Insights: Personal injury

Experiencing a personal injury accident can be a life-altering event.

Ward Hadaway has been recognised by national charity Headway for its legal expertise and commitment to improving the lives of survivors of brain injury.

The case of Poole Borough Council v GN and another [2019] UKSC 25 was seen as a long awaited attempt to clarify the extent to which public authorities could be found to have a duty of care towards those (in this case children) whom they come into contact with in exercising their functions, for example, under child welfare legislation.

BUS operators face a potential rethink over disabled passengers' rights following a Supreme Court ruling, a leading law firm has warned.