There is already a credible and ethical alternative to referral fees, a model created by gocompensate.com
Simon Oates of gocompensate.com said “We could see that referral fees were outdated, created stigma on what should be considered as a positive service and were no longer a viable option to maintain trust and credibility with the consumer.”
The gocompensate.com model was launched in January 2011 promoting specialist solicitors on a local basis thereby enabling potential claimants access to the very best solicitor in their region. The service campaigns to ‘keep claims local’.
The removal of referral fees will not reduce the number of accident victims, it may not even reduce the amount of claims but it will introduce trust, honesty and integrity to the services offered by genuine compensation service providers.
gocompensate.com has written to the government and to Jack Straw making them aware of the credible alternative to referral fees and supports the Society in its campaign to ban referral fees.
The alternative to referral fees
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
Airlift for teenaged biker after accident
A TEENAGE motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured in a crash in North Dorset.
The 18-year-old man was riding an Aprilia bike which was in collision with a Rover estate car on the A357 near Sturminster Newton.
Because of the nature of the injuries and the rural location, paramedics who attended the scene requested an airlift.
The Portland Coastguard helicopter was scrambled to take the injured rider to hospital.
Police said the collision happened outside the entrance to South Farm in Cooks Lane, north of Lydlinch, about 8.20pm on Monday.
The road was closed until the early hours while the scene was examined by police experts.
The motorcycle is registered to a an address in Gillingham while the car involved in the accident is registered to a Blandford area address.
Sergeant Paul James is appealing for witnesses and information.
Contact police on 01305 222222.
source: dorsetecho.co.uk
Dorset Personal Injury
The 18-year-old man was riding an Aprilia bike which was in collision with a Rover estate car on the A357 near Sturminster Newton.
Because of the nature of the injuries and the rural location, paramedics who attended the scene requested an airlift.
The Portland Coastguard helicopter was scrambled to take the injured rider to hospital.
Police said the collision happened outside the entrance to South Farm in Cooks Lane, north of Lydlinch, about 8.20pm on Monday.
The road was closed until the early hours while the scene was examined by police experts.
The motorcycle is registered to a an address in Gillingham while the car involved in the accident is registered to a Blandford area address.
Sergeant Paul James is appealing for witnesses and information.
Contact police on 01305 222222.
source: dorsetecho.co.uk
Dorset Personal Injury
Biker Kevin Madigan killed by force of crash
A Liverpool motorcyclist was killed by the force of a crash when he collided with a refuse lorry on the Isle of Man, an inquest has heard.
Kevin Madigan's Suzuki bike collided with the truck at about 1545 BST in Bemahague Road, Douglas, on 13 June.
The inquest has been adjourned because of ongoing investigations.
Manx Coroner Alistair Montgomerie concluded 40-year-old Mr Madigan's death was due to blunt force trauma because of a road traffic accident.
source: bbc.co.uk
Liverpool Personal Injury
Kevin Madigan's Suzuki bike collided with the truck at about 1545 BST in Bemahague Road, Douglas, on 13 June.
The inquest has been adjourned because of ongoing investigations.
Manx Coroner Alistair Montgomerie concluded 40-year-old Mr Madigan's death was due to blunt force trauma because of a road traffic accident.
source: bbc.co.uk
Liverpool Personal Injury
Grandad claims leg was about to be cut off without his consent
A GRANDAD claims surgeons were about to amputate his leg – without permission.
Roy Clamp was in for a bone graft operation at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but said he discovered at the last minute that medics were going to take his leg off.
NHS Lothian and Borders say the incident last week was “a misunderstanding” and say they would not amputate without his knowledge.
Speaking at his home in Ecclefechan, Mr Clamp, aged 50, told the Standard: “I had no idea what they were planning. As far as I was aware I was going for a five-hour bone graft operation from my hip to my femur and to have an alloy plate in my leg removed or replaced after almost a year of waiting.
“It was only when I asked the anaesthetist minutes before the operation for a run down on what they were doing that I learnt about the amputation plans. There had been no consultation about it with me.
“The operation was cancelled and I am left not knowing what is going to happen next. I have lodged an official complaint over my treatment so far.”
The father of six, a former self-employed woodcutter, shattered his right kneecap in 12 pieces after falling from a bridge on a fishing holiday in Oxfordshire a year ago yesterday.
He broke his femur which has a four-inch gap because of a water-borne infection which destroyed flesh and muscle.
He underwent eight operations at The Radcliffe Hospital in Oxfordshire as specialists saved his leg and won over the infection.
They took muscle from his calf to protect the femur and inserted an alloy plate through his leg and put in a “basket” containing antibiotics to fight any future infection.
“The specialists at the Radcliffe were fantastic. They rebuilt my knee and were confident that I was making a full recovery. I had just one operation left and that was for a bone graft and to have the alloy plate and basket removed,” he said.
“I was pretty homesick by then so they arranged for me to be transferred to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for this last operation but not long after I got there I was sent home without the operation and told they would send for me within weeks.”
Mr Clamp claims that never happened and said he saw a succession of consultants at Dumfries Infirmary.
He said: “The first told me the reason why I had not had the operation in Glasgow was because I did not need the operation as the femur was okay and I should try standing and walking.
“I then got another appointment and the consultant told me that I’d been given misinformation and X-rays taken that day showed I still needed the operation. He told me not to stand on my leg or I’d damage the plate.”
Unluckily, Mr Clamp, who has spent 11 months on crutches, then suffered a fall which caused the metal plate and its screws to come loose.
He asked to go back to The Radcliffe Hospital but was sent to Edinburgh instead.
“I finally thought I’d get the operation I needed to get me back on my feet,” he said.
“The surgeon seems to think I have a bone infection but, although I stayed in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for two days after the operation was cancelled for a second opinion and biopsies, I was sent home without either.
“The surgeon has gone on holiday and I am just left here in pain, not knowing what is going to happen next. I have heard nothing since I got home.”
NHS Lothian has issued a statement saying: “There seems to have been a misunderstanding and we apologise for any concern.
“Mr Clamp was due to have a new metal plate fitted and have an infection checked.
“He was told amputation was one of several possible future options. This decision would not have been made without the patient’s consent.”
source: dgstandard.co.uk
Amputation Claims
Roy Clamp was in for a bone graft operation at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but said he discovered at the last minute that medics were going to take his leg off.
NHS Lothian and Borders say the incident last week was “a misunderstanding” and say they would not amputate without his knowledge.
Speaking at his home in Ecclefechan, Mr Clamp, aged 50, told the Standard: “I had no idea what they were planning. As far as I was aware I was going for a five-hour bone graft operation from my hip to my femur and to have an alloy plate in my leg removed or replaced after almost a year of waiting.
“It was only when I asked the anaesthetist minutes before the operation for a run down on what they were doing that I learnt about the amputation plans. There had been no consultation about it with me.
“The operation was cancelled and I am left not knowing what is going to happen next. I have lodged an official complaint over my treatment so far.”
The father of six, a former self-employed woodcutter, shattered his right kneecap in 12 pieces after falling from a bridge on a fishing holiday in Oxfordshire a year ago yesterday.
He broke his femur which has a four-inch gap because of a water-borne infection which destroyed flesh and muscle.
He underwent eight operations at The Radcliffe Hospital in Oxfordshire as specialists saved his leg and won over the infection.
They took muscle from his calf to protect the femur and inserted an alloy plate through his leg and put in a “basket” containing antibiotics to fight any future infection.
“The specialists at the Radcliffe were fantastic. They rebuilt my knee and were confident that I was making a full recovery. I had just one operation left and that was for a bone graft and to have the alloy plate and basket removed,” he said.
“I was pretty homesick by then so they arranged for me to be transferred to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for this last operation but not long after I got there I was sent home without the operation and told they would send for me within weeks.”
Mr Clamp claims that never happened and said he saw a succession of consultants at Dumfries Infirmary.
He said: “The first told me the reason why I had not had the operation in Glasgow was because I did not need the operation as the femur was okay and I should try standing and walking.
“I then got another appointment and the consultant told me that I’d been given misinformation and X-rays taken that day showed I still needed the operation. He told me not to stand on my leg or I’d damage the plate.”
Unluckily, Mr Clamp, who has spent 11 months on crutches, then suffered a fall which caused the metal plate and its screws to come loose.
He asked to go back to The Radcliffe Hospital but was sent to Edinburgh instead.
“I finally thought I’d get the operation I needed to get me back on my feet,” he said.
“The surgeon seems to think I have a bone infection but, although I stayed in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for two days after the operation was cancelled for a second opinion and biopsies, I was sent home without either.
“The surgeon has gone on holiday and I am just left here in pain, not knowing what is going to happen next. I have heard nothing since I got home.”
NHS Lothian has issued a statement saying: “There seems to have been a misunderstanding and we apologise for any concern.
“Mr Clamp was due to have a new metal plate fitted and have an infection checked.
“He was told amputation was one of several possible future options. This decision would not have been made without the patient’s consent.”
source: dgstandard.co.uk
Amputation Claims
Judge blocks families' Iraq compensation bid
A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.
But Mr Justice Owen allowed a negligence claim brought on behalf of one soldier's child to go ahead – a ruling lawyers hailed as a landmark.
Lawyers representing families said they aimed to appeal against the judgment on human rights claims.
Relatives said the Ministry of Defence failed to provide armoured vehicles or equipment which could have saved lives and should pay compensation.
MoD lawyers said decisions about battlefield equipment were for politicians and military commanders and asked the high court to stop compensation claims going forward.
The judge announced his ruling on Thursday after hearing arguments from all sides during a three-day hearing in London in May. Owen had heard that compensation claims had been made following an incident in which a British Challenger tank opened fire on another British Challenger tank after an officer became "disorientated" and incidents in which soldiers died after Snatch Land Rovers hit improvised bombs.
Corporal Stephen Allbutt, 35, of Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was killed by "friendly fire" in March 2003 after his Challenger 2 tank was hit by another Challenger 2 tank.
Private Phillip Hewett, 21, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, died in July 2005 after a Snatch Land Rover was blown up.
Similar explosions claimed the lives of Private Lee Ellis, 23, of Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, in February 2006, and Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath, 22, of Romford, Essex, in August 2007.
source: guardian.co.uk
Personal Injury Compensation
But Mr Justice Owen allowed a negligence claim brought on behalf of one soldier's child to go ahead – a ruling lawyers hailed as a landmark.
Lawyers representing families said they aimed to appeal against the judgment on human rights claims.
Relatives said the Ministry of Defence failed to provide armoured vehicles or equipment which could have saved lives and should pay compensation.
MoD lawyers said decisions about battlefield equipment were for politicians and military commanders and asked the high court to stop compensation claims going forward.
The judge announced his ruling on Thursday after hearing arguments from all sides during a three-day hearing in London in May. Owen had heard that compensation claims had been made following an incident in which a British Challenger tank opened fire on another British Challenger tank after an officer became "disorientated" and incidents in which soldiers died after Snatch Land Rovers hit improvised bombs.
Corporal Stephen Allbutt, 35, of Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was killed by "friendly fire" in March 2003 after his Challenger 2 tank was hit by another Challenger 2 tank.
Private Phillip Hewett, 21, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, died in July 2005 after a Snatch Land Rover was blown up.
Similar explosions claimed the lives of Private Lee Ellis, 23, of Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, in February 2006, and Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath, 22, of Romford, Essex, in August 2007.
source: guardian.co.uk
Personal Injury Compensation
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