Legal News
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Posted 08/03/2010 It has been claimed that patients could be being misled by hospital data which shows that institutions are performing well. According to information seen by the BBC’s Panorama...
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Posted 30/11/2011 Ten care workers have been charged with ill treatment and neglect offences under the Mental Capacity Act following a Panorama programme which covertly filmed the abuse firsthand in...
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Posted 20/01/2015 Ashtons Legal personal injury lawyer Diane Hilton has obtained over £10,000 compensation for a Norfolk woman who fell and broke her nose in a car park. She required surgery...
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Posted 13/08/2009 Clothing firm Abercrombie and Fitch has been found guilty of breaching employment law in the case of a disabled member of staff. Riam Dean was employed at one...
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Posted 06/01/2010 An increasing number of drivers could be at risk of suffering a personal injury from a car accident due to the number of potholes on the road. This...
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Posted 02/03/2010 An increasing number of investors are turning back to commercial property due to the possible yields available. This is according to Fiona Rowley from the M&G Property Portfolio,...
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Posted 07/10/2013 Men aged over 50 are less likely to know the symptoms of serious diseases than women according to a recent survey by Saga, a well-known organisation focusing on...
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Posted 09/06/2013 On 1 December 2012 a new body, The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was created out of a merger of the CRB and the Independent Safeguarding Authority. Existing...
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Posted 26/07/2009 David Cameron has suggested that increasing the inheritance tax threshold (IHT) could be delayed if the Conservative Party wins the next general election. Speaking to BBC1’s Andrew Marr...
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Posted 29/10/2013 The Government’s toolkit on employing staff has recently been updated at https://www.gov.uk/employing-staffThis latest edition of a resource first launched in 2012 helps potential employers make sense of important...
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Posted 08/02/2011 New research has discovered that a large proportion of hospital tests are not being followed up by medical staff, potentially leaving the NHS and other authorities wide open...
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Posted 07/01/2010 Companies should heed their legal responsibility to keep their premises safe in icy weather if they wish to avoid compensation claims. This is the advice of Alastair Kight,...
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