Blood transfusion compensation bids
17th May 2012
Patients who contracted HIV, hepatitis C and other diseases following transfusions of contaminated blood in the NHS’s ”worst ever treatment d...
Girl injured at birth wins compensation claim
01st May 2012
An 11-year-old girl who sustained injuries whilst being born has been awarded £10.8 million in compensation due to hospital staff failing to perform ...
Asbestos victim wins historic case
26th April 2012
An important legal precedent has been set after a man suffering from asbestosis caused more than 50 years ago won his battle with the employer’s par...
£175,000 fine over porter death
16th April 2012
The employer of a man killed when an industrial waste compactor broke his neck has been fined £175,000. ISS Mediclean Ltd, a national cleaning compan...
£2m damages for race circuit groundsman
04th April 2012
A racing circuit groundsman has been awarded more than £2 million in damages after an incident at work left him with severe head injuries. David John...
Lords back industrial disease claims
16th March 2012
The House of Lords has supported moves aimed at stopping industrial disease sufferers losing up to a quarter of their compensation payouts. Civil just...
Metal-on-metal hip replacements to be monitored annually for the life
29th February 2012
MHRA advises patients with metal-on-metal hip replacement to be monitored annually for the life Following an investigation from the BBC and the Britis...
Asbestos miner payout, 26 years on
15th February 2012
A former miner diagnosed with an asbestos-related cancer more than 25 years after leaving the coal industry has been awarded a damages package of near...
No-win no-fee ‘fuelling NHS claims’
08th February 2012
No-win no-fee lawyers have helped fuel a rise in the number of clinical negligence claims against the NHS, it is claimed. The health service has had t...
Fire breaks out at old dairy site
31st January 2012
A blaze has broken out at a dairy site in west London where it is thought gas cylinders could be stored. Emergency services erected a temporary safety...
