2020 News

A mother who suffered anxiety and depression after delayed surgery for a serious anal tear sustained in childbirth has received a five-figure settlement.

The family of scaffolder Jon Currie, who died on a building site in Kensington, have welcomed the sentencing today of Kevin Leathers, the Director of G & L Scaffolding and Roofing Ltd, for a breach of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 at Southwark Crown Court. Leathers was sentenced to eight months imprisonment.

Lawyers who have represented patients injured through alleged rogue practices by senior surgeons have called on the Government to review the treatment of both NHS and private patients at hospitals run by Spire Healthcare.

A legal claim has been issued against shipping company Maran (UK) Ltd by the wife of a man who was killed while working in the shipbreaking industry in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Lawyers acting for Chris Packham CBE, the broadcaster and naturalist, have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, calling for an immediate halt to all environmentally damaging works by HS2 Ltd until it has been decided whether the megaproject will go ahead.

Campaigners, who had opposed planning for a new section of the East West Rail (EWR) line, have said they are relieved after the announcement today by the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Schapps, that route E was the preferred route for the Bedford to Cambridge section. 

Whirlpool announced yesterday it is recalling a further 5,000 washing machines after finding problems in three more models. The company is already trying to locate 519,000 washing machines which are also at risk of catching fire.

The Court of Appeal has today dismissed the government's appeals against two previous court judgments which found that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions had unlawfully discriminated against thousands of severely disabled people who moved onto Universal Credit.

A cyclist who suffered serious injuries when a motorist turned right, across his path, has secured compensation.

A single mother who had to cut her hours as an advisor and resort to borrowing from a 'payday lender' because of the way childcare benefits are provided through Universal Credit has launched a legal challenge against the government.

Clinical negligence solicitor calls for urgent investigation after the latest recall of patients treated at Spire Parkway Hospital in the West Midlands.

The Sikh Federation UK has issued their case in the Court of Appeal following the High Court's dismissal of their legal challenge in December last year.