News for Individuals
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Splitting couples are facing a further rise in the cost of divorce with a big increase in court fees, and many are facing up to the challenge of asset-sharing and...
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Richard Foyster has obtained a settlement of £277,000 for a Norfolk man who had regular exposure to asbestos in his working environment over 40 years ago and was recently diagnosed...
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A Supreme Court ruling will allow a former wife to make a claim for a share of the fortune amassed by her husband 30 years after they parted, as no...
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Following on from the article titled ‘Over 40,000 women did not receive cervical cancer screening letters’ it has been reported that 3,591 more woman have been affected by the cervical...
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An Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely – Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London and president of the Royal Society...
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A leading lawyer has invited the new chief executive of a failing mental health trust to meet her, to discuss 18 years’ experience of dealing with families bereaved because of...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £60,000 for Mr J, whose wrist fracture was not diagnosed when he was x-rayed in his local hospital in...
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In August 2018, the Government announced a crackdown on rogue directors seeking to trade insolvent companies. With high profile businesses still dominating the headlines for poor financial performance, Alexander Curnow...
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“It’s just a bit of bants!” If you work in any kind of environment, from an office to a building site, you’ll be familiar with the term ‘banter’. It’s that...
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The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has promised to introduce measures that will strengthen protection for staff whistleblowers. This promise comes in the wake of the Gosport War Memorial Hospital scandal...
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The NHS failed to send out over 40,000 letters containing cervical cancer screening information to women in England. 150-200 of these were test results that had come up showing abnormalities,...
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Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has succeeding in obtaining £70,000 for the family of a man who died unnecessarily because his early symptoms of mouth cancer...
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