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Aug 2016
Yorkshire Water has recently been fined £350,000 for illegally discharging sewage in North Yorkshire. Yorkshire Water pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to offences relating to a sewer overflow in Harrogate. Yorkshire Water was also required to pay £30,000 in costs to the Environment Agency. The incident, in April 2013, related to a sewer overflow…
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Aug 2016
The owner of a skip hire firm in the West Midlands has been given a two year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence of one of his employees. Bikram Mahli was ordered also to pay costs of £10,000 and banned from being a director of a company for 10…
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Aug 2016
According to the World Health Organisation, there are currently 420 million diabetes patients worldwide and the disease is responsible for 3.7 million deaths each year. Patients with Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder which is usually diagnosed in childhood, and later stage Type 2 diabetes, usually associated with being overweight and inactive, are required to…
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Aug 2016
Doctors have warned that giving young children antibiotics could substantially increase their risk of becoming diabetic. Researchers from New York University have conducted trials on young mice and compared those which were given several courses of antibiotics with mice that were not given drugs. Those that had received three treatments by the age of six…
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Aug 2016
In this article we consider the potential risks and benefits for businesses allowing employees to use their own personal mobile devices (such as tablets, smartphones, laptops or notebook computers) for business purposes. What is bring your own device (BYOD)? Many employees now own personal mobile devices (such as tablets, smartphones, laptops or notebook computers) that…
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Aug 2016
The High Court, in a recent case, has clarified the effect of a Part 36 offer on a previous offer made within proceedings which was not made under Part 36. The Court held that the Part 36 offer, under the Civil Procedure Rules, made by a claimant was a counter-offer amounting to a rejection of…
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