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22
Feb 2017

Why make a Will?

Recent research from Will Aid shows that approximately 27 million of the 51 million adults living in the UK today do not have a Will – just over half of our population. This research highlights four of main reason why people have not yet made a Will: They simply hadn’t got round to it; Many…

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22
Feb 2017

Court rules woman must remain married

It has been reported across a number of media outlets that the Court of Appeal last week ruled that Tini Owens could not progress her divorce on the basis of the statement in her petition setting out what she considers to be her husband’s unreasonable behaviour.  Whilst Mrs Owens was of the view that the…

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17
Feb 2017

Kevin Sinfield Signs With Yorkshire’s Legal People

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors has recently announced a long-term partnership with Leeds Rhinos and England rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield. Over the next 12 months the rugby star will act as an ambassador for the firm as part of its ‘Chadwick Lawrence Way’ strategy and its aim to become Yorkshire’s best law firm. In his role…

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16
Feb 2017

Union calls for action on ‘bullying’ at South East Coast Ambulance Service

The GMB union have called on the government to intervene on bullying claims at South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) and a news report by the Daily Telegraph has described a ‘culture of bullying’, claiming workers are being subjected to harassment and abuse. A number of 999 call handlers said that they were under so…

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16
Feb 2017

Prognosis ‘improving’ for severely premature babies

A study conducted by Duke University in the USA, has confirmed that an increasing number of extremely premature babies are now surviving without any neurological problems. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and involving 4,274 babies born between 22 and 24 weeks, found that compared with those born at the same…

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08
Feb 2017

GP consultations in the UK shortest in the developed world

Health leaders are warning that the length of NHS GP consultations are ‘crazy’ and are threatening patient care. The current average GP consultation length in the UK is ten minutes, which is the shortest in the developed world. There are currently 44 plans in England to reduce hospital care and push health services into the…

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