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Jun 2015

Yorkshire’s Legal People Support Huddersfield Cycling Festival

Chadwick Lawrence are the latest Yorkshire business to show their support to local cycling festival, The 2015 Huddersfield Criterium. Yorkshire’s Legal People are delighted to have been announced as Official Hospitality Partners for the event, which promises to be an exciting evening of fast and furious cycling entertainment in Huddersfield Town Centre. The Huddersfield Criterium…

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16
Jun 2015

Chadwick Lawrence Celebrates 10 Years of Employment Law Success

Yorkshire’s Legal People recently marked the 10th anniversary of its Employer Support Protect (ESP) Scheme with members of the Employment Law team and representatives from their first ever client, Cutwel Ltd gathering to celebrate a decade in business. Established in 2005, the Chadwick Lawrence employment department has delivered specialist employment law, health & safety and…

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16
Jun 2015

Four cancers could be detected by one smear test

Scientists embarking on a new trial are hopeful that a single smear test could shortly predict four different cancers. A team from University College London will lead a group of researchers from 14 countries in order to establish a new screening process, hoping that this will help prevent female cancers. The study will last four…

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16
Jun 2015

Diabetes guidelines for pregnancy could miss thousands of women

A report suggests that thousands of at-risk women could be missed by new criteria for diagnosing pregnancy related diabetes. The research undertaken by Cambridge University says that although the threshold which was introduced by the health watchdog NICE earlier this year has been lowered, it is still too high. When diabetes occurs for the first…

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16
Jun 2015

1,300 babies were injured or killed last year through NHS negligence

It has been revealed that staff errors made during childbirth and leading to babies killed or left with serious brain damage, cost the NHS £1bn last year. Official figures show that around one in four settlements were awarded due to failures by doctors and midwives to monitor the heart rate of babies. The largest claims…

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15
Jun 2015

Football League updates rules relating to insolvent football clubs

On 5 June 2015, the Football League (FL) amended the regulations that apply to insolvent football clubs (FL regulations). The changes come into effect from 8 August 2015, being the start of the 2015-16 football season. A core asset of a company that trades as a football club is the club’s share in the FL…

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