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Why We Should Be Happy To Pay Through The Nose For Petrol

Ten years ago, petrol cost, on average, 77.9 pence per litre, although it was occasionally even less than that. Now the price of one of the country's most desirable commodities has risen to over £1.30 p/l in some parts of the country, and with the unea... Read >

Is Summer a Safer Time to Drive?

Spring is in the air, it seems. It never gets tiring to realise that the nights are getting shorter, the temperature is rising and you can still see your hand in front of your face after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. As the weather (hopefully) becomes wa... Read >

The Ridiculousness Of The Anti-Health And Safety Bandwagon

There are two sides to every story. In the case of some, one set of arguments seems to gain prominence more easily than their counter equivalents. In the case of health and safety, (often annoyingly dubbed 'elf 'n' safety' for some reason, as though it... Read >

Could Car Crash Deaths Become A Thing Of The Past?

Sobering statistics: for every new car manufactured today, another will crash. 1.2 million people die all over the world in car crashes every year, but an article in the BBC magazine speculates that accidents could eventually become a thing of the pas... Read >

Who To Turn To If You Need A Serviced Office Space

Search Office Space (SOS) is a commercial real estate brokerage that specializes in the provision of serviced offices for businesses all over the world. The company conducts daily operations from facilities in New York, Manchester, London, and Auckland... Read >

The Perils of Being a Drunken...Passenger?

Christmas is upon us again. Let's set aside the snow for a second (if only such a thing was literally possible, perhaps the queues outside St Pancras station wouldn't be so long) and focus on an omnipresent festive problem: drunk people getting into cars.... Read >

Here We Go Again: Compensation Culture? What Compensation Culture?

The compensation culture debate rages on with the news in the Daily Mail that a nurse is claiming from a man at whose house she was injured - despite the fact that he is now dead. Penelope Snelson, 37, is a district nurse who paid visits to cancer suff... Read >

Four Good Reasons To Claim Personal Injury Compensation

These pointers may well help to persuade some of the more sceptical opponents of personal injury law that claiming compensation is a worthwhile pursuit if you're badly hurt. You should claim compensation because: It will prevent the same injury be... Read >

The Effect of Kenneth Clarke's New Reforms on Injury Victims

Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke has unveiled a raft of changes to the law governing the cost of litigation in England and Wales, attacking 'cases which would never have even reached the courtroom door were it not for the fact that somebody else was payin... Read >

The Nonsense Surrounding the UK's Health and Safety Laws

Another day, another two sides to the much-debated and much-maligned health and safety coin. The anti-health and safety story comes from (as if you didn't know already) The Daily Mail, which has seized upon the story of a Hampshire crèche's coffee morn... Read >

Why People Shouldn't Be Afraid of Being Sued for Clearing Snow

Hampshire County Council and Portsmouth City Council were unable, last year, to assure their residents that they would not face legal action as a result of their actions if they were clearing snow from walkways. However, the two bodies have now informed l... Read >

Winter is Here: Five Tips for Staying Safe in the Snow

On my way to work this morning there had been traffic chaos caused by a burst water mains on a main road into London. As if the Tube strike wasn't bad enough, the water had obviously been seeping overnight and had turned the pavement and road surfaces int... Read >

Fridays Feel Better Than Mondays, but You're More Likely to Crash

We all agree that there's nothing quite like the feeling of a Friday evening and walking out of the office with your head held high. Research from accident management company Accident Exchange suggests that Friday evenings in November are the most dang... Read >

Why Uninsured Drivers are the Real Reason Insurance Costs Are Rising

This week, representatives of the UK insurance industry trooped to the House of Commons to tell the Transport Select Committee that the price of their product cannot be expected to continue to escalate without something being done about it. The cost of... Read >

The Injury Risks of Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night is over for another year, and although the vast majority of events will have passed off without problem, there are always a couple of horror stories that have come up. One item of bonfire night paraphernalia that has come under scrutiny i... Read >