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Posted 12/10/2010 A man who suffered a serious brain injury due to delays in his treatment has received a large clinical negligence payout. Addenbrooke’s Hospital will have to pay £2...
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Posted 10/10/2010 The BBC reported last week that a hospital has recently apologised for a human error which led to a pregnant woman being told after her initial scan that...
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Posted 01/11/2011 Employment law needs to be simplified as it is stifling companies, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.The body stated that sickness absence is a particularly difficult part...
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Posted 09/07/2013 A recent commentator estimated the MENA (Middle East North Africa) market to be worth $30billion, though this is probably made up by a large percentage of the heavy...
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Posted 18/08/2013 An international team of researchers have been involved in the largest analysis of cancer genomes yet undertaken. They were looking for what have been called ‘genetic graffiti’ to...
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Posted 02/09/2013 The BBC has reported that the NHS in England will publish quarterly lists of ‘never events’. The admission came as part of a response to a freedom of...
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Posted 15/07/2013 Today sees the publication of Bruce Keogh’s report into 14 hospital Trusts which have been identified as having higher than average, alarming, death rates. It follows the scandal...
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Posted 01/11/2010 A new survey on Wills has revealed that British people intend to leave their assets to some interesting beneficiaries. Although 87 per cent of respondents to the Unbiased.co.uk...
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Posted 19/09/2013 How is the new NHS supposed to work then?We in the medical negligence team at Ashtons Legal can claim in a modest way to know something about the...
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Posted 06/10/2010 Fewer companies in East Anglia may be willing to take part in mergers and acquisitions at present, according to new research. A study by Experian found that this...
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Posted 09/08/2011 People considering the possibility of getting advice from an insolvency lawyer have been urged to confront their debt issues sooner rather than later. In the aftermath of the...
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Posted 10/09/2013 Globalisation is leading more young professionals into international work and they look set to be the winners in changes in inheritance tax rules in the UK, designed to...
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