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Case Update
Occupiers’ liability: The inherent and obvious risks of navigating puddles
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Personal Injury
Latest edition of Ogden Tables published
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Covid-19
UK second highest global Covid-19 health worker deaths
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Chemicals
Regulation is main driver for chemical substitution in Europe
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Product Safety
Cumberlege Review publishes “First Do No Harm” report
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Product Liability
Thompsons pursuing more than 250 vaginal mesh claims
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Legal Moves
Kennedys forms association with Canadian insurance law firm
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Arbitration
Acas reports record increase in demand
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Tobacco Update
Covid-19 sees one million people in UK stop smoking
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Covid-related employers’ liability (EL) claims
Employers are under a duty of care to ensure safe working conditions for their staff, and as many UK businesses continue working amid the pandemic, or are focusing on reopening their doors, Gallagher has examined how they can protect themselves..
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Covid-19 – the new claims epidemic?
Insurers may be facing the prospect of an overload of employers’ and public liability personal injury claims arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to law firm BLM. In an article entitled “Covid-19 – the new claims..
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Approaches to coronavirus
Global Insurance Law Connect has produced a report which looks at the approaches taken by various countries to the Covid-19 pandemic. The report, “Approaches to coronavirus”, includes contributions from members of the legal network,..
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Awards and Settlements
More than £30 million in compensation for birth brain damage
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NHS
NHS Resolution annual report reveals costs of NHS claims
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Mental Health
MPS calls for doctors’ mental wellbeing strategy
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No Comment!
The good and the bad of the new normal
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Fraud
New fraud insight tool from BLM
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Road Safety
Reduction in road deaths in April in EU
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Motor
Report examines risks and claims scenarios for electric cars
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US Dimension
Large increase in Covid-19-related workplace lawsuits in US
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Asbestos Update
UK’s top 10 asbestos cancer death “hotspots”
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Claims News
Burger King vegan lawsuit in US dismissed
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EU Rapid Alert System reports growth in actions after dangerous product alert
The Rapid Alert System, the European Commission’s system to prevent or restrict the selling of dangerous products on the market, has published its latest report that reveals the number of actions taken by authorities following an alert is..
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Health and Safety
HSE publishes report on fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing
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