Beckett & Co Solicitors

07/03/2025

We have such lovely clients! Thank you flowers and chocolates received from a happy client this week 😊

12/02/2025

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06/02/2025

Time to Talk Day 2025: Promoting Mental Health Conversations

Today is 'Time to Talk Day' - a campaign to raise awareness of the need to start conversations about mental health. This includes talking about mental health in the workplace.

Let's start the conversation today.

Time to Talk Day: Promoting Mental Health Conversations - resources to help employers to improve mental health in the workplace

06/02/2025

Employers and employees should work together to support mental health. Find out more about bringing change to your workplace >

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/get-involved/get-your-workplace-involved

TimeToTalk

Make an impact at work Find activities, training, events and tools to help change attitudes towards mental health in your workplace. Champions in the workplace Take a leading role in changing your workplace. Employer Pledge Our Employer Pledge demonstrates a commitment to changing how we think and a...

04/02/2025

"Can I claim compensation for an accident that was my fault?"
This is one our most frequently asked questions. Establishing legal liability can be complex and the answer is not always black and white.

Read more ...
https://www.beckettandco.co.uk/claim-accident-my-fault/

30/01/2025

It's a cold one! Stay safe on the roads

27/01/2025

If you have been injured in an accident at work download our FREE guide - Workplace Injury Claims: A Guide for Injured Workers. No email required.

If you been injured at work down our FREE guide - Workplace Injury Claims: A Guide for Injured Workers - no email required

27/01/2025

5 mistakes to avoid when making a personal injury claim.

Avoid these mistakes and maximise your claim

Avoid these 5 mistakes when making a personal injury claim to maximise your claim for compensation following an accident.

23/01/2025

Happy Thursday!
Our day will be mainly fuelled by tea. Lots of tea. Lots of Yorkshire Tea. And maybe the odd Jammie Dodger.

What's keeping you going today?

20/01/2025

An employer’s failure to enforce health and safety rules in the workplace can come at a high cost to both the employer and their employees.

Many people see ‘Health & Safety’ as a red-tape burden on employers. As a result, many employers resent the need to introduce correct and adequate safety procedures. If they do bother to introduce safety rules, they will, too often, approach the question of health & safety as a paper exercise: ticking boxes, writing safety rules and policies, while at the same time failing to implement those policies in practice.

Employers must go beyond health & safety ‘rule creation’. Creating health & safety policies and rules is not enough. Employers must actively enforce the rules and policies to prevent workplace accidents and avoid legal liability. Read more ➡️

https://www.beckettandco.co.uk/the-high-costs-of-failing-to-enforce-health-safety-rules-in-the-workplace/

20/01/2025

How to check if a solicitor website is genuine.

As in many walks of life, solicitors and their clients are often targeted by scammers. The internet contains many websites which, on first glance, may look like a solicitor websites but which are, in fact, run by scammers posing as solicitors.

There is an easy way to check if the site you're looking at is a genuine site. Read more ⬇️

How can you check if a solicitor website is genuine or a copycat site set up by scammers? Look for the Solicitors Regulation Authority digital badge

17/01/2025

'Health & Safety at Work' laws are not just about 'red tape' - they are there to protect workers. In this case, a worker from Doncaster sadly suffered life-changing injuries in an accident at work which could, and should, have been avoided.

Speaking about the accident a Health and Safety Executive spokesperson said: “This incident could so easily have been avoided with the correct instruction and implementation of an agreed safe working procedure.”

Accidents at work: employee suffers severe leg injuries in accident at work. Employer fined £60,000 for breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act.