Legal News
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Posted 02/12/2009 A finance group has advised older people that equity release need not only be an option considered by those suffering financial hardship. Saga Personal Finance has conducted a...
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Posted 20/12/2012 Ashtons Legal is leading the way in taking out-of-hours medical providers to task and ensuring that in future when things go wrong it is easier to work out...
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Posted 25/02/2010 New proposals put forward to the European Union would see the employment law changed with regard to maternity leave, it has been revealed. Under the draft legislation from...
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Posted 21/02/2014 DNA testing can predict which men face the highest risk of deadly prostate cancer, scientists say. The team at the Institute of Cancer Research, in London, say men could...
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Posted 12/12/2012 The Government has announced it is setting aside £100m to enable up to 100,000 cancer patients to have their entire genetic code sequenced. This should give doctors a...
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Posted 03/05/2011 Personal injury compensation has been approved for a woman whose car was hit by an ambulance on an emergency call. Caron Lake, 49, was collecting her daughter from...
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Posted 22/10/2012 The BBC reported today that an investigation by campaigners suggests NHS hearing services are being scaled back in England. Data obtained by Action on Hearing Loss from 128...
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Posted 20/12/2013 £20,000 settlement obtained following tragic death of baby Ashtons Legal medical injury specialist Sharon Allison has obtained a £20,000 settlement for her client, Ms T, whose baby died...
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Posted 11/02/2010 A trade union has hailed a recent Court of Appeal ruling over an unequal pay dispute as a potential landmark employment law ruling. Unite has welcomed the court’s...
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Posted 11/03/2011 Two Virgin Atlantic beauty therapists have received a combined £300,000 personal injury compensation payout after suffering strain injuries while giving massages. Jayne Evans received £230,972, while Michelle Hindmarsh...
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Posted 08/11/2013 The BBC reports today that according to a National Audit Office review, the NHS spends nearly £700 on clinical negligence cover for every live birth in England. The review said...
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Posted 22/08/2011 A council is being sued for compensation by residents in Thurrock who say they have become ill as a result of a fire at a nearby recycling plant....
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