Legal News
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Posted 10/08/2014 A pioneering new breast cancer treatment will not be routinely available in England, the NHS drugs advisory body NICE is proposing. The drug – Kadcyla – adds six months...
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Posted 12/08/2014 An inquest has been arranged to investigate the death of a Luton girl following treatment for necrotizing fasciitis – also called the ‘flesh eating disease’. Link here to...
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Posted 30/07/2014 In 2009 the NHS introduced a number of service standards in relation to cancer waiting times for out-patient services and hospital treatment. One of the standards requires that all...
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Posted 13/05/2010 A man who helped to prevent a motorway pileup but was paralysed in the process has won a landmark legal case against a group of insurers. David Tolley,...
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Posted 26/01/2011 A woman has been awarded more than £19,000 in unfair dismissal compensation after lodging an employment law claim against her former managers. Christine Green, 66, was fired from...
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Posted 02/03/2011 While it is a myth that employees are automatically entitled to a day off on a bank holiday, employers are required by law to give full-time workers the...
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Posted 23/03/2011 New research has revealed that a high proportion of businesses are not yet ready for the implementation of new employment law regarding paternity leave. After April 3rd 2011,...
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Posted 03/05/2010 Currently, doctors can only advise whether an individual can or cannot work. To encourage more people to get back to work sooner, and to encourage employers to facilitate...
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Posted 04/05/2010 A former employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is seeking compensation for unfair dismissal over his recent redundancy. Colin Tenner claims he had asked his management for assistance when he...
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Posted 14/04/2014 With the huge rise in the use of smartphones, tablets and laptops, there has never been more opportunity for employees to ‘log-on’ out of office hours. This has...
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Posted 28/05/2014 The husband of a Pulham Market woman who died following surgery on her varicose veins is demanding details of his wife’s treatment and the circumstances that led up...
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Posted 27/04/2010 Home Retail Group’s insurers have agreed to settle a number of compensation claims related to chemicals used in sofas manufactured in China. Thousands of people complained of skin...
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