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Abuse lawyer warns membership organisations over harassment and assault procedures as ‘dam bursts' with further allegations of sexual assault and harassment in both parliament and the entertainment industry
1 November 2017
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An environmental campaigner’s legal claim, challenging a pre-emptive injunction granted to fracking company Ineos, will be heard in the High Court for three days from 31 October 2017
31 October 2017
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Villagers from Peru will attend the High Court in London on 30 October 2017 at the start of a 10-day legal hearing involving claims being brought by 22 Peruvians.
27 October 2017
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Leading human rights lawyer and head of the international and group claims department at Leigh Day, Richard Meeran, is taking part in a United Nations working group to discuss business and human rights.
25 October 2017
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Leading employment and discrimination law specialist calls for a mandatory duty on an employer to investigate repeated allegations of harassment in a workplace
25 October 2017
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A judicial review of Haringey Borough Council’s decision to establish the Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV) will be heard at the High Court on 25 and 26 October 2017.
25 October 2017
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Lawyers for survivors of modern slavery have said that a damning report should lead to major changes in the way that crimes are investigated and victims are treated by the police.
24 October 2017
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A three-year-old boy is reported to be in a critical condition after a children’s foam soap canister allegedly exploded when he was in the bath.
24 October 2017
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A man in his 50s, known as Mr A to protect his identity, has settled a civil law claim for compensation for non-recent sexual abuse he experienced as a child in boarding school.
24 October 2017
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Clinical trial regulation in Britain may be out of line with the rest of Europe after Brexit as a result of a decision to postpone the implementation of new European Union clinical trials regulations.
23 October 2017
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A coalition of charities represented by law firm Leigh Day will intervene tomorrow (Tuesday 24th October 2017) in a Supreme Court appeal hearing against Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law in the case being brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC).
23 October 2017
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A woman suffering long-term biliary tract complications as a result of the delay in detecting and treating post-operative bile leak has received a seven-figure sum in compensation
20 October 2017
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The Crown Office has confirmed that, based on the available evidence, no prosecutions would be brought against family-run Errington Cheese which was named as the most likely source of an E. coli outbreak in September 2016.
20 October 2017
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A compensation settlement has been secured to provide specialist care, therapies and equipment for a severely disabled child (X), who suffered brain damage as a result of a delay in delivery. X is now 10 years old.
19 October 2017
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A product safety lawyer who represents a number of people affected by white goods fires has backed a call from Baroness Hayter to make the recall of dangerous appliances mandatory and said that a centralised enforcement agency is needed.
19 October 2017
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Public Concern at Work, a charity and legal advice centre which supports the rights of whistle-blowers and helps organisations implement effective whistleblowing arrangements, will be intervening in support of judge Claire Gilham at the Court of Appeal on 18 and 19 October 2017.
17 October 2017
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Lawyers have revealed that they are acting in cases possibly linked to a recall by Mercedes-Benz of over 400,000 cars in the UK over concerns in relation to air bags
17 October 2017
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Following tonight's Panorama, entitled How Safe is Your Operation, lawyer Suzanne White calls for greater regulation for private hospitals as more NHS patients are referred to private clinics
16 October 2017
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The union which supported a group of drivers in their successful claim for workers’ rights against Addison Lee has urged other drivers to make sure their rights are enforced and has pledged to support those who wish to make a claim against Addison Lee.
13 October 2017
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The Court of Appeal has today upheld a High Court ruling allowing the legal case on behalf of 1,826 Zambian villagers against UK mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc and its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to continue to be heard in the UK Courts.
13 October 2017
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A solicitor who specialises in discrimination law has welcomed the news that the High Court has granted permission for a judicial review hearing relating to the government’s policy on declaring gender on passports.
13 October 2017
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NICE is updating its guidance on venous thromboembolism (VTE) to help save lives
11 October 2017
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The latest stage of the UK’s largest ever private sector equal pay claim, being brought against supermarket giant Asda on behalf of over 15,000 mostly female workers, takes place this week at employment tribunal in Manchester with a stage one equal value hearing.
10 October 2017
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Legal cases on behalf of hundreds of patients affected by allegedly faulty Pinnacle Ultamet metal-on-metal hip implants will be heard at the High Court against the manufacturer DePuy. The trial will start on 16 October 2017 and is expected to last until the end of January 2018.
9 October 2017
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Leading UK retailers have halted the sale of baby sleep positioners following a warning from the US Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, that the items may have caused some babies to suffocate.
9 October 2017
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A leading clinical negligence lawyer from law firm Leigh Day has joined calls for a change in the law to allow inquests to be held into the deaths of babies who die unexpectedly during labour or in the womb after 37 weeks gestation.
6 October 2017
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The specialist medical negligence spinal injuries team at Leigh Day has obtained compensation for an eight-year-old girl who suffered serious injuries after a delay in diagnosis of a blood clot on her spine by doctors at two London teaching hospitals.
6 October 2017
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A woman from Burnley has received an apology from a hospital trust, and been awarded compensation, after her baby son was stillborn at Burnley Hospital.
6 October 2017
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A leading clinical trials lawyer has called for one of the country’s leading universities to consider wide-reaching research misconduct investigations following the publication of an independent inquiry into the links between the university and a disgraced Italian doctor.
5 October 2017
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A 12 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy has received a seven figure compensation payment following the delay in diagnosis and treatment shortly after her birth which led to her condition
4 October 2017
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Leading human rights lawyer will be a panellist at Geneva Consultation
4 October 2017
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Lawyers acting on behalf of people affected by welfare reforms, have called the Universal Credit system “inhumane”
2 October 2017
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A man living with disabilities is taking his former employer to the Court of Appeal over the dismissal from his job, which he argues was based on discrimination.
2 October 2017