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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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Posted 09/05/2012 In a recent High Court decision, a mother was held to be partly to blame for her child’s injuries having used a child booster seat to restrain her...
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Posted 25/07/2012 Government ministers have agreed to a change in the law to allow Physiotherapists and Podiatrists to prescribe medication such as anti-inflammatories and painkillers without needing to go back...
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Posted 09/12/2009 A trade union has criticised proposed employment law changes designed to combat blacklisting, suggesting they do not go far enough to protect workers. The Union of Construction, Allied...
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Posted 07/11/2014 The health secretary has said he is determined to tackle avoidable waste in healthcare and a report on the subject has issued by the Academy of Medical Royal...
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Posted 08/12/2009 A trade union has urged the government to reinstate the right to compensation claims for pleural plaque sufferers as a matter of “social justice”. The Union of Construction,...
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Posted 01/10/2009 A healthcare regulator has called for improved monitoring of out-of-hours care by NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in order to avoid clinical negligence incidents. The Care Quality Commission...
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Posted 20/11/2009 An advisory group has called on workers to seek the counsel of solicitors if they feel that their rights under employment law are being compromised during the recession....
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Posted 14/09/2014 The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Wales has said that surgeries are “buckling under the strain of rising workloads”. It estimates 650,000 people in Wales found it...
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Posted 15/08/2012 Ministers in Northern Ireland are considering extending the list of people who would be entitled to a bereavement award in a fatal case. If successful, Northern Ireland will...
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