Legal News
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Posted 28/11/2012 The BBC has this week reported that Dr Phillip Lee, an MP and practising GP, has suggested those with medical conditions caused by their lifestyle may have to...
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Posted 22/04/2014 Cancer Research UK statistics show more than 13,000 people develop malignant melanoma each year, compared with around 1,800 in the mid-1970s. The rise is partly due to rising...
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Posted 01/02/2010 A family charity has welcomed proposed employment law changes which will introduce greater flexibility for new fathers who want to take time off work. Families Need Fathers has...
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Posted 03/02/2010 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to support the right of women workers to receive equal pay via employment law changes. Brendan Barber, general...
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Posted 04/11/2009 The build up to Christmas could be marked by a series of business failures in the retail sector, according to an insolvency expert. Retailers have experienced a tough...
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Posted 19/09/2012 A recent Audit Commission report has confirmed that 31 NHS trusts are now considered to be in debt, compared to 13 Trusts for the previous year.The health service...
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Posted 16/03/2011 A schoolboy is taking legal action against a motorist who ran him over in the hope of claiming personal injury compensation. The unnamed 12-year-old had been walking along...
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Posted 10/11/2009 Private healthcare firm Take Care Now has lost its contract with the NHS in Cambridgeshire in response to concerns over clinical negligence in out-of-hours care. The Guardian reports...
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Posted 28/11/2011 Tim Gleave, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has succeeded in obtaining substantial compensation for Mrs T, a lady in her 40s from Suffolk, after her beauty...
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Posted 04/03/2011 Personal injury compensation has been awarded to a man who fell from a moving taxi and sustained brain damage. Grant Parfitt, now 24, was on his way home...
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Posted 05/11/2009 Older homeowners have been advised to help their family to help them by preparing a Lasting Power of Attorney. The Equity Release Solicitors’ Alliance (Ersa) has recommended that...
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Posted 30/06/2014 The BBC reported today that senior politicians have warned that more money is needed to deal with increasing demands on the NHS. The Liberal Democrat former health minister...
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