Legal News

• Man extracts own tooth after waiting 18 months to see a NHS dentist

  • PostedJanuary 29, 2019

  Dental care offered by the NHS has been described as a “postcode lottery” by The British Dental Association. It comes after Mr Woodhouse, from Cornwall, was unable to find an...

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• ‘Scandalous’ refusal by hospital to confirm asbestos dangers on grounds of ‘commercial confidentiality’

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2019

  A hospital has refused to reveal whether its patients and staff may be at risk of a deadly asbestos-related disease, on the grounds of ‘commercial confidentiality’. High Wycombe Hospital is...

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• Personal Injury Trusts – a quick guide

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2019

  Personal Injury Trusts are a way to ensure that when someone receives compensation for a personal injury, money can be properly looked after on their behalf. They will also not...

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• Truck Cartel Update – January 2019

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2019

  There has been some significant progress in the claims being made for compensation. We can now update you about this. You may recall the reasons these claims are being brought:...

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• High survival rates for stages 1-3 cancer diagnoses

  • PostedJanuary 25, 2019

  Data from the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England suggests that adults diagnosed with stage one skin, prostate or breast cancer have the same chance of being alive...

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• 250 cardiac surgery deaths to be investigated

  • PostedJanuary 25, 2019

  Between 200 and 250 deaths that occurred during or after cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital in London are to be investigated. The study has been initiated by NHS Improvement...

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• £390k obtained in chronic pain case following an accident at work

  • PostedJanuary 24, 2019

  Tom Ranson, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, obtained compensation of £390,000 for Mrs B after she was involved in an accident at work. Mrs B was working in...

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• Agricultural Transport – getting it right

  • PostedJanuary 22, 2019

  Businesses in the agriculture sector have to juggle many different sets of regulations, policed by different regulators such as the Environment Agency. The penalties for non-compliance have gone through the...

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• Enough evidence to charge for 450 over-prescribed opiate deaths

  • PostedJanuary 21, 2019

  In June 2018, an inquiry found that more than 450 patients died after being given “dangerous” levels of drugs. Dr Jane Barton, who was at the centre of the scandal,...

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• Update on the EU Settlement Scheme

  • PostedJanuary 21, 2019

  Further to our article below, Theresa May has this afternoon (21 January 2019) announced in her Brexit statement that the £65 fee which millions of EU citizens were going to...

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• Survival rates for teenagers with cancer are improving

  • PostedJanuary 18, 2019

  A report produced by Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England considered data on 13-24 year olds living in England with figures from Public Health England’s National Cancer Registration and...

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• Managing old tyres

  • PostedJanuary 18, 2019

  DVSA have just provided advice on the use of tyres over 10 years old. There is no ban on the use of such tyres but advises that there is a...

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