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Feb 2014
An American football player recently underwent surgery for compartment syndrome that could have lead to him losing a limb or his life. Due to a prompt diagnosis and emergency surgery it is likely this saved his leg. Compartment syndrome can be acute or chronic. Acute compartment syndrome can occur as a complication following a fracture…
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Feb 2014
A report has found that two cancer patients died after, in breach of NHS rules, they were not given follow-up appointments at Watford General Hospital. An internal review was instigated by West Hertfordshire NHS Trust into the process used for monitoring patients with suspected cancer who were referred to the hospital, the conclusion of which…
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Feb 2014
The Consumer Rights Bill has now been introduced to Parliament for approval and will begin its parliamentary progress. The Bill has undergone several changes during the consultation phase, including now covering goods which have been manufactured or produced for the customer and giving traders a right to repair digital content. The Consumer Rights Bill represents…
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Jan 2014
The Intellectual Property Office has decided this year that the share of a Kit Kat is not able to be registered as a trade mark. In 2010 Nestle decided to try and register a 3D trade mark for the shape of their four-fingered Kit Kat bar, a shape which has barely changed since the bar was…
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Jan 2014
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) provides protection to employees and impose obligations on employers where one of two types of transfer arises: There is a transfer of a business or part of a business, where there is an economic entity that retains its identity; There is a service provision change…
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Jan 2014
In a recent case before the Court of Appeal (“CofA”) it was considered whether or not the Employment Tribunal (“ET”) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) had properly approached the issue of indirect religious discrimination where a Christian employee had refused to work on Sundays. Mrs Mba, a Christian holding a sabbatarian belief (a belief…
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