Nick Jervis - Articles

A Guide to Compensation in Whiplash Claims

If a person is able to prove that someone has been negligent and caused them loss, injury or expense, they are entitled to compensation. However, who or how do you determine how much compensation that person should receive? Read

By: Nick Jervis | 31/05/2007 | Law

A Guide to Contributory Negligence

If you have been involved in a car or motorcycle accident that has led to a whiplash claim, you might be accused of contributing to the cause of the accident: the correct legal term for this being "contributory negligence". Here we look at the possible causes of contributory negligence and whether it prevents you from making a whiplash claim or other claim for compensation. Read

By: Nick Jervis | 31/05/2007 | Law

A Guide to Negligence Law

In English law the law of tort allows you to claim compensation for whiplash if you are involved in a car or motorcycle accident. But what does this law say, and how did it come into existence? Read

By: Nick Jervis | 31/05/2007 | Law

What is Medical Negligence?

Medical negligence is a specialist area of law through which patients can obtain compensation for injury and loss suffered as a result of a medical accident. To be successful the patient must prove that the standard of medical/dental or therapeutic care they received was unacceptable by the accepted standards of the profession. Medical negligence is much more than a doctor making a mistake. Read

By: Nick Jervis | 31/05/2007 | Law