Legal News
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Posted 05/01/2010 Companies may be increasingly falling foul of employment law by bullying and mistreating their staff during the recession, according to a former charity worker. Lyn Witheridge, who ran...
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Posted 27/09/2012 Following on the coat-tails of the euphoria which spread through the nation during our incredible summer of sport, one would be forgiven for not considering the potential additional...
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Posted 18/05/2014 Two articles claiming cholesterol-reducing statins may be unsafe are to be investigated and could be retracted by the British Medical Journal. The authors have withdrawn figures suggesting up...
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for further political action to be taken in order to prevent ethnic minorities from being selected for redundancy for discriminatory reasons. Frances O’Grady,...
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Posted 15/11/2011 MPs have criticised proposals for changes to planning law by the coalition government.Joan Walley, chair of the environmental audit committee, described the plans as “confusing” and “contradictory”.She said:...
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Posted 08/10/2012 The BBC has reported that more than 700,000 people recently immunised against typhoid may not have full protection because of a dud vaccine that has now been recalled...
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Posted 30/09/2009 Julie Crossley, a clinical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a
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Posted 07/07/2014 NHS ‘falling short on complaints handling’ The BBC reported today that according to a recent survey the NHS still has a long way to go to improve the...
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Posted 10/05/2012 As a general rule civil legal cases which go to court, including personal injury claims, are heard in public. This means that the names of those involved and...
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Posted 08/11/2011 A local authority has revealed it is set to address a loophole in its planning laws.Councillor Herbert Manley, executive member for prosperity at Cheshire West and Chester Council,...
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Posted 25/07/2012 Government ministers have agreed to a change in the law to allow Physiotherapists and Podiatrists to prescribe medication such as anti-inflammatories and painkillers without needing to go back...
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Posted 12/08/2012 A Kings Lynn woman who was 20 weeks pregnant gave premature birth to her baby in a hospital toilet and was told nothing could be done as she...
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