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Compensation awarded to prison officer forced to leave her profession

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Sunday, 01 May 2016

Accidents At Work

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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Fire fighter injured in the line of duty

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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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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

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Monday, 04 April 2016

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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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CCC order weekly heart unit reports

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Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Medical Negligence

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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Tour operator responsible for tragic deaths

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Monday, 07 March 2016

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A tour guide from a Vietnamese tour operator is being questioned by police, and the tour operator has been suspended, following the tragic deaths of 3 British tourists on Friday. 24-year-old Beth Anderson and her sister 19-year-old Isobel Squir...

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Man jailed for causing road death

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Wednesday, 02 March 2016

Road Traffic Accidents

A Southport man has been jailed for two years and banned from driving for two years for causing the death of Lancashire man, Andrew Birch, in January of last year. Mr Birch, 46, from Scarisbrick was the passenger in a Peugeot Horizon being driv...

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Wall collapse seriously injures two children

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Monday, 15 February 2016

Accidents In Public Places

Two young children, a boy aged four and a girl aged seven, were badly injured when a 10 foot wall collapsed as they were walking to school with their mother during Storm Imogen. It is thought that the children were walking a little ahead of the...

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47-year-old dies as a result of undiagnosis

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Tuesday, 09 February 2016

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A coroner’s inquest into the death of 47-year-old Jeanette Scully heard that she had made 58 medical visits in the five months leading up to her death. Ms Scully died from an aggressive form of cancer and was in extreme pain due to the rar...

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Severe loss of care home beds

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Saturday, 30 January 2016

Medical Negligence

In a report presented to the Greater Huddersfield Commissioning Group it has been revealed that one in seven care home beds have been lost last year in Kirklees despite demand for places increasing. NHS chiefs learned that out of 1750 beds, 258...

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2 dead following undiscovered fire

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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

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A serious chip pan fire that was missed by fire-fighters left two people dead at 1100 on Saturday. Neighbours of dinner lady Keli Morgan, 44, and her husband Joe Morgan, 41, had called the fire services upon smelling smoke. Fire-fighters ...

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Shoreham airshow disaster victims could be in line for payouts

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Monday, 11 January 2016

Accidents In Public Places

It has been revealed following the tragic Shoreham air show crash that injured spectators could be in line for very large compensation payments. This has come as a result of the aircraft’s owners admitting liability for the accident, which saw eleven...

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Shopping centre fined £75,000

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Thursday, 31 December 2015

Accidents In Public Places

A shopping centre in Nottingham has been fined £75K after a customer was severely injured on an escalator. 27-year-old Michael Reddington had been shopping in the West End Arcade when his foot got trapped in an escalator, resulting in the loss of his...

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Cyclist awarded £105K

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Monday, 28 December 2015

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A cyclist who was left wheelchair-bound for four months after being hit by a car has been awarded £105,000 in compensation. The 48-year-old, who remains unnamed, had been cycling on a roundabout near his home in Corfe Mullen when a car sped past him,...

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Working in cold temperatures – your rights

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Monday, 21 December 2015

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As the days grow colder, working outside becomes increasingly hazardous. It is important that your employer takes extra precautions during these winter months to protect you at work. The law states that it is your employer’s responsibility to protect...

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Pensioner wins fall compensation

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Thursday, 10 December 2015

Accidents In Public Places

Supermarket giant, Sainsbury’s, has paid out a five-figure sum to pensioner Jean Annis, 79 from Alsager, following a compensation claim. Mrs Annis tripped on matting in the Sainsbury’s Local store causing four fractures to her right arm, which ...

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Banning of whiplash injury cash payouts

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Monday, 30 November 2015

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A recent statement has announced government plans to end right to cash compensation for whiplash claims. Where whiplash claims alone cost the insurance industry £2bn a year, an average of £90 a policy, the government has come up with a plan to bring ...

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‘Human error’ caused Alton Towers crash, resulting in personal injury to 16

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Saturday, 28 November 2015

Accidents In Public Places

Staffordshire theme park, Alton Towers, have announced that the accident that occurred on 2 June of this year, seriously injuring several people, was due to human error. The park confirmed that staff had misunderstood a shutdown message and res...

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Experimental heart surgery causes death

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Monday, 02 November 2015

Medical Negligence

A judge at London’s High Court has awarded damages of £13,686 to the daughter of a man who died as a result of experimental heart surgery in 2007. Mr William Ewan, 86, died in Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital of complications during a key-hole op...

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Cancer diagnosis variation ‘unacceptable’

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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Medical Negligence

Following a study carried out between 2012 and 2013 by Cancer Research UK, it is claimed that around 20,000 cases of cancer could have been detected earlier if cancer care was as good as the best demonstrated practice in England. They described...

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Mother awarded £725,000 over birthing complications

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Sunday, 25 October 2015

Medical Negligence

The mother of a baby that was left permanently disabled following birthing complications has been awarded £725,000 in compensation. The woman, who remains anonymous, claimed that Sister Rosemary Murphy at Law Hospital’s maternity unit failed to deliv...

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