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When a child is injured, or dies in an accident, and there is someone to blame for that accident, pursuing compensation is often the last thing on the minds of the parents. However, taking action against the party that is to blame isn’t just about...
A disciplinary hearing was told this week how a midwife shouted ‘no pain, no gain’ to a woman in labour whose baby was later stillborn. The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard how Biobelemoye Toby called Heather Paterson a...
The High Court has now afforded even greater protection to landlords where they have failed to protect the tenancy deposit. Most landlords who take deposits from tenants are required to register the deposit with a Government authorised deposit...
You only need browse local newspapers, safety at work and trade journals to see how commonplace accidents in the workplace are. Only this week we’ve come across three stories all involving severed fingers. Coincidence, or a case of employers...
Lancashire police are considering new ways of protecting repeat victims of domestic violence which includes putting cameras into the family home. Whilst the practicalities of this are yet to be announced, it is believed that having cameras at the scene...
Earlier this month, the UK Council on Deafness held Deaf Awareness Week. Supported by over a hundred deaf organisations and charities, the event aimed to improve understanding of the various types of deafness and methods of communication and to promote...
When is a rape not a rape or not a serious rape? If the Minister of Justice doesn’t know, what chance for the rest of us? The Government has been having similar problems with the definition of domestic violence. Why should this concern you?...
An accident at a tyre factory in Cumbria left a worker with a sprained ankle after he fell five metres onto a concrete floor. A lack of training led to the accident, for which the employer was fined £5,000 by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). ...
Chris Huhne is the well known Liberal Democrat MP who is currently at the centre of a scandal for allegedly asking his wife to accept some speeding points 'on his behalf.' There is no doubt that this type of conversation is not limited...
The leisure industry can be a dangerous place, both for those who work in it and the patrons who use the facilities. It was recently reported on BBC News that a man was crushed to death as he positioned a fairground ride at a park in...
The recent case of the MG Rover directors who have now been disqualified from acting as directors is an interesting case but actually has wider implications for company directors whose companies are in financial trouble. The present economic...
The accident that saw 22 year old stuntman Jay Young paralysed whilst rehearsing for a show at Legoland Windsor was widely reported, including in our blog . He’s been in hospital since in Oxford awaiting a transfer to Southampton, nearer to family...
An 80-year-old widow is facing eviction after a boundary dispute spanning more than a decade over 3 inches of land. Milica Markos of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, took her former neighbour, Alan Goodfellow, to court in 1999 because he had encroached on...
A dispute has arisen over a share of the multi-million pound estate left by the deceased actress Elizabeth Taylor. The actress left £50,000 of her estate to her former husband in order to provide for his care in his current state of ill...
Whiplash is an injury most commonly associated with road traffic accidents , and it is indeed one of the most prevalent issues for which accident victims pursue an injury claim. However, whiplash isn’t just limited to road traffic...
Over 10,000 British patients who underwent hip replacement operations could be hitting Johnson & Johnson’s orthopaedic arm, DePuy, with a multi-million-pound legal bill after suffering ill effects and being told that their operations will need to...
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 152 workers were fatally injured whilst carrying out their jobs in 2009/2010. Whilst this figure indicates a downward trend over the past five years, it still equates to one in every 200,000...
Wayne Rooney has recently been involved in a spat on Twitter with a Liverpool fan. Rooney tweeted “hope u turn up if u don't gonna tell everyone ur scared u little nit. I'll be waiting” but later went on to say it was “a bit of...
Figures show that the Royal Bolton Hospital is one of the worst in the country for patients suffering from pressure sores. Research carried out by the health consultancy, Dr Foster Intelligence, shows that the Royal Bolton Hospital is in the top...
A revival in the numbers of buy to let properties being snapped up could be good news for the property market. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said recently that they expect to see buy to let figures increasing over the course of the year as the...
New figures show that the NHS has spent £112m since 2005 compensating patients who have suffered preventable blood clots. The figures, uncovered by thrombosis charity Lifeblood, reveal the amount that has been paid out to patients and their...
The corridors of power are currently full of people considering whether to provide the Police with the power to fine careless drivers at the roadside. The initiative is part of a government strategy to make Britain's roads safer and...
It seems the current financial situation could be putting workers at risk due to bosses taking cost cutting measures, some recent injury claims reports and health and safety prosecutions would suggest. Redundancies amongst supervisors or those...
A recent investigation has revealed that thousands of patients face unnecessary surgery to remove faulty medical equipment. Researchers warn that implants; including hip replacements, breast implants and pacemakers are causing avoidable injuries and, in...
It has emerged this week that the rate of mortgage repossessions in the first quarter of 2011 has risen 15% from the last quarter of 2010. The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed a sharp rise in repossessions, the first in more than two...
