In consequence, according to two big studies of motor vehicle accident tort claims ( not just lawsuits ), payments to lawyers equalled 47 percent of the total personal injury benefits paid by liability insurers to third-party accident victims.
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To this end, Standard A4.5 requires that at the time of ratification seafarers shall be covered by three out of nine social security branches mentioned in the MLC ( i . e . medical care, sickness benefit, unemployment benefit, old-age benefit, employment injury benefit, family benefit, maternity benefit, invalidity benefit and survivors benefit ).
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Other post-injury benefits include : 1 ) stabilizing and supporting joints after injuries to the muscle or ligament; 2 ) assisting and allowing the athlete to return to activity after minor injuries; 3 ) preventing and reducing further harm to injured area; 4 ) maintaining proper biomechanics during activity; 5 ) preventing neuromuscular damage; and 6 ) reducing force on the area during activity.
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A further judicial review hearing, before His Honour Justice Supperstone at Leeds High Court in February 2012 held that part of Home Office circular 46 / 2004, concerning " Review of Injury Pensions once Officers reach 65 ", and paragraph 20 of section 5 of the Home Office'Guidance on Medical Appeals under the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police ( Injury Benefit ) Regulations 2006'are inconsistent with the Police ( Injury Benefits ) Regulations 2006 and therefore unlawful.
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A further judicial review hearing, before His Honour Justice Supperstone at Leeds High Court in February 2012 held that part of Home Office circular 46 / 2004, concerning " Review of Injury Pensions once Officers reach 65 ", and paragraph 20 of section 5 of the Home Office'Guidance on Medical Appeals under the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police ( Injury Benefit ) Regulations 2006'are inconsistent with the Police ( Injury Benefits ) Regulations 2006 and therefore unlawful.
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The National Insurance ( Industrial Injuries ) Act ( 1965 ) established the principle of " payment of industrial injury benefit for prescribed industrial diseases or for personal injury following an accident ( e . g ., acute blast injury to the ear ), " and also gave employees the right to claim damages from an employer where industrial injuries are sustained . The Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme of 1968 was introduced to ensure that redundant mineworkers having to leave the industry at or above the age of 55 would have their income supplemented for a period so that they could adjust themselves in their new circumstances . In 1966, extensions and improvements were made in the allowances payable out of the Industrial Injuries Fund to people who had been injured before 5 July 1948 and who were entitled to weekly payments of worker's compensation.
