Year: 2015

Divorce settlements: tips and pitfalls

Almost every element of the divorce process is either complex or painful and reaching a financial settlement can be one of the most difficult tasks. There are a number of things that you can do, however, to make a settlement easier to achieve and to minimise the emotional impact on all concerned. Listen to divorce […]

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4 of the UK’s most dangerous jobs

The most recent statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), reported that 23.5 million work days were lost in 2013/14 due to work-related ill health. In that same period, an additional 4.7 million days were lost due to workplace injuries. What’s most interesting though, is the list of jobs that the organisation reported […]

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Personal Injury Solicitors Stockport launch new website

This week the Personal Injury Solicitors Stockport website underwent a design re-vamp and re-launch.  For the last few years the website had not been updated to reflect the new management and new services on offer, but that’s all now addressed with the re-launch. The new website design has been completely re-vamped to include a more […]

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NHS staff sue NHS Grampian for stress after injury from used needles

Twelve NHS staff workers have sued NHS Grampian claiming compensation for the stressed caused to them and their families having sustained injuries when handling used needles.  Staff waited for months not knowing if they had suffered from HIV or other illnesses such as Hepatitis C following their injury. Details on the case can be seen […]

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Car and road safety declines as children death rates rise

Statistics from the Department for Transport show that the number of child deaths and serious injuries on roads have risen for the first time since 1995 (view statistics). The figures indicate that the number of children under 16 killed or seriously injured (KSI) rose by 3% in the 12 months from September 2013 to September […]

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