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£2.2 million compensation for botched surgery
A woman left paralysed because of mistakes made during and after spinal surgery is to receive a £2.2 million lump sum and periodical payments of £185,000 for the rest of her life after the hospital Trust admitted responsibility.
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Discretion under section 33 of the Limitation Act
The burden on a claimant who wished the court to exercise its discretion under section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 to override the time limit for bringing an action in respect of personal injuries was not necessarily a heavy one. How difficult or..
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UNISON launches asbestos exposure database
UNISON has launched an asbestos exposure database for UNISON members. It said that this is of benefit because the time between being exposed to the fibres and developing an asbestos related disease can be a significant number of years...
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RMS on risk of H5N1 avian flu outbreak from research laboratories
Last week, research resumed on the highly virulent H5N1 avian influenza viruses after a year-long ban. With the controversial lifting of the moratorium, researchers will now try to increase the transmissibility or virulence of H5N1 to help prepare..
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Italian court accepts causal link between mobiles and brain tumour
Despite the findings of the Interphone study, and various other studies, the Corte Suprema di Cassazione, the highest Italian civil court, upheld a ruling in October 2012 that accepted a causal link between intensive mobile phone usage by the..
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£110,000 compensation for eye damage
A healthcare worker who has lost the majority of her sight in her left eye after a service user spat in it has received £110,000 compensation from her employer. She was left her with only 20% vision in the eye. She was working as a support..
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Ending The Employment Relationship Consultation
The Government has published its response to the “Ending the Employment Relationship” consultation. Jo Swinson MP, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, explained that the Ending the Employment Relationship consultation..
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Argo International appoints general liability underwriters
Argo International has appointed James Cassidy as an underwriter in its general liability team. He joins Argo from CV Starr Underwriting where, as a casualty underwriter, he was heavily involved in the launch and build of its international general..
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IMO calls for reduction in seafarer death rate
The leader of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called for the seafarer death rate to be halved over the next two years. IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu told IMO members that it was his vision that halving lives lost at sea and..
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Study finds link between cleaning jobs and asthma
A new study has found strong evidence for a link between cleaning jobs and risk of developing asthma. Researchers at Imperial College London tracked the occurrence of asthma in a group of 9,488 people born in Britain in 1958. Not including those who..
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Law Society warning over employee shareholder contracts
Proposals for new employee shareholder contracts are flawed and will lead to more red tape, rather than less, the Law Society has warned. The proposals to implement a new employee shareholder status are contained within Clause 27 of the Growth and..
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Study highlights skin cancer risk from sunbeds
The average skin cancer risk from sunbeds is more than double that of spending the same length of time in the Mediterranean midday summer sun, according to new research from the University of Dundee and published in the British Journal of..
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Government scheme to tackle long-term sickness absence
British businesses will be helped to tackle long-term sickness absence in the workplace as a result of a new independent assessment and advisory service aimed at getting people back to work and away from long-term sickness benefits, according to the..
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£38,000 in compensation for leg injury
A man who had to retire from his job after suffering permanent damage to his ankle and calf in a fall has received £38,000 in compensation. The civil servant was making a domestic visit when he tripped and fell heavily on a broken paving slab..
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£150,000 settlement for RTA back injury
A nursery assistant who was forced to give up her job after injuring her back in a high-speed road collision has received £150,000 in an out of court settlement. She was a rear-seat passenger in a car which collided with a tree after hitting a..
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Compensation claim figures for Scottish councils
Councils in Scotland have spent more than £33 million over the past five years settling nearly 13,000 compensation claims, according to Freedom of Information figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.
According to the Scottish Tories, the..
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Repudiation of contract of employment
An immediate and express repudiation of a contract of employment only terminated the contract if and when the other party elected to accept the repudiation.
The Supreme Court so held in allowing the appeal of the claimant against the decision of the..
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£6,500 award for wrist injury
A man who suffered an injured wrist when he stepped in a sunken drain cover as he fixed a company vehicle in the early hours of the morning has received £6,500 in compensation. He was working on a broken down delivery lorry as part of his role..
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Which? research highlights pothole compensation costs
New research from consumer organisation Which? has revealed that last year local councils in England and Wales paid a total of £22.8 million in compensation to road users for damage caused by potholes, with councils in the north west of England..
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Possible causes of event
There was no rule of law that if the only other possible causes of an event were very much less likely than one suggested means of causation, that became the probable cause; the court had to be satisfied on rational and objective grounds that the..
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Council fined over Hand Arm Vibration syndrome
A Merseyside council has been fined £25,000 after 29 employees were diagnosed with a Hand Arm Vibration syndrome between July 2005 and December 2009. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council after..
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Major survey into the supply of legal services by law firms
The Law Society, the Legal Services Board and the Ministry of Justice have published the results of a research project into the supply of legal services by solicitors’ firms. The report, “A time of change: solicitors” firms in..
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S&P report into UK legal and regulatory changes
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has said that it welcomes the legal changes designed to limit excessive legal costs which will come into effect in April 2013, and anticipates that they will have a positive impact, it said it is yet to be..
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New guidance on public sector equality duty under Equality Act
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published new guidance on the public sector equality duty (PSED) under the Equality Act, which will help public authorities encourage good relations, promote equality and eliminate discrimination in the..
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£181,000 in compensation for loss of toe
A labourer whose big toe had to be amputated after a steel beam was dropped onto his foot at work has received £181,000 in compensation. He was forced to give up working as a labourer. He had been tasked with lifting a steel beam onto a van..
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Bloomberg reports potential hip implant settlement by Johnson & Johnson
A news report from Bloomberg has suggested that Johnson & Johnson, which is fighting more than 10,000 lawsuits over its recalled hip implants, is negotiating a potential settlement with patients that may eventually total more than $2 billion...
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£9,500 damages for wrist injury
A man who fractured his wrist when he fell from a ladder in wet and windy weather at an oil rig construction site has received £9,500 after his employer admitted liability. The welder’s mate was working on the rig in the early hours of..
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Hospice receives £7,000 from mesothelioma claim
A hospice that nursed a terminally ill engineer during his last days has received compensation for the cost of his care. Thompsons Solicitors secured more than £7,000 for the hospice after the man died of mesothelioma. He was first exposed to..
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£150,000 out of court settlement for elbow injury
A scaffolder who suffered permanent injuries to his elbow and wrist when he fell from an unsecured ladder at work has received £150,000 in an out of court settlement. He was in the process of descending scaffolding at a building site. A ladder..
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EU public consultation on safety of aspartame
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion on the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame. To carry out this full risk assessment, EFSA has undertaken an in-depth review of..
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AIRMIC Casualty Benchmarking Report
Market overview
Overall Respondent Organisations report stable cover terms and premiums, having little or no difficulty in obtaining good security, adequate capacity and flexible terms:
At the last renewal, assuming all things being equal, 40% of..
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Over £812,000 in compensation for VWF sufferers
Union Community has revealed that 19 Community members at a Sheffield based metals company have been awarded over £812,000 in compensation after suffering from vibration white finger. Community said it was one of the highest awards ever paid..
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£115,000 settlement for spine injury from RTA
A pensioner who suffered a permanent injury to her spine in a road collision which also left the driver disabled, has received £115,000 in an out of court settlement. She was knocked unconscious in the collision and suffered a severe..
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Settlement of £1.6 million for motorbike injury
A man who was knocked off his bike by a driver turning right into a side road and sustained severe leg injuries which led to his having a below knee amputation, has received a settlement of £1.6 million. As a consequence of his injuries, pain..
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Increase in teachers taking stress leave
The number of teachers taking stress leave has increased by 10% over the past four years, with 15 local authorities seeing a 50% rise in stress-related absences, according to statistics released under the Freedom of Information Act, according to the..
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£100,000 damages for loss of eye
A man who lost an eye as a result of an accident at work has received £100,000 in compensation. He was injured when loading a kitchen worktop on to the roof of his work van. The worktop was being secured by the man and his college with a bungee..
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£500,000 in compensation for RTA injuries
A man has received £500,000 in compensation after he was injured in a road traffic accident. He suffered a fracture to his wrist and sustained a serious head injury which has changed his personality. He was crossing a road when he was hit by a..
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£370,000 in compensation for RTA death
The family of a mother who died in a horrific road accident has received £370,000 in compensation. She died from multiple injuries following the crash when the car she was a passenger in collided with an HGV lorry. Her son, who was ten at the..
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£150,000 damages for injured cyclist
A cyclist who suffered multiple injuries when she was struck by a speeding car has received £150,000 in compensation. The woman had just pulled out of a junction when she was hit by the car which was travelling on the wrong side of the..
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US Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2012
A lawsuit by a driver who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and then sued a victim that he killed tops the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) survey of the Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of..
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Legal reforms will increase motor insurance market M&As
Legal changes affecting the UK motor insurance market will lead to an increase in mergers and acquisition activity among brokers, law firms and claims management companies, according to Deloitte.
The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders..
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CIPD welcomes Government moves on settlement agreements
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has welcomed the Government’s decision to make it easier for small businesses to enter into settlement agreements with underperforming employees. It has pledged to work with Acas to..
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Over £8,000 in damages for ankle injury
A road worker his ankle working in the dark on an unlit stretch of the A52 has received over £8,000 in compensation. He was off work for three months following an operation to mend torn ligaments in his ankle.
He was working the night shift on..
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APIL and MASS issue judicial review
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) have issued a judicial review of the Secretary of State for Justice’s decision to reduce the amount of fees payable for cases conducted through the..
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Jack Straw calls for wider action on bogus personal injury claims
Insurers should be able to challenge every potentially bogus personal injury claim, not only those involving whiplash, according to the former Justice Minister Jack Straw, speaking to The Times newspaper. He said that a move by the coalition to..
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Court of Appeal significantly reduces damages in multi-million pound claim against valuers
By Simon Konsta and Francesca Morley, Clyde & Co
The Court of Appeal delivered its decision in Capita Alternative Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd and another v Drivers Jonas in relation to negligent property valuations. At first instance, the..
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European Court of Human Rights ruling on religious belief discrimination
The European Court of Human Rights has given its decision in four significant cases brought by individuals against the UK with respect to their freedom of religion under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the prohibition of..
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26 February 2013
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