Legal News
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Posted 19/11/2010 Personal injury compensation has been agreed for a woman who was badly hurt after being crushed between two lorries. Doris Barrera-Torrico, now 31, had been cycling to work...
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Posted 08/03/2013 Ashtons Legal partner, Jeanette Dennis, organised a quiz night on Tuesday 5 March for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Cambridgeshire Committee. 127 people attended the event,...
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Posted 18/01/2012 Cerebral Palsy is thought to be the most common physical disability of childhood. Whilst it is believed that birth asphyxia is responsible for some cases, it has long...
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Posted 21/05/2013 Mild iodine deficiency in pregnant mothers is now thought to result in reduced IQ in their children. It has long been known that iodine was important in the development...
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Posted 04/01/2011 A widow has been awarded compensation after her husband died from the industrial disease mesothelioma. Charles Tipping, 91, had worked for the Great Western Railway in Swindon for...
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Posted 22/04/2013 NHS bosses are considering whether thousands of patients should be treated in new ‘health hotels’ rather than on wards in an effort to relieve the growing pressure on...
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Posted 23/12/2010 A clinical negligence compensation payout is to be awarded to a man who was left paralysed from the neck down because a medical condition was not treated in...
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Posted 10/01/2012 Changes to employment law are set to result in temporary workers losing their jobs, according to research by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).Contracts will be terminated...
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Posted 21/02/2012 It’s all change for Pensions The Pension Act has now become law. The pension age for all women will rise to 65 in 2018 and to 66 for...
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Posted 11/01/2013 Women who have had weight loss surgery should wait at least a year before trying for a baby, experts have warned. Although having a baby after surgery is...
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Posted 30/04/2013 A Norwegian study has found that women smokers are over twice as likely to suffer from bowel cancer as men. Women who smoke have a 19% increase in their...
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Posted 29/10/2012 Health Protection Agency figures for England and Wales show that a tenth baby has died in the worst outbreak of whooping cough for decades. Cases continue to soar,...
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