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Human rights charity Rights Watch (UK) (RW(UK)) have sent a letter before action to the government to challenge the appointment of the Independent Reviewer of Prevent, Lord Carlile of Berriew.
29 August 2019
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The government could be facing legal challenges from hundreds of thousands of teachers and doctors relating to changes to their pension schemes according to the lawyers who successfully challenged the government on judicial pensions.
27 August 2019
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An application to the European Court of Justice for clarification on equal pay legislation has been made by law firm Leigh Day on behalf of Tesco supermarket workers.
23 August 2019
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Leigh Day are investigating potential legal claims arising from problems that have emerged relating to certain types of pacemaker made by manufacturer Medtronic.
23 August 2019
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A legal class action case is being prepared against Anglo American South Africa Ltd on behalf of Zambian communities living in the vicinity of the Kabwe lead mine who are suffering from lead poisoning.
23 August 2019
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The number of women who have reported that they have been diagnosed with a form of cancer linked to their breast implants has now increased to 72 individual cases.
21 August 2019
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A number of patients’ legal claims have been successfully settled against leading UK eye clinic Optegra using contract law which protects consumers.
21 August 2019
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Law firm Leigh Day have confirmed that they are taking legal action on behalf of 20 women which have developed a breast implant-associated lymphoma linked to Allergan textured breast implants.
16 August 2019
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Solicitors who represent 20 women who have been diagnosed with or investigated for Breast Implant Associated Lymphoma, known as BIA-ALCL, have welcomed the news that the Medicine and Healthcare Authority (MHRA) has finally published a field safety notice regarding ‘Allergan Textured Breast Implants and Tissue Expanders’.
15 August 2019
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A 53-year-old man, known as Mr F, has reached a settlement of £2.25 million for his clinical negligence claim against The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.
13 August 2019
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A former British athletics coach, Philip Banning, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for a number of indecent assaults against young girls in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
12 August 2019
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The government faces being taken to court for a third time in relation to their Universal Credit migration arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and Enhanced Disability Premium (EDP) and were moved onto Universal Credit (UC) before 16 January 2019.
6 August 2019
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A former paper mill worker and trainee bookbinder in Kent is appealing for information to find the cause of her asbestos exposure after being diagnosed with mesothelioma.
5 August 2019
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The Government has conceded defeat in a huge legal battle over police pensions, acknowledging that moving police officers to new police pension schemes, based on their age, was discriminatory.
2 August 2019
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Public Health England (PHE) has announced that a sixth person has died after eating pre-packaged sandwiches and salads linked to a listeria outbreak in hospitals in Britain.
1 August 2019
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Bike manufacturer Cannondale has issued a voluntary recall of certain Cannondale CAADX disc-brake cyclo-cross bikes which includes models from its 2013 to 2016 range.
1 August 2019
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has published its report into the treatment of children in the care of Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County councils from the 1960s to present day.
1 August 2019
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The Supreme Court has ruled that it will consider an appeal relating to the comparability stage of the UK’s biggest equal pay case brought by shop floor workers against Asda.
1 August 2019