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Mentally ill woman on trial for carrying murderous attack on two woman after she was allowed to go without being sectioned

by duncan12 January 9, 2013 Law Blog

Nicola Edgington, 32, who carried out two murderous blade attacks on two strangers, was allowed to walk out of the hospital just hours earlier after demanding to be sectioned and warning she could kill somebody the court heard. Just after she was allowed to leave the mentally ill woman had stabbed a grandmother to death […]

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Legal immigrants distressed at receiving messages to leave UK

by duncan12 January 3, 2013 Immigration Law

A firm working for the government Capita’ which was contacted by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in September to track down 174,000 illegal immigrants had wrongly told people living legally to leave the UK it has emerged. Some of them who were contacted by text and email were a woman with a UK passport and […]

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Campaigners slam UKBA for being consistently active during Christmas to remove refused asylum seekers

by duncan12 December 24, 2012 Immigration Law

Pre-Christmas purge of the UK Border Agency who were rushing through to remove failed asylum seekers from the country has been slammed by the anti- deportation campaigners. Every year during the Christmas period there is an attempt by UKBA to deport refused asylum seekers knowing very well that resources at this time of the year […]

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An employee who claimed she was not told about her firm being moved has filed constructive dismissal case

by duncan12 December 19, 2012 Employment Law

An accountancy employee is seeking compensation for constructive unfair dismissal and sex discrimination against her former employee. She claimed that her firm had moved from Rubery to Kidderminster without keeping her informed while she was on maternity leave. Jodie Rhodes of Headless Cross complained to a Birmingham Employment Tribunal preliminary hearing, that the firm had […]

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Do you need a conveyancing solicitor!

by duncan12 December 3, 2012 Conveyancing

People trying to handle their own conveyancing in recent times have been increasing as there are many ‘do it yourself’ tools available from various conveyancing resources. As such there is no hard fast rule that one should not do their own conveyancing but there are many shortcomings which one has to consider. What do you […]

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The LSC pledges to cut the number of civil legal aid bills being incorrectly rejected

by duncan12 November 29, 2012 Law

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has assured that it would find ways of cutting down on the number of civil legal aid bills that are incorrectly rejected. The commission is going to work along with The Law Society, The Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) and family lawyers group Resolution, to examine how it could help […]

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A NHS trust worker who was unfairly dismissed has been given a big sum as settlement

by duncan12 November 8, 2012 Employment Law

A nurse and trade unionist Yunus Bakhsh who was unfairly dismissed from his employment in 2006 by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has won a big sum as a final settlement in his dispute against his former employer. Yunus had won an employment tribunal case against the trust in 2010 claiming unfair dismissal. […]

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A NHS trust worker who was unfairly dismissed has been given a big sum as settlement

by duncan12 November 6, 2012 Employment Law

A nurse and trade unionist Yunus Bakhsh who was unfairly dismissed from his employment in 2006 by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has won a big sum as a final settlement in his dispute against his former employer. Yunus had won an employment tribunal case against the trust in 2010 claiming unfair dismissal. […]

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The changes to Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 would affect the funding of claims

by duncan12 October 19, 2012 Professional Negligence

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 is a legislation which would have a cascading impact on professional negligence claimants says experts in the field. According to leading professional negligence solicitors the changes being introduced by the Act coming into force from next April would have deep impact on the way such claims could […]

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Benefit fraudster claiming disability allowance caught red handed when he was training his football team

by duncan12 October 7, 2012 Fraud

John Alexander, 68, a football manager who had claimed nearly £7,000 in benefits because he was ‘virtually unable to walk’ was caught playing and training with his team. John Alexander was able to claim Disability Living Allowance after telling benefit officials that he could barely able to move. But he was caught red handed when […]

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