Legal News
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Posted 17/05/2015 More than 20,000 NHS operations were cancelled at the last minute between January and March 2015 in England. It is the highest proportion of operations – one in...
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Posted 18/02/2016 By: Amanda Cavanagh Over the last four years, more than 1,000 NHS patients in England have suffered from medical mistakes so serious they should never have happened, according...
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Posted 03/11/2009 The only way to tackle discrimination in the workplace that arises from the gender pay gap is by raising awareness and discussing it openly, it has been claimed....
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Posted 19/10/2009 The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for fathers to be given greater protection under employment law as they attempt to balance their professional and personal...
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Posted 12/06/2012 Compensation payouts to patients whose illnesses were not properly diagnosed or detected too late have increased from ?56 million in 2009-10 to more than ?98 million in 2010-2011.Figures...
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Posted 09/03/2012 The current proposals to prevent access to justice for many people in claims of medical negligence through the use of legal aid funding is being highlighted by former...
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Posted 24/01/2011 Councils get go ahead to use powerful weapon in planning permission enforcement Individuals who try to bend the rules on planning permission have been dealt a blow following...
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Posted 16/05/2012 Benjamin Ward, a solicitor in Ashtons Legal’s medical injury team, has secured a settlement of ?27,000 for a woman who underwent substantial pain and suffering when a hospital...
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Posted 09/08/2010 The parents of a boy who was killed when a tree branch at a National Trust property fell on him are suing the organisation. Daniel Mullinger was killed...
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Posted 15/05/2012 An American study based on medical tests on volunteers living in Beijing demonstrated immediate improvements in blood pressure and other blood markers linked to clotting and inflammation during...
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Posted 30/04/2015 GP out-of-hours services provided by commercial companies perform slightly worse than NHS or not-for profit equivalents according to recent analysis. The research, by Exeter Medical School, used data...
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Posted 23/08/2009 Merger and acquisition activity among building societies is likely to increase in the near future, according to industry analysts. A report from KPMG said factors such as losses...
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