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Recent news

• High Court rules that persons selling themselves as legal advisors must be held to the same standards as a law firm

  18 March 2019

  The High Court has ruled that a man who ran a ‘litigation firm’ was professionally negligent in the handling of a client’s clinical negligence claim as he sold his firm as qualified legal advisors when in fact he was not qualified and did not employ any legally qualified staff.

• Settlement secured for widow of former carpenter following mesothelioma death

  14 March 2019

  A widow who lost her husband due to the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, has successfully recovered substantial compensation from her late husband's former employers.

• A Californian court has awarded $29 million to a woman with cancer who used talcum powder

  14 March 2019

  Johnson & Johnson facing thousands of talcum powder related mesothelioma claims

• Court of Appeal to hear case against Horton General Hospital

  13 March 2019

  An appeal against the High Court’s decision to dismiss the legal challenge to bed closures at Horton General Hospital will be heard at the Court of Appeal on Thursday 14 March 2019.

• ​Family of Molly Russell granted legal aid

  12 March 2019

  The family of Molly Russell have been granted legal aid following an appeal of the initial decision by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to refuse to fund their legal costs.

• Family of Molly Russell appealing refusal of legal aid

  12 March 2019

  The family of Molly Russell are appealing the decision by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) which has refused to fund legal representation at her inquest based on the grounds it “is not of wider public interest”.