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Equity member receives compensation following injury on tour

An Equity member has accepted £17,500 compensation for substantial injuries to her knee after she tripped on a backstage step that had been added without...

06th Nov 2012
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Bradford Royal Infirmary Admit Negligence

Bradford Royal Infirmary have admitted that they were negligent when they sent a 41 year old man home from the Accident and Emergency department with...

06th Nov 2012
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The Law Society’s Comment on the Justice Bill

From The Law Society: Yesterday’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is more destructive to access to justice than we first thought possible....

06th Nov 2012
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Access to Justice and Rule of Law

Legal Aid medical negligence specialist Jane McBennett comments the government’s proposed reforms to Legal Aid following the recent Green Paper Briefing. I have always assumed...

06th Nov 2012
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Disabled man wins £1.5m payout from hospital for operation blunder

By Tanya O’Rourke of the Telegraph and Argus A health trust has agreed to pay compensation likely to total in excess of £1.5 million to...

06th Nov 2012
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ATL member awarded £2500 for eye damage from student\’s pen laser

The Compensation Agency awarded a teacher from Northern Ireland £2500 damages for injuries suffered when a pupil shone a laser pen light into his right...

06th Nov 2012
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Compensation Culture? Only 0.6% of medical accident victims bother to claim

Bradford – A medical negligence expert today refuted accusations of ‘a growing compensation culture\’ in the UK, citing official figures to show that 0.6% of medical...

06th Nov 2012
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Legal Aid boost for Bradford law firm

Lawyers at a Bradford firm will be able to help more people fight their cases with the support of Legal Aid funding after passing a...

06th Nov 2012
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Court rejects authoritys bid to exclude itself as separate entity to ALMO

Leeds Council must defend itself against an accusation of workplace racial discrimination brought by an employee of its arm\’s-length management organisation, the Court of Appeal...

06th Nov 2012