by Mark Thompson | Aug 10, 2009 | Compensation calculation
No win no fee No win no fee is not an accurate term, as it does not tell you the whole story. The whole story might be a little technical, but until you have heard it you will not understand. Your only question is “Will it cost me anything?” to which the answer will...
by Mark Thompson | Aug 10, 2009 | Compensation for injury
Politics of compensation Newspaper headlines tell you of large compensation awards, fraudulent claims, or the rising cost of road accident claims to insurers. What you do not read is how organisations are reimbursed as a result of a compensation case being brought....
by Mark Thompson | Aug 10, 2009 | Compensation for injury
Compensation – good or bad thing? The need to seek compensation must be a bad thing, but the ability to recover it is a good thing. Nobody wants to be injured, so nobody wants compensation. If something does go wrong, compensation can help put things right, but...
by Mark Thompson | Aug 1, 2009 | Head Injury
Brain injury There are many causes of brain injury. Acquired brain injury is a term which covers all situations in which brain injury has occurred since birth and includes injury from trauma/injury, as well as tumour, stroke, haemorrhage and encephalitis, as examples....
by Mark Thompson | Jul 29, 2009 | Head Injury
Foreign accent syndrome as a result of acquired brain injury The media reported the rare case of Linda Walker whose Geordie accent had turned Jamaican after suffering a stroke. She was diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare neurological condition that is...
