Legal News
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Posted 24/01/2014 Macmillan Cancer Support has said too many patients are assessed just by their age and not their overall fitness. It comes as research looking at data from 1991-2010...
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Posted 23/02/2010 The owners of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been advised to seek help if they are unsure about employment law following the results of a new survey....
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Posted 30/08/2011 A woman who works in a school has won thousands of pounds of personal injury compensation after an accident in which she fell off a toilet. Marie Wallace,...
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Posted 17/10/2012 A report today published by the charity, National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Income and Death (NCEPOD), states that patients are simply not being advised of the risk of...
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Posted 24/11/2009 The number of UK companies facing insolvency increased slightly in October, despite an overall rise in the strength of British business, according to research. Global information services company...
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Posted 30/10/2012 A GPs’ practice in Bungay, Suffolk has admitted failing to diagnose a woman’s brain haemorrhage, from which she died within weeks. Her widower has now received an apology...
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Posted 17/03/2011 A man who was accused of lying by an insurance company has won the right to keep his personal injury compensation after a court threw out the allegations....
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Posted 30/11/2009 A number of NHS trusts across the UK are exposing patients to increased risk of clinical negligence by failing to conform to safety standards, according to a new...
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Posted 27/07/2011 The death of a family member is usually an emotional and potentially difficult time. If the death occurs in unusual or unexplained circumstances and an Inquest is required...
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Posted 31/01/2014 Most adults ‘don’t exercise enough’ and inactivity is ‘as deadly as smoking’, says a report which shows that a ‘pandemic’ of inactivity in poor areas of England is...
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Posted 16/02/2010 The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) has released details regarding prosecution under the 2007 Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, which came into force on April 6th 2008. As...
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Posted 27/11/2012 The quality of services provided to people across the health and care sectors in England is beginning to suffer according to the industry regulator, the Care Quality Commission....
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