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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 21/04/2010 British workers remain in the dark about employment law relating to redundancy, a new study has found. Thousands of people across the country have experienced redundancy since the...
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Posted 23/12/2009 Companies in the UK are more at risk of insolvency during the current recession than during any previous economic downturn, according to research. The Conservatives have highlighted Insolvency...
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Posted 12/04/2010 New employment law relating to sick leave and holiday pay is unpopular, research has suggested. Recent changes to the European Working Time Directive give employees the right to...
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Posted 16/03/2015 The recent ruling in the ‘Blurred Lines trial’, which awarded more than $7.3m to the family of Marvin Gaye, might just be one of the most significant legal...
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Posted 22/04/2013 HM Coroner for Norfolk, William Armstrong, has spoken out about the wider impact of suicide for families left behind and the need to provide them with more support.Mr...
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Posted 20/11/2013 Yesterday the Government published its response to the Mid Staffs Inquiry vowing to implement changes to the current system to protect public safety.The response has numerous recommendations however some...
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Posted 12/05/2011 A man who was severely brain-damaged in a car accident has been awarded personal injury compensation totalling £3.6 million by a court in Liverpool. Andrew Chin, aged 39,...
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Posted 12/05/2013 Hospital Trusts have admitted to 750 preventable mistakes over the past four years, which include foreign objects being left inside patients and cases of surgery on the wrong...
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Posted 17/03/2010 A woman who insists that she was sacked from her job as a high-flying executive because she was pregnant is seeking compensation with the assistance of her lawyers....
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Posted 02/12/2009 A woman has called for greater responsibility in the hairdressing industry after winning her £2,000 compensation claim against a salon. Charlotte Gilchrist took legal action against her hairdresser...
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Posted 06/06/2011 A man who launched a personal injury claim against supermarket Asda after he slipped on a grape in its Peterborough store has been awarded more than £10,000. It...
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