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‘No win, no fee’ lawyers are aggressively targeting dentists, according to the Telegraph, with the profession now twice as likely to be sued than a decade ago. Indemnity costs for dentists have rocketed over the period as the industry witnesses a steep rise in cases relating to the diagn...

The MoJ is to increase the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving from 14 years to life. Motorists who cause death by speeding, street racing or while on a mobile phone are among those who may be handed the maximum punishment. Thousands of people backed tougher penalties for the mos...

A couple who made fake holiday sickness compensation claims have been jailed after admitting fraud. Deborah Briton and partner Paul Roberts tried to claim nearly £20,000 after falsely saying their two children fell ill on holidays to Majorca in 2015 and 2016. Ms Briton was jailed for nine months an...

Haemophiliacs and other NHS patients who were infected with HIV and hepatitis by contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s are to launch a High Court group action seeking damages, after winning a ruling. Over 500 claimants, including survivors of the contamination and the families of those wh...

There have been recent calls for a more customer-friendly approach to setting up, registering, storing and understanding lasting power of attorney (LPA). The Financial Conduct Authority is looking at whether people could apply online to the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to have their family ta...

A claims management company has withdrawn a YouTube advert designed to generate holiday sickness claims after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that it was misleading. It is the latest front in the battle against sickness claims being waged by the Association of British Travel Agents (...

Theresa May says transport secretary will look at whether law needs to be changed after case in which woman died in London. Please click here to read further.  ...

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The Mail on Sunday reports that hundreds of victims of breast surgeon Ian Paterson have been forced to take legal action against private hospitals which are refusing to compensate them. Spire Healthcare is understood to have told Paterson’s victims it is not responsible for the botched breast ...

A judge has thrown out the case of a holiday maker who claimed that a four-star hotel’s poor hygiene and undercooked meat gave her food poisoning. Judge Nadeem Khan said that the holidaymaker’s evidence was “neither plausible or credible” and ruled that the claim was “fundament...