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Recent news

• CQC inspectors say East Kent hospitals’ maternity services require improvement

  29 May 2020

  Maternity services at East Kent NHS Trust, which are currently under investigation relating to 26 baby deaths, have been rated as ‘requiring improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

• Survivor of abuse and child cruelty at Coventry children’s home receives compensation

  28 May 2020

  A man who was in the care of Coventry City Council as a child at Wisteria Lodge children’s home in Earlsdon has settled a civil claim for compensation for the abuse and mistreatment he experienced.

• Uber drivers’ legal challenge proceeds to Supreme Court

  27 May 2020

  The Supreme Court is due to hear the next stage in the legal challenge brought by Uber drivers who are fighting to be classed as ‘workers’.

• FDA raises further concerns about Allergan breast implants

  20 May 2020

  There have been reports from the USA that the agency responsible for medical device safety, the FDA, has taken further action against the breast implant manufacturer Allergan.

• Vindication for campaigner fighting plan for deep coal mine in West Cumbria

  20 May 2020

  A campaigner, who issued a legal case against a proposed deep coal mine in West Cumbria on grounds that the climate change impact had not been properly taken into account, says she has been vindicated by the latest development in plans for the scheme.

• EasyJet likely to face significant compensation claims from customers over huge data breach

  19 May 2020

  Leading data protection lawyers have said that EasyJet is likely to face significant legal action after it revealed today that the personal details of over nine million customers had been hacked as a result of a cyber-attack.