Substantial damages have been awarded to a six-year-old boy who was left severely disabled after being dropped from a nursery changing table as a baby. James Pitcher from Peaks Hill, Purley, Surrey, was left quadriplegic and unable to control his airways…

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The number of critical illness claims that were declined due to non-disclosure decreased dramatically this year, private health insurer Bupa has revealed. The new figures are encouraging for Bupa who have introduced new measures to reduce the risk…

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  A prisoner left “distressed” when he spent six hours and 20 minutes in his cell during a prison officers’ strike was not being falsely imprisoned, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Two of the three judges reversed a ruling at Leeds County Court that …

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A breakdown in communication has been blamed for the death of a man with a heart condition, after he was told to take an anti-clotting drug for the wrong length of time. An inquest heard that Paul Smith, 46, was told by the University Hospital of Wales…

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Solicitors who took millions of pounds from compensation payouts given to sick miners today lost their High Court appeal against being struck off for misconduct “on a huge scale”. James Beresford and Douglas Smith, of Doncaster-based Beresfords Solicitors,…

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