Mr Steve Maclaren is being sued for £3,500 and has to undertake three years of probation for attacking a fellow drinker in a pub in Arbroath, Scotland.

The attack happened on July 5th last year after the victim, Ian Mostyn, left the bar in which he was having a drink as he did not want to be in the company of Mr Maclaren any longer.  Later that night, Mr Mostyn saw Maclaren again and the attacker approached him shouting threateningly. He then asked why the victim had left the previous bar without telling him and then began his attack punching Mr Mostyn in the body and head leaving him seriously disfigured. It is reported that after the attack Mr Maclaren put his arms above his head and bowed as if he has just won a fight,

Mr Mostyn suffered from a double fracture to his jaw and had metal plates inserted into his face. During his recuperation Mostyn could not open his mouth, but had to survive on a liquid diet while he was in hospital.

The attacker has apologised for his actions and explains that he is full of remorse for what he did. Mr Maclaren said that he was inebriated at the time and cannot remember most of what happened that night and he is a totally different person when sober.

Maclaren, who is being sued for £3,500 and is under an 8-month restriction of liberty order, avoided a jail term after the judge decided that as a father and the main care giver of  his daughter, a custodial sentence would have a negative affect on his child.

The A534  Sandbach Road was closed after two vehicles a silver Peugeot 406 and Ford transit van collided .
The incident happened near Congleton Cheshire at around 1.15 on Friday.
The driver of the Peugeot a 71 year old man suffered serious injuries to his legs and his passenger from Crewe a 13 year old male who suffered head injuries in the crash had to be airlifted to Leighton Hospital.
The 28 year old man from Bolton who was driving the transit van is believed to have suffered head and spinal injuries was taken to Macclesfield District Hospital. Police closed the road to carry out thorough investigation.

Anyone who may have witnessed the accident or has information should call Cheshire Police on 0845 4580000.

If you or a member of your family have been involved in a road traffic accident that was not your fault contact Ashley Ainsworth on 08000 93 33 93 for help with your personal injury claim for compensation.

In the UK the number of car accidents is going up all of the time, and now Admiral, a popular car insurance company in the UK has just released figures stating that over 400,000 accidents occur every year that involve rear end collisions.

The figures reveal that 1 in 4 of all road traffic accidents, which occur in the UK involve some sort of rear end collision.

For most of these accidents the personal injury compensation claims usually involve whiplash injury claim. Whiplash is the most common type of injury you are likely to get if you have been involved in a rear end collision.

The managing director of Admiral has stated that many of these accidents could be avoided if we left more room between our car and the car in front.

“Where traffic is so slow moving, people tend to get irritated and drive a little too close. By doing this there is a higher chance that they will bump the car in front.”

Whiplash injuries can take quite a while to settle down and can be very painful, you may also be left with some sort of permanent damage as a result of this type injury, so making a personal injury compensation claim is essential.

Charles Leslie Nendick a worker at Manor Farm in Hull, suffered an accident at work, he was carrying out repairs on a roof when he fell through. The fall caused a gash to his head and fractures to his pelvis, spine and hip.

His employer Frances Caley did not take suitable precautions and was successfully prosecuted for breaching  section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, he was ordered to pay costs of £1858 and fined £8000.

HSE Inspector Alan Sheldon commented: “The hazards and risks of working on roofs are well documented. HSE has produced a lot of guidance over many years specifically for the agriculture industry where approximately 70 fatalities have occurred from falls in the last ten years. More than half of these resulted from falls through fragile surfaces.

“In this case a farm employee fell over 4.5 metres to the ground as he stepped from a ladder onto the roof of a farm building. He suffered serious injuries. The measures in place at the time were not adequate to prevent this happening”.

Tesco shopper Mary Raimo, 76, is claiming compensation for long term injuries caused by a pineapple hitting the back of her head in the supermarket last July.

Raimo suffered her injuries after a pineapple which was stacked precariously in the reduced price fruit section struck her on the back of the head at a Tesco supermarket in Lochee, Dundee. Mary Raimo was looking at fruit produce on the second self of the section whilst another shopper was looking at the pineapples that were poorly stacked The shopper still suffers severe neck pain and headaches caused by the events of this accident and she is looking to sue the supermarket for compensation.

The supermarket chain insists that the fault lies with the other shopper looking at the pineapples, whereas Raimo says that Tesco are to claim as the fruit was not stacked properly in the Lochee supermarket which has since closed down. Raimo is now looking to sue the supermarket chain and is hoping that the process will be fruitful.

Days after falsely making a claim she had been raped, Sarah-Jane Hilliard aged 20, applied for compensation from the CICA (Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority). Hilliard could face a jail term after luring a man into having sex with her and then crying rape in a plot to claim thousands of pounds in compensation.

Hilliard a telesales employee told Essex police she met up with Mr Bowers, at Liquid nightclub in Basildon, in July last year.

Sharing a taxi home with a friend and Mr Bowers according to Hilliard, they stopped at a public toilet next to the railway station where she claimed Mr Bowers came in and attacked her.

Having been arrested and bailed. Police failed to find any CCTV images outside Liquid of the pair. Hilliard’s friend from the taxi confessed that they had been in a nightclub called Colors all night.

The pair both from Basildon could clearly be seen on the CCTV footage kissing and holding hands before leaving the nightclub.

Mr Bowers was told he would not be charged but Hilliard was to be arrested for perverting the course of justice.

Hilliard was found guilty at Basildon Crown Court but sentencing was adjourned to wait for psychiatric reports.

A delivery driver suffered an accident at work and received over £7000 of compensation.

David McCullogh, while working for 3663 Ltd, was on a delivery run to the Newmarket Burger King. His van door was faulty and it slammed shut trapping his hand. The fire brigade had to be called out and they used specialist cutting equipment to free him.

He was forced to take 7 weeks of work, after which fortunately his hand healed well.

David pursued a claim for compensation. As his van door was known to be defective, 3663 Ltd settled out of court for just over £7000.

David now has a new driving position with a different company.

In a road traffic accident last November, Miss Nicola Sloan, 38 was driving her Toyota Yaris when she was smashed into by a police custody van, driven by Alasdair Sharp a custody officer at St Leonard’s Police station.

After the accident fire-fighters had to cut Miss Sloan from the wreck, she suffered a broken arm and leg in the crash; also she suffered a stroke later in hospital.

The police driver has escaped a road ban for careless driving and was fined £600 and had six points placed on his licence after admitting careless driving at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Miss Sloan is to raise civil action for compensation against him.