July Japanese Knotweed Settlement in excess of £10,000
Our most recent Japanese Knotweed settlement resulted in a claim that was worth in excess of £10,000 for our client. The defendant in this circumstance is National Rail; which to us here at High Street is the most common ground for Japanese Knotweed growth. Such plant has a tenancy to grow from such land occupied by National Rail. The surrounding areas of the land tends to not be well kept; which therefore gives such plant like Japanese Knotweed freedom to grow untouched. The growth of this plant in question, is substantial. Each year the plant spreads the more damage it …
£10,000 recovered for Widow
Our client Mr A, contacted High Street Solicitors in 2018, confirming that he had suffered detrimental injuries whilst being admitted in hospital. Mr A was a local client of ours in Liverpool and had been admitted to an NHS hospital following an accident at home where he fell down the stairs. Whilst admitted in hospital, Mr A underwent investigations which included a CT scan of his head and x-rays and as a result, no injuries were identified but Mr A remained in hospital. A day later since being admitted, Mr A attempted to get out of his hospital bed and …
Police Officer receives £26,000 for bicycle incident
Mr J, a Police officer from Kent was involved in a serious accident whilst on his bicycle. The defendant was coming from the oncoming direction and suddenly turned right and across the path of Mr J. Our client suffered a fractured vertebra and required extensive rehabilitation, but thankfully made a full recovery from his injuries. The incident left our client unable to work for a period of time and had led to our client to seek counselling for the mental trauma the incident had endured; learning new coping mechanisms and techniques to help during anxious times, especially when cycling again. …
£85,000 recovered against Omega Financial Solutions LTD
Our client Ms K, took advice from an independent financial advisor at ‘Omega Financial Solutions Limited’, to invest her pension into a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) with Castle Trust & Management Services Limited. At the time Ms K was a Support worker for East Riding Council, and had built up a significant pension during her time of service. After completion of the QROPS application forms, the sum of £104,626.62 was transferred from Ms K’s existing pension with the Council, to Castle Trust. Numerous high risk investments were made, namely: Energy 10 Aspiro Research Consilium British Land & Property …
Social housing tenant living in a home with an excess of £30,000 worth of disrepair
High Street Solicitors have recently won a case for a tenant of a social Landlord. The tenant had been living in damp and mouldy conditions, as well as draughty windows. This had a major negative effect on the tenant’s life, making him depressed and embarrassed to have anyone visit his home in this condition. The tenant had been reporting the disrepair to his Landlord since 2010, yet they failed to take any action on the repair work that was required. As a result of the Landlord’s refusal to do any works, the tenant contacted High Street Solicitors in December 2018 …
Toe amputation results in £55,000 compensation for our client
Our client, at the time of the incident was working as a machine operator within a medium sized firm. Our client had been employed by the firm for many years, working a full time role, operating in shift patterns, handling machinery on a daily basis. On the day of the incident, our client was operating machinery within the firm. Alongside our client, a colleague was working with another piece of machinery which acted as a ‘crusher’. This piece of machinery was an electronically operated piece of equipment; which at the time was being remotely handled by the work colleague. Unfortunately …
Care home worker suffers a data breach from colleagues, obtaining £2,500 in compensation
High Street Solicitors has successfully obtained Mr S £2,500 in compensation due to a breach of his personal information. Mr S, was at the time performing agency work within a care home. The usual process for providing businesses with agency staff; is to forward on any potential CV’s to the employer in order to perform interviews and to keep on file. In this circumstance, Mr S’s CV was displayed on a notice board within a locked office in the care home. The notice board was visible from the door due to a window; which allowed anyone to view Mr S’s …
Why do we trust large companies when it comes to Data Breaches?
Data Breaches are becoming a very common area of law, which is continuing to develop and adapt with new technologies. A Data Breach is when personal and private information is exposed to third parties without consent; the information can be viewed and transmitted in many formats. The claims one can make are as follows: Identity theft to commit crimes such as credit card fraud Purposely lose important data Third party gains access to personal information without consent Company data leaks Personal information used for journalism purposes without consent The above points highlight the areas and differences a Data Breach can …
Social Housing Landlord Admits Liability During COVID’19
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 sets out a minimum standard of repairing obligations which landlords of Assured Shorthold Tenants must comply with in England & Wales. Furthermore, the Defective Premises Act 1972 and newly introduced Fitness for Human Habitation Act 2018 impose further standards to ensure that rented properties are free from unsafe, unhealthy or harmless defects. Due to the current pandemic, routine repairs within social and council housing had been brought to a halt due to the government guidelines of social distancing and lockdown measures; unless works where for emergency purposes. During the latter end of May 2020, …
COVID’19 App Poses Data Breach Threat
The Covid’19 tracing app has been introduced to log social interactions based on user’s assessments, of their current infection risk status; which they would upload onto the app itself. According to Tech Crunch the app already lacks robust legal safeguards against data misuse. There are concerns surrounding the apps data collation, with emphasis on the protections and guarantees of safety the app will envisage usage of, via the data the public will input. Legal Futures states that the Covid’19 app used in the Netherlands, recently suffered a Data Breach in April 2020. The rushed action of the app creation resulted …
