Archive for January, 2010
Caterer ordered to pay £415,000
A caterer who supplied a dessert containing eggs at a Sikh wedding must pay £415,000 damages to the widow of a man who died from an allergic reaction, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
NHS blood victim bill clears Lords
A bid to compensate and support victims of what is widely called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS cleared the Lords.
Big payout for wounded policeman
A police control room operator shot in a training exercise has agreed a six-figure compensation payout.
Keith Tilbury, 56, was taking part in Thames Valley Police firearms awareness training in May 2007 when Pc David Micklethwaite shot him in
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Drivers fitness ‘problem to assess’
Most health professionals cannot distinguish reliably between medically unfit drivers, borderline drivers and fit drivers, a report has claimed.
Trainee doctors receive little tuition on medical aspects of patients’ fitness to drive (FTD), said
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Jackson Report published
The much-anticipated Jackson Report on Civil Litigation Costs has been published as we go to press, and hits out at claims managers and ATE insurers, while providing encouragement for liability insurers and defendants.








