The banking industry has abandoned a legal fight over the PPI mis-selling The British Bankers’ Association, which fought the case, said it would not appeal after losing a court challenge against new rules on mis-selling. Barclays said it had set aside £1bn to pay compensation, and HSBC £269m, while RBS added £850m to the £200m [...]

A former boxer, Thomas Bradley, has been killed in a road accident on Rivelin Valley Road, in Sheffield. According to the Sheffield Telegraph, Mr Bradley was driving his Yamaha FZ1 motorcycle when he collided with a Ford Fiesta. Although the Fiesta’s driver was unharmed, Mr Bradley died at the scene – where flowers and a [...]

A Nottingham steeplejack firm has been slapped with a £100,000 fine and £32,000 costs after one worker plunged to his death and another was injured in two separate incidents within 18 months. Construction Enquirer reports that Brian Collins, 52, was working for Nottingham-based Central (High Rise) on a contract to paint chimneys at Sutton Bridge [...]

A father-of-three who suffered devastating brain injuries after a motorway accident has been awarded £3.6 million in compensation. Andrew Chin was sat in the lay-by of the A55 making a phone call when he was hit at 70mph by a careless driver causing him to smash his head on the steering wheel of his car. [...]

The UK has become the “whiplash capital of Europe” according to insurance industry experts, says DeHavilland. One in every 140 people claims whiplash injury compensation every year, claimed the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Furthermore, over one thousand claims are made every day in Britain, equating to 75 per cent of all claims. That is [...]

A businesswoman has been awarded over £6 million compensation after a botched cosmetic surgery operation left her disfigured. Penny Johnson, 49 was a top-flight businesswoman who owned and run a financial and IT consultancy with her husband when the operation took place. She opted to have surgery to re-shape her nose, have dark circles around [...]

An employee of the food company Heinz could launch a workplace accident compensation claim, after his hand was seriously injured. According to the Manchester Evening News, an anonymous 65-year-old worker was making improvements to a baked bean packaging machine at a Heinz factory in Wigan when the incident happened. The man was polishing a newly-constructed [...]

A road traffic accident on Grane Road, in Haslingden, has left one man dead and two others injured. According to the Manchester Evening News, 43-year-old Aftak Azram was fatally wounded in the crash; whilst the driver and passengers of the other car involved were left with serious injuries. It is as yet unknown why Azram’s [...]