Legal News
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Posted 12/12/2012 The Government has announced it is setting aside £100m to enable up to 100,000 cancer patients to have their entire genetic code sequenced. This should give doctors a...
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Posted 03/05/2011 Personal injury compensation has been approved for a woman whose car was hit by an ambulance on an emergency call. Caron Lake, 49, was collecting her daughter from...
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Posted 22/10/2012 The BBC reported today that an investigation by campaigners suggests NHS hearing services are being scaled back in England. Data obtained by Action on Hearing Loss from 128...
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Posted 20/12/2013 £20,000 settlement obtained following tragic death of baby Ashtons Legal medical injury specialist Sharon Allison has obtained a £20,000 settlement for her client, Ms T, whose baby died...
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Posted 11/02/2010 A trade union has hailed a recent Court of Appeal ruling over an unequal pay dispute as a potential landmark employment law ruling. Unite has welcomed the court’s...
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Posted 11/03/2011 Two Virgin Atlantic beauty therapists have received a combined £300,000 personal injury compensation payout after suffering strain injuries while giving massages. Jayne Evans received £230,972, while Michelle Hindmarsh...
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Posted 08/11/2013 The BBC reports today that according to a National Audit Office review, the NHS spends nearly £700 on clinical negligence cover for every live birth in England. The review said...
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Posted 10/12/2012 An 86 year old woman had to wait almost three hours for an ambulance after falling and breaking her leg on the pavement outside her home in Norfolk....
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Posted 01/11/2012 The BBC reported earlier this week that women invited for breast cancer screening in the UK are to be given more information about the potential harms of being...
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Posted 01/09/2011 A man who was injured in a crash between a bus and a van has launched a claim for personal injury compensation worth hundreds of thousands of pounds....
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Posted 26/02/2010 A leading charity representing older people has claimed that the current law on retirement ages is being used by some companies to force employees out of their jobs....
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Posted 21/02/2014 When it is compiled, Care.data will be a giant database of medical records showing how individuals have been cared for across the GP and hospital sectors. Researchers believe the...
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