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Adjudication is often the preferred method to resolving construction industry disputes and in many cases is now required in construction contracts to help avoid the possibility of lengthy business interruptions. Construction disputes can arise due to...
As summer comes around and we all try and make the most of it by having barbeques whenever the weather permits and sit in beer gardens, the police take a significant interest in potential drink driving. Almost every police force has again announced a summer...
A&E departments across the country could be heading for a crisis this winter according to recent figures. A number of measures are to be considered to help A&E units cope with the enormous demand they experience. However, MPs on the Health Committee...
The BBC has reported that 735 claims management companies that handle personal injury claims have closed from March 2012 to June 2013. It is thought that this is a result of tougher laws on the practices of those companies. The ban of referral fees in April...
I was shocked to hear on the news last week that 79 people were sadly killed in a train crash in Santiago de Compestela in North Western Spain and around 130 others have been injured. It has been reported that the train was...
It both saddened and worried me to hear about the Coroner’s report on the tragic accident which occurred on 10th September last year killing three people. The coach was travelling from Bestival, Isle of Wight when the vehicle veered up an embankment,...
I was reading a BBC article in which it was suggested that learner drivers in the UK should face a graduated system of licences to help reduce road deaths, according to a study by the RAC Foundation. The study suggests that hundreds of lives a year could be...
The Government has previously promised (in response to the recommendations made by the Francis Report) that a new statutory Duty of Candour will be introduced for the NHS. This would mean that hospitals would be legally obliged to admit to any medical...
I wrote a blog back in January 2013 regarding the Medical Innovations Bill that has been proposed by Lord Saatchi to Parliament. This Bill has now arrived in the House of Commons and has therefore reached the second stage of its approval through Parliament....
I was shocked to read about how a nursery seemingly attempted to cover up how a five year old boy was injured whilst in their care. I understand from the article in the Mail online that the nursery advised the boy’s mother that he had spilled soup on...
An investigation continues after two servicemen died in extreme heat in the Brecon Beacons. Military sources believe heat exhaustion may have been to blame for the death of two soldiers who collapsed on a training exercise in the area. It has been suggested...
What should have been the happiest day of John and Tracey Gamble’s life quickly became their worst after Tracey went into labour. They attended Colchester Hospital in April last year where they hoped to deliver their healthy baby boy. However...
According to Mail Online, a House of Lords peer has apparently admitted during a House of Lords debate that he uses “friends” in the DVLA to track down drivers he spots littering. According to the article, it would appear that this involves...
As the number of obese adults in the UK increases questions have been raised about how far equality legislation extend to protect those who are classed as obese and whether or not obesity can be classed as a disability under discrimination legislation. The...
I was extremely saddened last week to read about Stephen Hunt, a 38 year old fireman, who died whilst trying to tackle a fire at Paul’s Hair World in Manchester. I drove past the fire in Manchester on the Saturday afternoon and was shocked by the...
Thousands of businesses face being unable to bring claims against the banks through the courts for alleged mis-selling of hedging products and other complicated derivatives due to statutory provisions that prevent the bringing of claims outside of certain...
It has been reported that the Serious Fraud Office has charged two brokers with conspiracy to defraud as it continues with its criminal investigation into the alleged rigging of the LIBOR rates. This follows in the wake of the fines levied upon Barclays...
It has been reported that the number of winding up petitions issued by HMRC has decreased by 42% over the last year to reach its lowest figure in 5 years. HMRC seemingly prefer to seize the assets of a business and sell these to recoup outstanding payments....
Today, plans meant to help people better prepare for the cost of their future care needs have been published by the government alongside details of how the new fairer funding system will protect people’s homes and savings. Care and Support Minister...
42 year old Claire Myers was on a family holiday when she applied the Piz Buin product. Within 36 hours her face, arms and legs swelled and became very itchy. Claire was admitted to hospital and was placed on an IV drip to bring down her allergic reaction....
At least twenty two children, aged between five and twelve, have died after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India. At least another thirty five children remain in hospital in the capital, with ten of them remaining in a critical...
27 year old Rochelle Harris from Derby was complaining of headaches, shooting pains down her face and could hear scratching in her head during her flight home returning from her trip to South America with her boyfriend. After seeing her pillow soaked in...
Elaine and Steve Cooper thanked hospital staff at Salford Royal by writing to them to express their gratitude for caring for Elaine’s mother, Marion Sampler, aged 80. They were led to believe that Elaine’s mother had died from natural causes at...
Universal Credit is finally upon Wigan claimants now. It is a new benefit aimed at single claimant jobseekers within the region. Cast your minds back to 29th April when the Government initially proposed to roll-out Universal Credit across six North West...
NHS England has recently warned that by 2020-21 the gap between rising costs and the budget for hospital and GP care could reach £30billion. By the end of the year, NHS England will publish a document giving some indication of the scale of reform...
