James Dalton from the Association of British Insurers ABI has given a speech at a whiplash conference this week where he quoted that the numbers of people claiming for the injury has increased ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111103.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111103.php 03 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT It is being suggested that the next big mis-selling scandal could involve the UK's "5th emergency service" Homeserve. The company has, this week, stopped all sales calls from its call centres am ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111031.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111031.php 31 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT A leaked report from Downing Street appears to confirm that companies may be given the right to sack workers who are unproductive. The report suggests that the current employment laws are unecon ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111027.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111027.php 27 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT It has been revealed that the North West of England is the number one place when it comes to insurance claims which involved bodily injury compensation claims. The research conducted by the Inst ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111024.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111024.php 24 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT Prisoners at Wakefield Prison have been given compensation after they received poor dental care. The 24 inmates were awarded a total of GBP47,000 and GBP300,000 in legal fees. The Primar ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111020.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111020.php 20 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT The Nuffield Council for Bioethics has suggested that organ donors and egg donors should be compensated for their agreement to allow their body parts to be used. A report published by the organi ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111017.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111017.php 17 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT The Supreme Court has thrown out a challenge by the insurance industry regarding whether they would be required to pay compensation to victims of asbestos poisoning. The news means that more tha ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111013.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111013.php 13 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT Insurance companies are being criticised this week after it was revealed that insurance executives who are fighting a legal battle to limit the amount of compensation asbestos victims can receiv ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111010.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111010.php 10 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT Insurance company LV= has won a court battle against a personal injury fraudster and is now calling for a change in the law to prevent these sorts of claims going ahead in the future. The procee ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111007.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111007.php 07 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT It has emerged that Tesco has issued the police with a request for compensation for damage caused to their stores during the riots this summer. The compensation is for GBP3 million and comes ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111003.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20111003.php 03 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT It has been ruled that hundreds of thousands of women should be entitled to backpay in an equality test case involving Sheffield city council. The case was due to go to the Supreme Court next mo ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110929.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110929.php 29 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT The Financial Services Compensation Scheme FSCS is warning consumers this week that e-payment cards and prepayment credit cards are not covered by their compensation scheme. This could mean th ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110926.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110926.php 26 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler have this week been offered a compensation payment of GBP2 million from the Murdoch empire for the hacking of their daughter's phone while she ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110922.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110922.php 22 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT Nottinghamshire police are warning local residents of a compensation scam which has led to hundreds of pounds being given to fraudsters. Callers who claim to be from the Ministry of Justice are ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110919.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110919.php 19 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT A student who downloaded a copy of the al-Qa'ida training Manual for his PHD course has been paid GBP20,000 in compensation after he was arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist. Rizwaan S ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110915.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110915.php 15 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT Sainsbury's supermarket have said that they will not be claiming compensation for the damage caused to their stores during the riots across the UK last month. The retailer was badly affected by ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110912.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110912.php 12 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT Prime Minister David Cameron has announced this week that he will press the new Libyan government to compensate the victims of IRA terrorism which was sponsored by the previous administration. M ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110908.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110908.php 08 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT A woman from Crynant in South Wales has been offered compensation and a new washing machine after her old one exploded just moments after her son walked past it. The Hoover-Candy machine is one ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110905.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110905.php 05 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT Figures released by the Financial Services Authority FSA have shown that GBP215 million in compensation payments have been paid to victims of PPI miss-selling in the first half of this yea ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110902.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110902.php 02 Sep 2011 10:15:00 GMT A worker from Yardley Birmingham has lost his case against his employers for compensation after he was made redundant. David Fletcher claimed that the was the only person to be made redundant fr ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110830.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110830.php 30 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT Admiral insurance have suffered a 12% drop in share prices which has been blamed on the rise in compensation claims relating to car accidents. However a growth in referral fees for these compens ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110825.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110825.php 25 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT Patients who were prescribed a drug for weight loss are taking legal action after it turned out the drug led to them becoming suicidal and depressed. The drug, Acomplia was taken off the market ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110822.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110822.php 22 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT The NHS is facing a huge number of compensation claims after it has been found that an operation designed to improve the incontinence which can come from childbirth has left women with worse hea ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110818.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110818.php 18 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT New figures released by the UK Border Agency have revealed that a total of GBP14.2 million was paid out last year in compensation and legal costs to asylum seekers and immigrants. This is andp ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110815.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110815.php 15 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT Homeowners and businesses affected by the riots which have taken place this week all over the UK have been reassured by The Association of British Insurers that their claims for compensation wil ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110811.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110811.php 11 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT Five patients of an orthopaedic doctor Manjit Bharma have been awarded GBP750,000 compensation after they were left with permanent mobility problems following surgery. The doctor is still wo ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110808.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110808.php 08 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT Victims of the nuclear testing carried out by the government in the Pacific during the 1950's have come one step closer to receiving compensation this week. They have been given permission by th ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110801.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110801.php 01 Aug 2011 10:15:00 GMT The Ministry of Defence MoD has confirmed this week that it has paid GBP100,000 in compensation to the family of a teenager in Iraq who died of drowning near Basra while in the custody of ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110725.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110725.php 25 Jul 2011 10:15:00 GMT A new app for the iPhone has been released which includes an unfair dismissal compensation calculator. The app is aimed at employers who want to find out how much they will have to pay. The app ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110718.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110718.php 18 Jul 2011 10:15:00 GMT It has emerged this week that council bosses in Brighton and Hove have paid GBP7,000 to a boy in compensation after he fell into a disused air raid shelter. The boy had climbed over the scho ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110711.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110711.php 11 Jul 2011 10:15:00 GMT The families of three soldiers who were killed in Iraq have failed to win compensation from the government after they claimed that the MoD should have provided armoured vehicles to protect their ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110704.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110704.php 04 Jul 2011 10:15:00 GMT It has been found that claims for compensation made by prisoners in the UK over the last five years have amounted that more than GBP10 million. The figures were obtained by the Press Associa ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110627.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110627.php 27 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMT A new website is about to be launched to help airline passengers claim compensation which has been unclaimed. The website is called EUclaim and has been launched partially in response to the Rya ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110620.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110620.php 21 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMT Barclays Bank has agreed to pay compensation to any customer who made a Payment Protection Insurance miss-selling claim prior to April 20. The payments will be made regardless of the circumstanc ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110613.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110613.php 13 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMT A group of chief executives and other top management executives from a number of companies have approached ministers to suggest that the compensation awards for discrimination should be capped a ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110606.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110606.php 06 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMT An Austrian aristocrat who spent six days in a UK prison has complained that he was not treated well and is now saying he will receive GBP372,000 in compensation. Count Alfons Mensdorff-Poui ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110530.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110530.php 30 May 2011 10:15:00 GMT With a new volcanic eruption in Iceland, those who are booked to go on holiday in the next few days and weeks are questioning their right to compensation should their flights be cancelled or del ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110523.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110523.php 23 May 2011 10:15:00 GMT Statistics provided by councils on Merseyside have indicated that compensation payments to school pupils amounted to GBP50,000 between 2008 and 2010. One claim for GBP750 resulted from c ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110516.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110516.php 16 May 2011 10:15:00 GMT The banking industry has this week, confirmed they will be dropping their legal battle over the mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance PPI. The British Bankers Association BBA have said ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110510.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/news/20110510.php 10 May 2011 10:15:00 GMT If you are involved in a car accident it is easy to forget all of the important things you need to do both at the scene of the accident and afterwards. From informing your insurer to making sure ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/car-accident-claims.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/car-accident-claims.php 15 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT If you have been involved in a car accident, the last thing you want to be worried about is claiming for compensation for your injuries. The chances are you are having to deal with insurance com ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/car-injuries.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/car-injuries.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT If you have been involved in a car crash and it wasn't your fault, you may be wondering how much you might get in compensation for any injuries you are suffering. Knowing if your injury will att ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/car-crash-compensation.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/car-crash-compensation.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT As a motorbike rider you will already be aware that you are more likely to have an accident than any other road user and if you do have an accident, you are more likely to be seriously injured. ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/motorbike-accident-compensation.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/motorbike-accident-compensation.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT When it comes to injuries caused by car accidents, whiplash is one of the most common. This is perhaps because it encompasses a number of types of injury and can range from a slight twinge which ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/whiplash-injuries.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/car-accidents/whiplash-injuries.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT Having an accident while at work is probably one of the more traumatic types of accident to have, however it is also one area of the law which has very tight legislation surrounding it. For this ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/work-injury/work-accident-injury.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/work-injury/work-accident-injury.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT If you are considering making a compensation claim after an accident at work which left you with an injury, you need to carefully consider all of your options. Getting the right solicitor could ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/work-injury/workplace-injuries-solicitors.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/work-injury/workplace-injuries-solicitors.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT Being in hospital is an extremely stressful thing for anyone to have to go through, but to then discover that you have been treated negligently by your doctor or the hospital staff adds insult t ... http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/medical-negligence/medical-negligence-claims.php http://www.claimsheaven.co.uk/medical-negligence/medical-negligence-claims.php 14 Nov 2011 10:15:00 GMT