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Is the Property Market fading as expected?

Our Residential Property Team assess the recent article by the BBC that reportedly states that buyer habits are returning back to how they were pre-pandemic led. Due to the cost of living and mortgage rate rises, rural properties which were much sought after during the pandemic are reportedly no longer in demand. The trend could

Bringing a personal injury claim on behalf of a child

Children can sometimes injure themselves when out and about.  There are times, however, where the accident involving a child is due to somebody else’s negligence or failure to take care. As a parent or guardian, you can make a personal injury claim for your child (including a baby) if they have been injured in an

Window Pain

We are now well into the holiday season.  With holiday bookings surging after the Covid 19 restrictions have been lifted, we are sadly seeing an increase in enquiries about accidents sustained during those long-awaited vacations. We were pleased to recover compensation for one of our clients in the sum of £6,775.50 after she suffered a

HOW DO THE CHANGES TO THE HIGHWAY CODE AFFECT ME?

The Highway Code is being updated with effect from 29 January 2022.  It may be some years since you last looked at the Highway Code and so now is a good time to read this publication again as there are some significant changes being made to the rules of the road. The major innovation to

KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY

Where a person has suffered injury as a result of another person’s negligence, they may make a claim for compensation for those injuries. The injury can require the injured person to need care and assistance. Often that is provided by the NHS or local authority, but it can be provided gratuitously (free of charge) by

BITTEN BY THE BUG

MKB Solicitors LLP have recently negotiated settlement of compensation claims of £2,000.00 and £1,100.00 for a husband and wife after they spent a night being bitten by bed bugs whilst staying in a North Yorkshire hotel. After they developed an itchy rash the couple attended Scarborough Hospital where it was confirmed that they had both

A Step Too Far

MKB Solicitors recently recovered £18,000.00 for a wedding guest who fell down a flight of stairs at the hotel where she was part of a wedding party. The wedding was taking place in a large country house, which also provided accommodation for those members of the wedding party who wanted to stay overnight.  During the

Clinical Negligence Compensation

A local man accepted a settlement of £40,000.00 following an unsuccessful hip replacement surgery that took place in 2016. Our client was unaware that there were any issues with how his hip surgery had been performed until September 2017 when his hip began making squeaking noises.  He noticed that he began to experience pain around