Legal News
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Posted 21/01/2011 Personal injury compensation has been awarded to a stable hand after he was thrown from a horse while working at the yard of Tim Easterby. The North Yorkshire...
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Posted 04/02/2011 Personal injury compensation has been agreed for a man who sustained life-changing brain injuries in a road accident. James Sedge, 25, had been crossing a road in Sheerness...
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Posted 28/01/2011 Employers may need to do more to prevent personal injury claims being made against them as a result of accidents. This is the suggestion of Roger Bibbings, occupational...
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Posted 13/01/2010 A campaigning MP has called on the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in allowing sufferers of pleural plaques to make compensation claims against their employers. Dave Anderson,...
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Posted 21/04/2014 The Guardian reported today that at least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a study commissioned by the NHS. Researchers...
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Posted 21/01/2011 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a paratrooper £1.7 million in personal injury compensation after he lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan. Sergeant Stuart Pearson, a...
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Posted 11/01/2010 Incoming changes to employment law will provide greater protection for older workers against discrimination in the jobs market, according to the government. Harriet Harman, minister for women and...
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Posted 08/02/2011 A former professional footballer has been awarded personal injury compensation after a training incident forced him to retire. Dean Ashton, who played for West Ham United and England,...
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Posted 24/11/2011 On Thursday 17 November, Suffolk FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group) held its prestigious Kerr Cup Conservation Championship Awards presentation evening, with guest speaker, the Rt Hon Jim...
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Posted 13/10/2009 Sandra Patton, a clinical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a
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Posted 26/01/2010 Older workers must be offered more opportunities and support under employment law, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The body is proposing a series of...
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Posted 17/07/2014 Statins – millions more to get drugs in controversial plans Four in ten adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are now eligible for statins, even though many...
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