Legal News
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Posted 20/05/2010 A woman who was overlooked for a promotion because of her age has been awarded compensation at an employment law tribunal. Linda Sturdy, now 60, had applied for...
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Posted 21/10/2013 The BBC reported today that foreigners are entitled to various treatments, including emergency care. Up to £500m could be recovered from overseas visitors’ and migrants’ use of the...
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Posted 26/05/2010 A man who was left in agony after an operation went wrong has received an undisclosed sum in clinical negligence compensation. Gerald Morgan, 60, had been struggling with...
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Posted 23/12/2009 British workers have seen their susceptibility to the risk of joblessness and redundancy increase over the last year, according to new research. Figures published by the Trades Union...
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Posted 11/08/2013 A recent study of 120 men and women, half of whom have autism, revealed that more work is required to understand how autism affects girls. Autism affects 1%...
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Posted 18/03/2015 For many incorporating a limited company, tax and limited liability considerations are at the forefront of their mind, not the employment status of that company’s directors. However, the...
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Posted 17/03/2015 The parents of a Luton girl who died in hospital of septicaemia have reported the hospital to the General Medical Council. In November 2013 Claire Allnutt was admitted...
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Posted 29/10/2013 The BBC reported today that, following a recent review of the system, the culture of delay and denial over NHS complaints in England must come to an end....
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Posted 17/06/2013 The BBC has reported that a review of the NHS in England has shown that a much simpler and co-ordinated system of 24 hour urgent and emergency care...
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Posted 09/05/2010 A woman has successfully claimed compensation for clinical negligence after a breast reconstruction operation went wrong. Yvonne Laidlaw, 57, had the procedure at the Royal Bolton Hospital at...
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Posted 15/04/2010 Charitable organisation St John Ambulance has suggested that first aid training should be compulsory for all British employees, not just certain representatives within a firm. A poll carried...
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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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