Legal News
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Posted 19/06/2013 Whilst most right thinking people are considering which best seller to add to their holiday reading list, employment lawyers will be getting to grips with a brave new...
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Posted 05/11/2010 A recent employment tribunal case has highlighted the need for charity trustees to think carefully about whether they should incorporate as a charitable company as soon as they...
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Posted 22/11/2011 A seven-figure clinical negligence settlement has been awarded to a boy who suffered brain damage shortly after his birth.Dontay Crooks was delivered at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital in...
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Posted 03/11/2010 A man is seeking £14 million in clinical negligence compensation after his attempt to donate a kidney to his father was botched by a surgeon. The donor, known...
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Posted 11/11/2011 Date: 11 November 2011 A football club has offered voluntary redundancy packages to every member of staff in a bid to save money and prevent the side from...
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Posted 09/11/2010 A woman is suing Hilton Hotels for £60,000 after alleging that she was discriminated against on the grounds of her race. Juliette Giscombe, 57, claims she was forced...
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Posted 30/11/2011 The government has announced a change to employment law that it claims will give small businesses more time to prepare for the auto-enrolment pension scheme.Pensions minister Steve Webb...
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Posted 05/11/2010 A widow has secured a clinical negligence compensation payout after her husband died from a blood clot following a routine operation. Chris Harper, 60, went to have a...
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Posted 29/05/2013 As technology continues to advance and ownership of tablets, smart phones and laptops is on the up, so increasing numbers of employers are allowing employees to use their...
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Posted 12/06/2013 It has been announced that the largest database of those diagnosed with cancer is to be set up in England. The hope is that collating all the data...
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Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) have acknowledged that dying patients may sometimes have been put on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) inappropriately because hospitals were offered financial incentives...
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Posted 29/11/2011 A group of female former employees of Birmingham City Council have won a landmark equal pay case against the local authority.Some 174 cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff...
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