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Information Commissioner orders DHSC to disclose pandemic surge planning documents
The Information Commissioner's Office has ordered the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to disclose two documents it received from NHS England following Exercise Cygnus: the NHS Surge and Triage briefing paper and the Adult Social Care and Community Care briefing paper.
Recall of cat food over potential link to the current outbreak of feline pancytopenia
Product safety and consumer law solicitor urges cat owners to return recalled hypoallergenic cat food after outbreak of feline pancytopenia.
Real change needed to product safety regime to ensure consumer safety
Product safety specialist solicitor Jill Paterson has urged for real change to the product safety regime in the UK following a report by the National Audit Office which warns that the Government’s product safety regulator faces major challenges to keep up with the online marketplace.
Compensation secured for female patient following sexual assault at Essex mental health hospital
A settlement has been secured for a woman who reported she was sexually assaulted by a health care assistant working for the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in 2018.
High Court to hear second challenge to blind voters’ provisions
A second judicial review hearing in respect of the voting provisions for blind and partially sighted people, brought by Rachael Andrews, will be heard in the High Court on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 June 2021.
Disabled student given permission to legally challenge new regulations preventing him claiming universal credit
A disabled student has been granted permission to legally challenge a recent change in regulations that prevent him and thousands of other disabled students from claiming universal credit while in further education.
Man exposed to asbestos at Kent Papermill succeeds in court case
A man exposed to asbestos while working at a Kent papermill has succeeded in his court case and obtained substantial compensation
Gloucestershire teacher jailed for abuse of trust sexual assault
Gloucestershire teacher Thomas Hancock has been jailed following the sexual assault of a pupil at his school, reports Gloucester Live.
VW former CEO to pay millions of euros in compensation over emissions scandal
Volkswagen former chief executive Martin Winterkorn will pay 11.2 million euros to compensate the company for his role in the diesel emissions scandal, it has been reported.
Secretary of State allowed limited role in application for second inquest into death of Jodey Whiting
Judge partially approves late request by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for her lawyers to make submissions to the High Court at an application for a second inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting.
Eleven pandemic simulation exercises were staged between 2015-19
Campaigning NHS worker Dr Moosa Qureshi has secured admissions from Public Health England that several pandemic exercises were conducted between 2015 and 2019.
Fourteen-day isolation requirement at care homes to be challenged at High Court
John’s Campaign is taking a legal challenge regarding the requirement for care home residents to isolate for 14 days on admission or on return from an overnight visit to the High Court.