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Oct 2016
A report by the Royal College of Midwives has warned that some maternity units are ‘dangerous’, with midwives being left on their own to look after up to 15 women and their babies. The RCM also reports that maternity departments are becoming ‘dangerous’ and ‘stressful’, with ‘epidemic’ levels of bullying, leading to an exodus of…
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Oct 2016
Figures have shown that before being seen by A&E staff, thousands of ambulance patients in England are facing long delays, with the number of waits exceeding an hour nearly trebling in the last two years. It should be possible for ambulance crews to hand patients over to A&E staff within 15 minutes of arrival and…
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Oct 2016
Mr R was a 32 year old self-employed electrician who at the end of 2014 was asked to go to a home in West Yorkshire where they had a problem with a light that was not working. When he got to the premises and started his work he suddenly had a serious electric shock, as a…
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Oct 2016
As family lawyers, we are often approached by individuals whose marriage has sadly broken down and who state that they wish to divorce their spouse “on the grounds of adultery”. There is in fact only one ground for divorce in this country, namely the ”irretrievable breakdown of the marriage”. However adultery is one of five…
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Oct 2016
Christmas – the season of family festivities and goodwill to all. When most people talk about the ‘Christmas rush’ they mean last minute present shopping, for us family lawyers though its all about holiday child contact arrangements. Christmas is often a highly emotional time for separated parents. The thought of not spending Christmas with their children…
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Oct 2016
As family law experts in West Yorkshire we frequently advise unmarried couples who mistakenly believe that because they have lived with their partner for a number of years they are a common law spouse and therefore have the same rights as married couples on the breakdown of the relationship. In reality this is a myth; there…
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