Legal News
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Posted 13/06/2010 The Nursing Times is reporting today that figures have shown hospital patients are more likely to die if they are admitted to hospital over the weekend rather than...
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Posted 30/03/2010 Employment law experts have said that many more people may be eligible to claim compensation from their employers following a case which highlighted discrimination by association. Sharon Coleman,...
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Posted 25/07/2013 An MP has called for an inquiry after surgeons said that patients had died waiting for heart surgery at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. The Royal...
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Posted 09/09/2013 Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has given the assurance that Accident & Emergency (A&E) units in England should be able to meet their four hour waiting time targets this...
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Posted 20/07/2015 The corporate team at Ashtons Legal has advised Marriott Sinclair in a deal which will see RPC Consulting acquire the UK-based software and consultancy business. The deal means...
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Posted 07/01/2010 Bad weather inevitably results in more falls and injuries than usual. Despite that, very few people who fall and hurt themselves in the snow will have a claim...
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Posted 30/12/2009 People thinking of investing in agricultural land in order to avoid inheritance tax (IHT) have been told to ensure they take professional advice before moving ahead with their...
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Posted 23/06/2013 People with diabetes now have a much lower risk of dying prematurely than they did in the mid-1990s according to new research. In 2009 people with diabetes were...
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Posted 10/05/2010 A fear of redundancy and financial problems is leading to many UK employees returning to work too soon after long-term sick leave. Research by Aviva UK Health shows...
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Posted 14/10/2013 Recent research statistics have indicated that older doctors are more likely to pose a risk to patients than their younger colleagues. However, Ashtons Legal medical injury specialist Ben Ward...
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Posted 12/04/2010 A tribunal has ruled in favour of a soldier seeking compensation from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after ruling that the military body breached employment law. Tilern DeBique,...
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Posted 31/03/2015 A company director found themselves the subject of a lot of press attention a few weeks ago when they sent an abusive rejection e-mail to an applicant who...
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