If a 100-year-old ‘non-disclosure’ law that enables insurers to avoid paying claims is axed they will pass the costs on to customers, according to the Law Commission. It would mean that instead of consumers having to give certain information to insurers,…
An NHS Trust in Yorkshire has paid out nearly £700,000 compensation to 19 women who suffered problems following breast surgery carried out by the same surgeon. A total of 29 claims were made against Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust after more…
A woman has been awarded £90,000 damages after being injured in a bus crash during an adventure holiday in Malaysia. Gail Griffin has been in constant pain since the accident in which husband James and 11 other holidaymakers were also hurt as they…
Permanent eye damage caused by leaking sodium hydroxide at a Bradford chemical plant has resulted in a factory worker being awarded £100,000 compensation. The incident at Ciba Speciality Chemicals in Low Moor in 2005 left the 59-year-old man, who…
