Cosmetic Surgery Negligence

While cosmetic surgery is going well can do wonders for one's confidence is not without its potential problems.

Even though the standard plastic surgery procedures has greatly improved in recent years, there is still a small number of operations, between about 70 thousand a year, which can go wrong.
Defective equipment, such as silicone used in PIP breast implants scandal recently, the lack of training given to plastic surgeons and lax attitudes to health and safety of patients could prove disastrous.

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Holiday Accident

If your holiday was booked through a travel agent as part of a package holiday, then it is likely that you will be able to make a claim in the UK against the travel company rather than, for example, having to do a claim directly against a hotel owner in a foreign country. If you are involved in a car accident abroad, then you can still claim in their country of origin, even if the driver is not insured abroad.

Some of the most common types of accidents abroad include:
Stumbling on a path faulty or slipping on a wet floor in the hotel.
Traffic accident while driving a rental car, motorcycle, minibus or as a pedestrian.
Accidents as passengers while traveling in a car, bus or taxi.
Food poisoning from the hotel restaurant.
Sports accidents due to poorly maintained equipment or defective, eg skiing accident.
While injured in a one-day excursion organized.

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