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Posted 13/01/2010 A campaigning MP has called on the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in allowing sufferers of pleural plaques to make compensation claims against their employers. Dave Anderson,...
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Posted 21/04/2014 The Guardian reported today that at least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a study commissioned by the NHS. Researchers...
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Posted 21/01/2011 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a paratrooper £1.7 million in personal injury compensation after he lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan. Sergeant Stuart Pearson, a...
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Posted 11/01/2010 Incoming changes to employment law will provide greater protection for older workers against discrimination in the jobs market, according to the government. Harriet Harman, minister for women and...
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Posted 08/02/2011 A former professional footballer has been awarded personal injury compensation after a training incident forced him to retire. Dean Ashton, who played for West Ham United and England,...
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Posted 11/11/2009 Female doctors may have a case to make compensation claims for discrimination after a British Medical Association (BMA) report revealed a salary discrepancy between men and women. Findings...
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Posted 30/10/2009 Companies looking to the government’s Business Payments Support Service (BPSS) scheme as a way to avoid insolvency have received a reminder that it will not provide assistance to...
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Posted 27/01/2010 The government has committed to continuing to implement employment law changes in order to foster better equality standards in UK workplaces. Minister for women and equality Harriet Harman...
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Posted 07/05/2012 Ashtons Legal’s personal injury team were instructed by a family involved in a head on road collision in 2009. There were four members of the same family in...
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Posted 24/04/2012 When a defendant insurer is forced to admit that their driver was at fault following a road traffic accident in which someone else has suffered serious injuries, the...
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Posted 15/01/2010 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to revise employment law relating to equality in order to create a fairer climate for ethnic minority workers in...
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Posted 26/01/2010 Older workers must be offered more opportunities and support under employment law, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The body is proposing a series of...
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