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Global Asbestos Awareness Week - 1st to 7th April 2017

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An American non-profit organisation is preparing for its 13 th annual event, held during the first week of April each year. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organisation (ADAO) is the largest independent asbestos victims’ organisation in the...

One in nine mothers experience pregnancy/maternity discrimination

Maria Chadwick
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Recent research by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission, ( Pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage: experience of mothers, November 2016), has stated that one in nine...

Discrimination in social housing

Maria Chadwick
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Are you being discriminated against by your social housing provider? Often, social housing tenants won’t recognise that what they’re experiencing is discrimination . But if you’re making a complaint because of unfair treatment by a...

Shocking inspection results from private hospital

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The CQC has recently published a damning report on the Oaklands Private Hospital in Manchester. Two senior managers have lost their jobs following a Care Quality Commission report which branded the hospital as “inadequate” and states that...

Britain open for business

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‘Britain is open for businesses’ the words of Greg Clarke in the wake of the recent Peugeot takeover of Vauxhall and Opel. It seems that international big business mergers show no signs of slowing down. And the age old question remains -...

Charities win in the Supreme Court after 10 year Will dispute

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The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in the case of Ilott v Mitson 2017 [USC] 17, which, appears to now be the end of the line for this long running inheritance dispute case that began with a County Court decision in 2007. The controversial...

Sepsis - new guidelines being published for doctors on how to deal with this deadly condition

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A report in 2015, by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD), reviewed the care of patients with sepsis. The report concluded with a number of recommendations for training, guidance and protocols to be implemented to ensure...

The Road to Wigan Pier

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It is now 80 years since George Orwell’s famous book was published on 8th March 1937. The author’s son, Richard Blair, will visit the town as part of a programme of events to celebrate its links with one of the most important writers of the...

Is your cavity wall insulation causing problems in your home?

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A few years ago the government, our energy suppliers and various installation companies were all encouraging us to have cavity wall insulation installed in our homes. With the promise of a warmer home and reduced energy bills many people jumped at the...

Determining the exact line of your property's boundary

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In the aftermath of storm Doris I have seen many fences blown down and hedges up-rooted. I imagine many property owners will be negotiating the replacement of these boundary features with their neighbours. But what happens if one land owner doesn’t...

Sliding scale imposed for probate fees

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Currently the probate registry fee is a standard fee of £155.00 (or £215.00 for personal applications) for all estates of all values whether they are worth £6,000 or £1,000,000. This is soon to change as in May 2017 the standard...

Storm Doris: a weather bomb, a nationwide pandemic and a reminder to landlords

Louise Hebborn
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Storm Doris was named on the 21st February as warnings for wind, snow and rain were issued by the Met Office. Overnight and into the morning of the 23rd February, storm Doris underwent explosive cyclogenesis labelling it a ‘weather bomb’. The...

Law firms not being vigilant to cyber crime could be negligent

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Some very high profile claims against firms have recently highlighted not only the dangers of cyber crime in the legal industry today, but has also opened the door for clients effected by such crime, to have recourse against their solicitors. ...