Why your solicitor may not be entitled to deduct 25% of your damages. Since April 2013, the Government changed the rules around Solicitors costs and their success fees. Without getting too technical, it allowed Solicitors to deduct up to 25% of people’s damages; to cover the loss of the success fee in their costs. Some […]
HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY JAPANESE KNOTWEED? Japanese knotweed is a large perennial plant that can grown 4 inches per day during the summer. Because of its rapid growth it was been known to damage building structures and substructures by targeting week points such as cracks in masonry and attempting to grow through them. It […]
A previously homeless, disabled woman was left in unsuitable accommodation by the council. As reported by The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman website, a woman was given a temporary accommodation after experiencing homelessness and sleeping in an airport. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea provided the disabled woman with an unsuitable, temporary fourth […]
London council left a homeless family in a cockroach-infested, dirty and mouldy houses. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman have published a report about an incident where London Borough of Haringey placed a homeless family in two properties and did not correctly handled the disrepair issues present. At their first property, the family reported […]
Many hospitals do not meet the 95% target of treating A&E patients within the four-hour period. Recently revealed statistics reported in a Daily Mail Online article have shown that English hospitals only manage to see about 84.2% of their patients in the A&E four-hour time limit. This makes it a lowest figure yet. February 2019 […]
NHS nurse staged ‘crash for cash’ scam to receive claim compensation. The term ‘crash for cash’ refers to people deliberately crashing into other vehicles or submitting false accident claims, says RAC. Their goal is to receive as much money as possible from the fraud. These scammers do not only receive money they are not entitled […]
We know not everyone can afford legal advice. We are here to help! Phoenix Solicitors are doing Free Drop-In Law Clinics across Wirral for those in the community who need help, guidance and support with any legal issue. If you or anyone you know needs some advice then why not drop in and speak to […]
Phoenix Legal Solicitors acted on behalf of Angela Maull in a claim for breach of contract against the Home Office who, after offering our client a position on £33,032 in November 2018 and paying her the agreed salary for over 4mths, unilaterally and without agreement reduced our client’s basic salary to £29,040 by sending our […]
