Legal News
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Posted 28/01/2011 Employers may need to do more to prevent personal injury claims being made against them as a result of accidents. This is the suggestion of Roger Bibbings, occupational...
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Posted 13/01/2010 A campaigning MP has called on the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in allowing sufferers of pleural plaques to make compensation claims against their employers. Dave Anderson,...
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Posted 21/04/2014 The Guardian reported today that at least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a study commissioned by the NHS. Researchers...
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Posted 21/01/2011 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a paratrooper £1.7 million in personal injury compensation after he lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan. Sergeant Stuart Pearson, a...
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Posted 11/01/2010 Incoming changes to employment law will provide greater protection for older workers against discrimination in the jobs market, according to the government. Harriet Harman, minister for women and...
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Posted 08/02/2011 A former professional footballer has been awarded personal injury compensation after a training incident forced him to retire. Dean Ashton, who played for West Ham United and England,...
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Posted 11/11/2009 Female doctors may have a case to make compensation claims for discrimination after a British Medical Association (BMA) report revealed a salary discrepancy between men and women. Findings...
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Posted 24/04/2014 Sharon Allison, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £20,000 for a Norfolk man after hospital doctors failed to identify and treat his appendicitis in a...
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Posted 16/08/2012 A man paralysed from the neck down following a serious stroke has lost his High Court case to allow doctors to end his life without fear of prosecution. Tony...
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Posted 10/06/2014 Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £30,000 for the family of Mrs C, who lived in Cornwall. Mrs C developed...
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Posted 01/12/2011 The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed planning law reform that is to proceed as a result of an announcement by the coalition government.Liz Peace, chief executive of...
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Posted 21/08/2014 Doctors who make mistakes in the care of their patients could face tougher sanctions under plans being considered by the General Medical Council (GMC). Under the proposals the regulator...
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