This morning, I was driving to work when I answered a phone call via hands free. The voice at the other end of the line was automated and it said "Hello, we have your details about the accident you just had which wasn't your fault". I was furious! As a [...]
June was a busy month in terms of local news! We've included a round-up of what's been happening in Harrogate recently. Carer stole from patient to fund drug addiction Greg Watson, 28, was a carer working for Foresight Care Group in Harrogate when he stole thousands of pounds from two [...]
Whiplash injury compensation claims are probably the most well-known of all personal injury claims. This may be because they are the most common type of injury arising out of car or other motor vehicle accidents, being between 65% and 78% of all bodily claims in 2014, depending on which insurance [...]
At Truth Legal we pride ourselves on playing a central role in helping people with their everyday legal problems. As a result of this we are delighted to have made a £500 donation to the Harrogate Citizen’s Advice, in many ways an organisation with a similar ethos and motivation to [...]
Continuing our local community focus, we took great pleasure in recently contributing to the swimming pool fund of Willow Tree Primary School in Harrogate. As a result we were pleased to see the grand re-opening of the pool on Friday 25th May. The pool at Willow Tree Primary School is [...]
“How dare you!’”, we hear you cry. Well the title to this article is a little provocative, perhaps. We mean no offence. After all, you are the client (or perhaps a prospective client) and you should be treated with respect – as you will be. From our experience we like [...]
The not-so-simple answer to this question, is that a claim is ready to settle when the offer made by the paying party (usually an insurance company) reaches a figure that is in line with previously decided and reported cases, which we call “precedents”, where the type of injury and the [...]
Key Harrogate Employer Unveils £6million Investment Belzona Polymerics unveiled a new 40,000 square foot training and distribution facility at its Claro Road premises in April. The engineering firm employs 170 people and attracts visitors from all over the world to its training facility. The Mayor of Harrogate was on-hand to [...]
In April 2019, the Government is likely to make substantial, unfair and illogical changes to the way that personal injury claims are pursued, to the detriment of ordinary people. As a Harrogate solicitor, specialising in personal injury law, these changes are an attack on one of the fundamental principles of [...]
Personal injury law – probably one of the most important areas of law – has something of a tarnished reputation. Whether it’s lazy solicitors buying-in claims from ropey claims management companies, or some large ‘factory-style’ law firms heaping a staggering numbers of cases onto their unqualified staff – it all [...]
