Articles by ‘Richard Brooks’

Ex-servicemen who have been diagnosed with cancer after being exposed to asbestos during their time in the military have won their fight for compensation.

The general manager of a charity which helps retired and injured jockeys to retrain and pursue second careers has been named the winner of a new horseracing community award.

The Law Society recently raised concerns over proposals to increase the small claims limit for personal injury claims to £5,000. The proposals, originally announced in the Autumn Statement, would also put an end to…

Southwark Crown Court heard that a labourer and a bricklayer were working on a House of Lords site at Millbank, London, in July 2013. One of the workers, who was just 22 at the…

We acted for Sally* who was a stable girl in her twenties. Sally worked in a racehorse training yard and one morning on the way to the gallops the filly she was riding became so agitated that she flipped over. Sally had no chance to avoid the accident and the horse landed on top of her.

A man suffered serious injuries after striking an electricity cable during work to refurbish a pharmacy in central London.

A group of charities have won their High Court battle over a £1.8million legacy. Royds Solicitors represented Marie Curie, Action on Hearing Loss, the RNIB and the Royal Institute of Cancer Research in the…

A former London docker who was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer (mesothelioma) after being exposed to asbestos has won his claim against the Port of London Authority.

A new study has laid bare the dramatic gulf in the quality of NHS treatment in different parts of the UK.

A construction management company has been fined for serious breaches of health and safety laws whilst working on a construction site in one of London’s most desirable neighbourhoods.

A grandmother who suffered a serious stroke and was left paralysed after an ambulance took her to the wrong hospital, has received more than £1million in damages.

Businesses have been urged to be aware of the raft of changes to company law which are set to take effect over the next 12 months.