Legal News
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Posted 16/09/2013 The BBC has reported that by the end of 2015 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) aims to have inspected all acute hospitals, i.e. those designed to provide short...
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Posted 15/09/2013 Around 37,000 people are estimated to die of sepsis each year and it accounts for 100,000 hospital admissions. The Health Service Ombudsman has found significant failings in the...
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Posted 09/05/2010 Nearly a quarter of people are putting in longer hours at work than ever, according to new research. A study carried out by financial provider Santander found that...
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Posted 26/08/2013 Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £55,000 for the widow of a self-employed Suffolk man after his local hospital failed to diagnose his...
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Posted 14/01/2010 A trade union has welcomed the government’s decision to introduce an ombudsman to monitor breaches of the Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice (GSCOP) as beneficial to farmers and...
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Posted 11/05/2011 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked the high court to block compensation claims from the families of four soldiers who died in Iraq. Relatives of Private Lee...
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Posted 04/01/2010 Recession-hit businesses should continue to be aware of the threat of insolvency, despite recent signs of an economic upturn. This is the view of the insolvency trade body...
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Posted 07/01/2010 Companies in Norfolk could be faced with a larger risk of insolvency in 2010 than they were last year, according to an expert. Dr Jerome Healy, lecturer in...
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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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