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Feb 2018

Chadwick Lawrence Sponsors Leeds Rhinos Physical Disability Rugby League

Yorkshire’s legal people are delighted to announce that they will be the official shirt and main team sponsor of Leeds Rhinos Foundation Physical Disability Rugby League for the 2018 season. The sponsorship strengthens a long-term relationship between the firm and the Rugby League club, whom Chadwick Lawrence have acted as legal partners for many years.…

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28
Feb 2018

Equal pay for equal work

Equal pay for equal work With reports about differences in pay between high profile men and women seemingly in the news on a daily basis at the moment, there cannot be many people in the UK who have not wondered how their pay compares to colleagues of the opposite sex.  In this article, we explain…

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27
Feb 2018

Patients are facing an eight month wait for hip operations

Figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests have revealed that patients are having to wait for more than eight months for hip and knee replacements, and waiting times have risen by 40 per cent in the last four years. Some health care trusts have resorted to only referring patients for surgery if they are unable…

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27
Feb 2018

Work pressure drives hundreds of GPs to leave profession

The Royal College of GPs has said that latest figures from the NHS have shown that the number of GPs fell from 34,091 in September to 33,872 in December, adding that many are leaving the profession as the ‘pressure has become too much’. Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, the chairwoman of The RCGP, said that although GP…

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19
Feb 2018

Silver splitters continue to rise

The rise of the silver splitters was first widely reported a few years ago however new enquiries to our specialist Family Law team suggests that this phenomenon is showing no signs of slowing down.  We are each increasingly acting for spouses who are at or approaching retirement age.  It is questionable why so many people…

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14
Feb 2018

High blood pressure can go undetected in pre-eclampsia new mothers

A new study suggests that high blood pressure can remain undetected in mothers with severe pre-eclampsia and that they should have their blood pressure regularly checked for a year after giving birth. The study, conducted in the Netherlands, found that of 200 women, 17.5 percent had masked hypertension.  It also found that if only readings…

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