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The new Coalition Government's first budget has now come and gone, and no doubt deliberations will go on for months to come as to whether the measures outlined will have the effect they intended in reducing the country's debt, or make a difficult...
A patient who underwent a nine-hour heart operation at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester died after a surgical swab was left inside his body. Evidence at the inquest revealed that the scrub nurse had noticed a swab was missing but this had not...
I noticed this interesting Inheritance Dispute case which was heard last week in the High Court. Angela Salmon failed in her claim that her sister Jacqueline had forged their Mother’s Will, which had left Angela just £1 from her mother's...
While the recession is ‘technically’ over, new research by poverty charity Elizabeth Finn Care suggests that almost three quarters of the UK are still being kept awake at night by concerns about their finances. The charity’s...
Research has shown that during the last World Cup there was a reported significant increase in incidents of domestic violence during the competition. This is put down to the increase in drinking coupled with the heightened emotions, particularly...
I’ve recently settled a case following the breakdown of a couple’s relationship. The property was registered in the sole name of one of the parties, my client. He thought the relationship would last forever and didn’t think about...
After pursuing a clinical negligence claim that has gone on for over seven years, a family have finally received an award for the significant injuries their son, Lewis, sustained at birth back in 2002. The problems...
When Communities Secretary Eric Pickles gave Home Information Packs (HIPs) the red-card last month, most people involved in the property industry – buyers and sellers included – gave a huge sigh of relief. HIPs were...
Despite the recent unfair overdraft charges case not going the debtors’ way, it is good to see that consumers are still not prepared to simply accept unfair charges on their loans. I have read with interest this morning that Mr Parry, a...
I was surprised to find out today that Welcome Finance, have recently had a victory against another creditor in the name of Log Book Loans. It is highly unusual for creditors to be pursuing each other and as a result this judgment makes very interesting...
Midwives and other staff involved in delivering babies are being warned about leaving swabs inside the vaginas of women who have just given birth. Swabs are commonly used after vaginal births, where there is bleeding. However, if left inside the...
