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NHS fined over death
The NHS was fined £40,000 after an 82-year-old man riding a mobility scooter fell 3.7 m to his death when a barrier on a walkway collapsed at Fareham health centre in Hampshire. His scooter collided with a wooden weather screen placed around..
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Savile Report
The BBC’s director general, in response to a report by Dame Janet Smith into the activities of Jimmy Savile, said that he was aware that what happened at the BBC was “profoundly wrong”.
He described abuse at the BBC as “dark..
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Employers liability for injury to home carers
Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP (Scotland) [2016] UKSC 6
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Fatal Accidents Act claims
Knauer v Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 9
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Complementary decision
Cox v Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10
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Low value PI claims
Broadhurst v Tan [2016] EWCA Civ 94
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Failure to undertake tests
Arkless v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2016] EWHC 330 (QB)
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Orthopaedic surgery claim
XYZ v Warrington & Halton NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 331 (QB)
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Alleged failure to diagnose
Jacobs v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 121 (QB)
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Alton Towers accident
A decision has been made to prosecute the owner of Alton Towers over the Smiler rollercoaster crash in which five people were seriously injured. All suffered life-changing injuries when their carriage collided with a stationary carriage on the same..
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