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Posted 17/01/2011 Julie Crossley, a clinical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation for Mrs P following unnecessary delay in performing a ‘flap lift’ to correct the ‘striae’ (corneal...
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Posted 11/08/2014 A major push is needed to boost mental health research, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has told the BBC. The Deputy Prime Minister said his party’s next election...
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Posted 04/02/2011 New research has revealed that a large proportion of British workers are unhappy in their jobs. The January Employment Index released by Monster.co.uk showed that almost three-quarters of...
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Posted 22/04/2010 The market for agricultural land in the east of England is likely to be far more active in the coming months than during 2009, according to a new...
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Posted 02/02/2011 Companies that lose cases at employment law tribunals could be made to pay penalties under new government proposals. The Resolving Workplace Disputes Consultation document was recently revealed by...
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Posted 04/08/2014 The BBC reported that NHS in England has been ordered to prioritise patients who have endured long waits for routine treatment. The NHS is meant to see 90%...
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Posted 28/04/2010 Trade union Unison has called for greater scrutiny to be placed on employers over workplace after it revealed annual compensation figures for victims of industrial disease. More than...
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Posted 05/08/2014 Doctors at the Queen Mary University of London reported that daily aspirin can reduce the chance of developing bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancers by some 30-40% and can...
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Posted 15/07/2014 Mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing of smaller employers set to become easier From the end of the month of July the process of informing and consulting affected employees who...
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Posted 15/02/2011 The Bribery Act 2010 became law in April 2010, and was due to come into force in April 2011 but following lobbying from business organisations and others, has...
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Posted 19/08/2014 Employers have been reminded again by the courts in a recent case of the importance of accuracy and careful wording in restrictive covenants designed to provide protection against...
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Posted 18/02/2011 In an important development in employment law, a corporate manslaughter test case against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has ended with a guilty verdict. The company was prosecuted after Alexander...
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