Legal News
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Posted 13/04/2010 Employers who do not follow fire safety regulations could be putting the lives of their employees at risk. This is the warning of insurance company RSA, which has...
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Posted 17/03/2010 A woman has secured £1 million in clinical negligence compensation after she was left with permanent health problems because medics did not spot her cervical cancer. Samantha Burn,...
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Posted 19/04/2010 Research has indicated that large numbers of first-time buyers are currently seeking mortgage advice before embarking on their first steps on the property ladder. A report by unbiased.co.uk,...
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Posted 22/03/2010 The number of business insolvencies in the east of England declined sharply in February, according to a new report. Figures compiled by information services company Experian show that...
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Posted 17/01/2011 Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, a former nurse who now heads the Clinical Negligence team at Ashtons Legal, explains how children’s negligence claims could be better managed. The issue of how...
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Posted 09/12/2010 Business owners have been warned that they could fall foul of employment law if they fail to take depression among their employees seriously. A survey carried out by...
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Posted 07/01/2011 The number of mergers and acquisitions taking place this year is likely to be larger than that seen in 2010, one firm has said. Paras Anand from European...
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Posted 18/02/2010 An increasing number of people are choosing to buy agricultural land as an investment, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). The body’s latest rural market...
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Posted 04/03/2010 A potential increase in the risk of clinical negligence in UK hospitals has been highlighted by a new study showing forthcoming NHS cutbacks. The Civitas research found that...
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Posted 26/02/2015 The Ministry of Justice have recently announced that as from September 2015 they will be providing funding for DNA tests. The courts have always been able to order...
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Posted 03/10/2010 Setting up trusts for children could provide them with financial security after a death, it has been suggested. A reader of the Manchester Evening News (MEN) submitted a...
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Posted 12/04/2015 The Conservative party has proposed an increase in the IHT allowance, giving a further zero-rate band of £175,000 on your main property on top of the £325,000 IHT...
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