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The dangers of working at height

A significant number of injuries are caused when workers fall from a height whether from ladders or scaffolding. Many employers are not aware of the law or fail to adequately…

February 27, 2017
Opinion

Bristol police Taser their own community relations adviser, raising major concerns about Taser use

Last month, police in Bristol wrongly Tasered a race relations adviser who had worked to improve links between the police force and the local African Caribbean community. The incident raises...

February 24, 2017
Opinion

It was all #Doris’ fault

The country woke this morning to start assessing the damage caused by Storm Doris. My own shed roof and the roof of my daughter’s playhouse was strewn around the garden...

February 24, 2017
Opinion

The NHS – our complex, underfunded service

Our National Health Service is often in the news, and usually, sadly it is not for positive reasons. It is a great national service, and yet the difficulties it faces...

February 23, 2017

Abbie Roberts

Opinion

Better Combat Compensation – Consultation published by the Ministry of Defence Response by Hodge Jones & Allen LLP

Hodge Jones & Allen has represented Armed Forces’ families for a period of over a decade, principally in cases handled by partner Jocelyn Cockburn. This work has arisen out of…

February 22, 2017
Opinion

Promoting Equality for Unmarried Couples

According to the Office of National Statistics in 2016 the fastest growing family type between 1996 and 2016 were co-habiting couples; more than doubling from 1.3 million to 3.3 million...

February 20, 2017
Blog

What to do after a car accident

If you have been injured in a car accident and can show that it was not your fault, or that you were only partly to blame, you will be able...

February 17, 2017

Anne Sanders

Opinion

House of Cards

With a demand for lower rent and affordable housing, it has become apparent that sacrifices by Housing Associations have been made in the maintenance of current property standards. It appears...

February 17, 2017
Opinion

A man wrongfully arrested whilst shopping in Waitrose has potential case against the police or the supermarket

The Guardian newspaper recently published an article about a man who was wrongfully arrested whilst shopping in Waitrose in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. A legal commentator quoted in the piece suggested the...

February 16, 2017

Cormac McDonough

Blog

How to get the best rehabilitation

If you have been injured in an accident which has resulted in life changing injuries such as a brain injury you may be able to make a claim for compensation....

February 15, 2017

Anne Sanders

Opinion

Funding treatment for mesothelioma through litigation

The immune system protects us from disease. Normally the immune system detects and destroys mutated cells such as cancer but, sometimes the cells can escape detection and develop into tumours....

February 15, 2017
Blog

Divorce: What a difference “delay” makes

It isn’t always obvious, but when divorcing “delay” in resolving the finances of the marriage into a final court order, may create unexpected difficulties. Sometimes people divorce and think they...

February 13, 2017
Blog

An initial response to the Government's White Paper on Housing

There can be little doubt in anyone’s mind that the UK is in the midst of a severe housing crisis and so the Government’s White Paper on Housing, which has...

February 9, 2017
Opinion

Improvement needed at West London Mental Health NHS Trust

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published its findings following an inspection of West London Mental Health NHS Trust in November 2016. It found that 9 out of the...

February 9, 2017

Agata Usewicz

Blog

Lasting powers of attorney – it is easy to make a mistake

The Office of the Public Guardian have published a blog citing common mistakes in Lasting Powers of attorney (LPA’s): Using the wrong form i.e. using a health and welfare form…

February 9, 2017

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

Getting to the heart of knife crime in the UK

Last night three prisoners were stabbed in Pentonville, one fatally, a tragic reminder that something must be done to address the prevalence of knife crime in the UK. That said,...

February 8, 2017
Opinion

Homeless shelters – an essential resource in 21st century Britain?

Following the recent news that the numbers of rough sleepers on the streets of England has increased by 16% in the last year alone, my evening spent volunteering at a...

February 6, 2017
Opinion

Executives with sleepless nights – a fear of being rolled over

Legal commentators have rightly hailed the announcement of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement between the Serious Fraud Office and Rolls Royce as a huge victory for SFO. It signals the arrival...

February 3, 2017

Raj Chada

Opinion

Promoting patient safety: NHS complaints and whistleblowers

The Health Select Committee’s recent inquiry into the handling of complaints from patients and the public, and concerns raised by staff, concludes that while patient safety and the treatment of...

February 3, 2017

Emma Wray

Opinion

More openness and honesty?

An article in the I reveals how the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) apparently spent almost a quarter of a million pounds redacting information about patient safety campaigner Mr James...

February 3, 2017

Emma Wray

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