Legal News
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Posted 16/07/2013 Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £10,000 settlement for Mrs S from Suffolk, whose bowel was perforated during surgery for endometriosis. This...
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Posted 28/07/2010 The government has announced that the default retirement age for men and women will be scrapped in October 2011. Ministers have said the change in legislation – which...
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Posted 04/07/2010 The Equality Bill which was passed in April 2010 is to be launched in the UK this October, the coalition government has said. Home secretary Theresa May said...
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Posted 03/06/2013 The BBC has reported that the NHS in England missed its A&E waiting time target in the first three months of the year. Patients should be seen, diagnosed and...
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Posted 14/01/2010 A man has been awarded one of the largest compensation settlements in UK history after sustaining a serious brain and spinal injury in a car accident. Lukasz Borowski...
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Posted 23/12/2009 Companies in the UK are more at risk of insolvency during the current recession than during any previous economic downturn, according to research. The Conservatives have highlighted Insolvency...
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Posted 21/12/2009 Two television reporters who were selected for redundancy by Anglia TV are to launch unfair dismissal claims against the broadcaster over allegations of age discrimination. Dianne Stradling and...
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Posted 02/03/2015 An inquest is to be held tomorrow (3 March) into the death of a Pulham Market woman who died following varicose vein surgery. Nicola Tweedy, 54, attended Norwich...
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Posted 12/04/2010 New employment law relating to sick leave and holiday pay is unpopular, research has suggested. Recent changes to the European Working Time Directive give employees the right to...
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Posted 29/07/2013 The BBC reported today a study which suggests that nurses are having to “ration” care because of time pressures. The study published in BMJ Quality & Safety which...
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Posted 20/10/2013 Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £37,500 for an elderly lady who is now reliant on family members for her...
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Posted 16/03/2015 The recent ruling in the ‘Blurred Lines trial’, which awarded more than $7.3m to the family of Marvin Gaye, might just be one of the most significant legal...
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