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Animal feed manufacturer in court over worker injury

An animal feeds producer has been fined after a mill cleaner suffered a serious hand injury.
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HCA International Ltd

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a private health company, HCA International Ltd, for failing to keep fertility patients’ personal information secure. 
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Sentence after historic home butler fatally crushed in lift incident

The operators of one of Britain’s most iconic stately homes have been sentenced after a domestic servant was crushed to death by a lift.
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Oldham building contractor in court over fall from height risk

An Oldham based building firm has been fined for exposing its workers to dangerous work at height.
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Care worker imprisoned after the death of service user

Nikki Deaney, a former care worker at Springwood Day Centre, has been sentenced after the death of service user Majid Akhtar.
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National furniture company fined £1m for safety failings

DFS Trading Limited has been fined after safety failings which led to serious neck and head injuries of a worker.
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Pennine Care NHS Trust

An Undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Pennine Care NHS Trust.
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Cornwall Council

A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that Cornwall Council has appropriately addressed the actions agreed in its undertaking signed September 2016.
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Digitonomy Limited

Credit broker Digitonomy Ltd has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for being responsible for millions of marketing texts sent without proper consent.
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Even the insurance industry is back tracking from the governments head long leap to increase the small claims limit to £5000.

So it would appear something has gone awry. Now even the Association of British Insurers believes the government might be going a little too far in increasing the small claims limit to £5000 for all PI claims, having failed to read it statement provi...
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NHS Digital (formerly known as HSCIC)

A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that NHS Digital (formerly known as HSCIC) has appropriately addressed the actions agreed in its undertaking signed April 2016.
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Compensation awarded to prison officer forced to leave her profession

A former prison officer, working in a London young offender’s institute, has been forced to quit her job after sustaining a debilitating injury whilst at work.  The officer, who has chosen to remain unnamed, was eventually awarded the sum of £14...
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New Mesothelioma Funding for North East

Government funding has paved the way for a new mesothelioma cancer research centre in the North East of England. Rates of mesothelioma are particularly high in the North East due to the region’s historic links to industry. Asbestos was routinely use...
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Holidaymaker contract salmonella in Jamaica

A 33-year-old holidaymaker from Heathcote in Warwick has been awarded a considerable sum in compensation after contracting salmonella whilst on holiday in a five star hotel in Jamaica.  Daryl Wiseman lost two stone in the two weeks he suffered t...
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Mesothelioma Handbook Launched on 20th Anniversary of Landmark Case

A handbook to help sufferers of mesothelioma has been launched on the 20th anniversary of June Hancock’s landmark case. Ms Hancock was the first non-worker to successfully win a compensation claim for asbestos exposure that resulted in mesothelioma....
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Fire fighter injured in the line of duty

A fire fighter has been awarded an undisclosed amount of compensation from his employer, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, after sustaining a serious injury whilst fighting a fire at a house in Bickleigh, near Exeter.  The serviceman w...
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£940000 compensation following freak accident

A Manchester man has received £940000 in compensation after taking his employer to court following a freak accident at work.  The accident, that initially seemed innocuous, left the employee with every bone in his wrist broken, rendering him una...
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Making a Claim for Asbestos Related Death

Before being banned in 1999, asbestos was routinely used in many industries. It was a standard insulating material and was used in manufacturing, electronics and boiler making. For this reason, the workers who are most at risk of contracting an asbes...
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Teacher’s Family Claim Compensation for Asbestos Death

The family of a teacher who was exposed to asbestos at work have successfully made a compensation claim against her former employer. Elizabeth Belt died of mesothelioma aged 68. This is a deadly form of cancer that is directly connected to breathing...
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CCC order weekly heart unit reports

Health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), have ordered Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital to submit weekly reports monitoring the heart unit for the “foreseeable future” following concerns raised about high death rates during or followin...
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