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Chris Packham
HS2 Environmental law

Chris Packham considering legal challenge following decision to proceed with HS2

Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, is considering legal action following the Prime Minister's decision to proceed with HS2.

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Equal pay Employment

Store closure doesn't affect supermarket workers' right to join back-pay claim for equal pay

Supermarket workers who face losing their jobs because of store closures can still join a claim for equal pay, lawyers say.

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Human rights

Key legal stage in fight to prevent oil drilling in Surrey

A Surrey campaigner will reach another key legal stage in her fight to prevent new oil wells being drilled near to her home in Redhill this week.

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Product safety Consumer law

Consumer safety solicitor voices concern at reports of illegal teeth-whitening

A consumer safety solicitor has voiced her concern at recent reports of a 26% rise in illegal teeth-whitening procedures uncovered by the BBC.

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Asbestos and mesothelioma

Doctor thanks witnesses who came forward in asbestos appeal

A doctor with months to live from asbestos-related cancer has thanked witnesses who came forward after her media appeal for information in December 2018.

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Abuse claims

Lawyers call for answers following sentencing of GP who sexually assaulted 24 patients

Lawyers have welcomed the sentence given to a GP who has been convicted of 90 sexual offences against 24 patients.

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Product safety Consumer law

BMC Teammachine SLR01 disc bike voluntary recall

Lawyers have welcomed the recall for safety checks of a bike which the manufacturers have acknowledged could lead to potential crashes and injuries.

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Environmental law

Cumbrian campaign group granted permission for judicial review of County Council's approval of coal mine

Campaign group, Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole, have been granted permission for a judicial review of Cumbria County Council's decision to allow the first deep coal mine in 30 years in the UK to be built.

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Medical negligence

Lawyers welcome Paterson inquiry report

Lawyers have welcomed an inquiry report which exposes a 'culture of avoidance and denial' which allowed a breast surgeon to perform medically unjustified operations on hundreds of women.

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Chemical Plant
International

Leigh Day expert to give insight at events highlighting global danger of toxic chemicals

British and European Union policy makers will be shown the real-life consequences of the dangerous class of “forever” chemicals through panel discussions and screenings of the film Dark Waters this week.  These toxic chemicals are often found in consumer products and food packaging, resulting in contamination of food, water, wildlife and people around the globe.

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Employment rights Equal pay

Equal Pay Bill campaign to be launched on Wednesday 5 February

A Private Members' Bill which would greatly improve a woman's ability to enforce her equal pay rights has had its first reading.

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Newborn baby and mother
Medical negligence

Five-figure settlement for first-time mother who suffered depression after delayed surgery

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