Cycling is excellent exercise, good for the environment, and a healthy, reliable way of getting from point A to point B. However, like any mode of transportation, it requires proper care to ensure safety and longevity on the road. Proper and regular maintenance lets you avoid sudden breakdo...
Cycling is one of the great joys of life. It provides a ...
It's with great pleasure that we announce our most recent success story. Our dedicated legal team secured a substantial six-figure settlement for a foreign exchange trader involved in a cycle accident legal case in London. This case highlights the...
Cycling is a fun, popular, and eco-friendly mode of transportation. However, unfortunately, it comes with its fair share of risks. In this post, we’re providing a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing cycling injuries. This guide features exclusive ...
New Death by Dangerous Cycling Law Change: A Disproportionate Focus?
Cows and bees—don’t ask me in which order—kill more pedestrians each year than cyclists. It’s a stark but accurate statistic that illustrates how rare these tragic events are. Yet...
Tried to persuade my 17 year old daughter to do some sport with me for around 5 years, suggested squash, parkrun, tae kwon do, aerobics ,okay I knew that last one was unlikely to fly!
Finally settled on group cycle or spinning as it sometimes known, went last...
A feature of ageing, I'm the wrong side of a half century , is that you are more rarely surprised in life , sometimes in a good way and sometimes not so good!
I was genuinely staggered to find a few months back when cycling a Santander/ Boris bike to the ...
I try to never write about negatives on a bike since they are so obviously outweighed by the brilliant things.
The other day, however , I was chilled to the bone by a car that flew past me inches from my right hand side as I rode along. There was no previous ...
Cycle Legal's personal injury solicitors are so pleased to report a recent victory for a client cyclist involved in a brain injury claim. This unique case involved Cycle Legal actually challenging...
Really exciting start to the year at Cycle Legal when we overcame the might of the insurance industry in a ten month battle over legal costs in Chappell v Mrozek.
The decision was picked up extensively by the legal press because it is one of real importance i...
Encouraging to hear a former Top Gear presenter this am on the radio supporting 20mph speed limits in urban areas. London, where I live and work, is virtually 20mph everywhere and this is increasingly the case nationwide.
It certainly seems to be where the mo...
I deal with the police in every single case we act in , they attend every serious cycling accident as part of their job as they do every serious road accident of course of any kind.
I have a great deal of respect for the wonderful and traumatic job they have ...
We have noticed a definite and concerning upturn in cases coming into the firm from road rage in the last few months, horrific leg injuries caused by alleged deliberate targeting of cyclists.
The most recent in the last few weeks has been the most alarming, a...
I spoke the other day to my client who was the victim of an ebike cargo rider a few months ago. Together, we have been pressing the police to do something following a serious accident.
One of the options that they often go for to avoid a criminal prosecution ...
Been a busy 10 days or so at Cycle Legal with all the media action because of legal changes afoot (and threatened !) in the cycling world.
Saturday afternoon 6th August I was cross examined (sorry, interviewed !) by the lovely Sangita Myska from LBC ; t...
There is something so special about cycling in the extreme heat , when it seems too hot to sit still, walk or run. A gentle cycle is the perfect traveling pace , to chase , meet and to feel the breeze .
There are minor caveats, hills are best avoided unless y...
We concluded a case last week for a cyclist who had been initially represented by a national firm with much more resources than us, Irwin Mitchell. They turned him away as soon as the insurers denied liability for a door opening by a passenger in an Uber car which br...
Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly is hosting a seminar this evening (Wednesday 22nd May 2013) to discuss Cyclists and the Law in City Hall.
The event will aim to identify steps that the police, the government, the mayor of London, cyclist...
We have had so much new work recently and so many invigorating issues are arising .This is one that has sent me away to look at the police guidance for when they should attend a road accident. Because a single police officer who , it seems, was only passing by , told...
There are many feats of endurance I have taken on in my days, cycled 120 miles through the night on the Dunwich Dynamo four times , ran two marathons , several more half marathons, but swimming the channel ...?
Just completed a case for a lovely fortysomethin...
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