Legal News
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Posted 22/06/2010 Despite laws in place to protect them, older workers are still at risk from age-related discrimination. This is the conclusion of a new report published by the Institute...
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Posted 22/12/2009 A Norfolk farmer has complained of his mistreatment by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) after it refused to compensate him for maladministration which has...
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A couple has been awarded a five-figure payout after making a successful compensation claim against an Essex hospital accused of clinical negligence. Louise Stokes and partner Charles Plume took legal...
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Posted 05/02/2010 Equity release can be a potentially useful source of income to those struggling with financial difficulties later in life, according to MP David Blunkett. The former secretary of...
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Posted 18/07/2013 Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal solicitors, has obtained £42,000 for Mrs L, the widow of a man who died of cancer. Mr L, who was...
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Posted 13/07/2015 Ben Ward, a clinical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained settlement for the family of Mr W, who died on 10th February 2012. Numerous failings in the...
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Posted 28/01/2010 Use of equity release products can prove to be a useful solution for older people wishing to free up retirement finances without having to sell their homes, according...
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Posted 05/03/2015 A 32 year old pregnant woman who experienced agonising abdominal pain and thought she was going into labour was diagnosed with bowel cancer. She had an emergency caesarean...
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Posted 10/08/2010 Some British companies could be breaching employment law by failing to give staff their full holiday entitlements. A WorkMonitor survey carried out by Randstad found that while 67...
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Posted 12/02/2015 Further evidence of poor management at a mental health trust comes after it is revealed that criticisms last week were first levelled at them eight years ago, but...
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Posted 01/07/2013 The BBC reported today that the Welsh Government plans to introduce a system where individuals will be presumed to have consented for their organs to be donated after...
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Posted 15/01/2010 An inquest into a clinical negligence case in Cambridgeshire has prompted fresh concerns about the quality of care afforded to out-of-hours patients. The Royal College of General Practitioners...
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