Legal News
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Posted 08/10/2012 The BBC has reported that more than 700,000 people recently immunised against typhoid may not have full protection because of a dud vaccine that has now been recalled...
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Posted 07/08/2012 In 1964, the then Government introduced a scheme to ensure that victims of violence who could not take action for compensation for their injuries and losses were fully...
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Posted 23/11/2009 An employment law amendment is being demanded by the EU in order to safeguard the rights of gay workers to be hired by religious organisations. The EU has...
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Posted 18/09/2011 A young woman who suffered brain damage as a result of a car accident has won £3 million in personal injury compensation due to her injuries. Vicki Hart...
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Posted 20/10/2010 A man left with brain damage after a crash that killed three people has been awarded a “substantial” sum in personal injury compensation after a High Court hearing....
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Posted 17/10/2010 A woman whose husband died of a disease related to exposure to asbestos has won a compensation claim against his former employer. According to the Jarrow and Hebburn...
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Posted 29/04/2014 The BBC has reported that the health trust which ran the Mid Staffordshire Hospital has been fined £200,000 for failing a diabetic patient who died in their care. ...
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Posted 02/08/2012 A ‘spray on skin’ which coats a wound with a layer of skin cells could help to heal leg ulcers, according to US and Canadian researchers.The spray was...
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Posted 21/09/2009 A woman from Essex has been paid compensation after clinical negligence contributed to the death of her child. A woman from Harlow, Essex has been awarded compensation after...
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Posted 30/10/2009 Companies looking to the government’s Business Payments Support Service (BPSS) scheme as a way to avoid insolvency have received a reminder that it will not provide assistance to...
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Posted 02/11/2011 The government has been urged to reveal the input Prince Charles has had into planning law.According to the Guardian, Lady Andrews, a Labour communities minister, wrote to the...
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Posted 23/09/2009 Robert Chalmers, a Wealth Management partner in Ashtons Legal’s Norwich office, summarises the perils of intestacy. A national newspaper ran a story recently about a lady who is...
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