Attwood Solicitors http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk Personal Injury Claims | Accident Claims | No-Win-No-Fee Solicitors Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pottery Worker With Hearing Loss Awarded Compensation http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/pottery-worker-with-hearing-loss-awarded-compensation/ http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/pottery-worker-with-hearing-loss-awarded-compensation/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:33:39 +0000 admin http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/brandnew/new/?p=2818
Following a court ruling in 2009, workers can claim compensation if it can be proved that they were exposed to more than 80 decibels of noise at work on a regular basis.

Adrian said: “I worked for 20 years for John Tams and it was very noisy. In the old-fashioned factories a siren would go off on the kiln and the sound was deafening. You could hardly hear yourself think and we were never offered earplugs. If people are talking but not facing me, I find it very difficult to hear and it can be dangerous at work.”

One of Stoke-on-Trent’s largest ceramic cup producers, John Tams Group operated a number of pottery factories across the city, including the Royal Grafton Works, Atlas, Sutherland and Monarch.

At its height, the pottery industry employed around 70,000 people in North Staffordshire. Burslem-based Attwood Solicitors have already taken on more than 1,000 cases.

John Farrow from Attwood Solicitors said: “We are close to recovering a total of £1 million in damages for hearing loss clients.”

In 2005 the Noise at Work Regulations Act was passed. This act helps ensure workers are protected from excessive noise at work. However, according to a report by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf and the Trades Union Congress, employers are ‘doing little’ to protect the hearing of their employees. Under the regulations, employers can be prosecuted if they fail to protect employees’ hearing when they are exposed to noise above 85 decibels.

Others who may suffer Work Related Hearing Loss include pub and club workers, shipbuilders and call centre staff.

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]]> http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/pottery-worker-with-hearing-loss-awarded-compensation/feed/ 0 Medical negligence lawyer welcomes Commons Health Committee report attacking Government stance on faulty breast implants http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/medical-negligence-lawyer-welcomes-commons-health-committee-report/ http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/medical-negligence-lawyer-welcomes-commons-health-committee-report/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:18:01 +0000 admin http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/brandnew/new/?p=1343 PIP breast implant scandal has been welcomed by a leading medical negligence lawyer.

Ashley Attwood has been a vocal critic of the Government’s failure to order the replacement of the faulty French implants on the NHS. Thousands of women in the UK are known to have been fitted with implants made from low industrial grade silicon. Mr Attwood, who has offered advice to thousands of women caught up in the scandal, said:

“The House of Commons Health Committee report says to put women through two surgical procedures when one would do flies in the face of commonsense. This report must be welcomed and acted upon. We are offering advice to clients throughout the country and believe they should be given the necessary surgery if their private clinic will not help them.”

Mr Attwood is Principal Solicitor at Attwood Solicitors of Stoke-on-Trent. Along with colleagues, Mr Attwood has regularly given advice on this matter since the PIP scandal broke at the beginning of 2012, using a blog and the media to offer assistance to the estimated 47,000 English victims.

The Welsh Parliament has agreed to fund free replacement, but this is not the case in England.

For advice on the PIP implants issue please contact Attwood Solicitors on 0800 145 5105 (e-mail enquiries@attwoodsolicitors.co.uk).]]> http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/medical-negligence-lawyer-welcomes-commons-health-committee-report/feed/ 0 Hip Implants Compensation http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/de-puy-asr-hip-implant-compensation/ http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/de-puy-asr-hip-implant-compensation/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:26:58 +0000 admin http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/brandnew/new/?p=874 Hip Implants Compensation Hip implants have been the subject of controversy, with many patients experiencing serious side effects. Some doctors believe the cup of metal-on-metal hip implants is too shallow and that this design flaw has led to improper implantations, loosening the hip implant within the body, which may result in the release of potentially dangerous levels of chromium and cobalt ions into the body. The Food and Drug Administration have received more than 300 complaints in four years about problems with metal-on-metal hip implants, including:
  • Loose hip cups
  • Hip implant dislocations
  • Bone fractures
  • Pseudotumours caused by metal debris
  • Allergic reactions
  • Muscle and tissue damage
Hip implants are expected to last up to 15 years, but many implant patients have reported that their implants are failing after just two or three years, requiring expensive and painful additional surgery to have the implant replaced. If you have suffered as a result of a hip implant, get advice from medical litigation experts by contacting Attwood Solicitors on 0800 612 2788 (or e-mail enquiries@attwoodsolicitors.co.uk).
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  • Have undergone unnecessary dental treatment
  • Want to make a claim for late diagnosis or misdiagnosis
  • Have suffered due to orthodontic errors
  • Have received incorrect oral surgery
  • Have received an incorrect fitting of a crown or bridges
within the past three years, you may be eligible to make a no-win-no-fee dental negligence compensation claim.   Symptoms of dental negligence can include:
  • Bleeding gums
  • Gum disease
  • Loose teeth
  • Swollen gums
  • Gum problems
  • Lost teeth
  • Bleeding when brushing
To find out more about dental negligence and to discuss your claim, please contact Attwood Solicitors on 0800 145 5105 or e-mail enquiries@attwoodsolicitors.co.uk.]]> http://www.attwoodsolicitors.co.uk/dental-negligence/feed/ 0