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Researchers issue warning over wearable baby monitors

​Concerns have been raised by researchers over the accuracy of two brands of baby monitors

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Healthcare campaign group granted right to appeal in legal case about price competition in the NHS

Campaign group 999 Call for the NHS has been granted leave to appeal the dismissal of their judicial review challenge

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"The docs said it was a routine procedure but my wife died and now we're on our own"

The heartrending words of 48-year-old Stewart Jones from Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, who lost his wife Kate after she went in to hospital for a procedure they were told was 'routine' in order to check her heart.

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Product liability Product safety

Leading product safety lawyer voices concerns over syringe driver safety

Product liability lawyer troubled by reports that unsafe syringe drivers may have been in use

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beauty treatments Cosmetics Product liability Product safety

Product liability lawyer urges investigation into hair lightening product

​A leading product safety lawyer has revealed she has been approached by a number of potential clients after they claim they suffered severe burns to their face after using the Boots range of Smooth Care Hair Lightener.

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Asbestos Mesothelioma Industrial Disease

Asbestos Claimant Gets Six-Figure Settlement for Mesothelioma

A man exposed to asbestos for two days while working for the London Borough of Barnet in the 1960s has received compensation after being diagnosed with mesothelioma.

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Doctor Checking Patient's Knee Pain

Compensation for woman who was incorrectly diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer

A woman who underwent unnecessary surgery has settled her medical negligence claim

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Medical negligence

Family members receive compensation after witnessing the traumatic death of a relative following her negligent discharge from hospital

Two family members suffered psychiatric damage after watching their relative collapse after negligent hospital discharge.

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Child protection Abuse claims Child abuse

​Case settled for child who was physically restrained at private special school

The abuse team at Leigh Day have recently reached an out-of-court settlement on behalf of a 16-year-old boy with Autism and Down's Syndrome whose family allege was subjected to excessive and unreasonable physical restraint at a private residential school for children with learning disabilities.

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Abuse claims child abuse

Abuse lawyer welcomes sentence for former sports coach at elite school

A former sports coach at Christ's Hospital School, West Sussex, was sentenced yesterday for ten years following his conviction for nine counts of indecent assaults against female pupils.

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Cycling Cycling claims Personal injury

Family of cyclist killed after hitting pothole welcome council's response to Coroner

The family of a 52-year-old woman who was killed after she hit a pothole in Warwickshire, have welcomed the response by the council to do more to identify and fill potholes.

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asbestos Asbestos and mesothelioma mesothelioma

Policeman's widow asks his old colleagues for help

The widow of a former Harrogate policeman is asking his old colleagues to help with information about the use of asbestos where he worked in the 1970's, 80's and 90's.