Law Gazette Litigation over the government’s award of new criminal legal aid contracts will not be ‘straightforward’, the High Court heard yesterday during a lengthy hearing on how 115 procurement law challenges and a judicial review should be managed. Hearing the lord chancellor’s application for a possible group litigation order in the Technology and Construction…
Figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have shown that accidents at work has increased and reveal that, in the years, 2013/2014, 15 people lost their lives while at work across the North West, and 9,432 were injured in the workplace. These figures compare to 14 deaths and 9,401 work-related injuries across the…
Lancashire County Council has paid out £672,094 in compensation and costs over the last four years to people with conditions linked to asbestos. Asbestos claims It has been revealed in new figures that, since 2010, 17’people have contacted Lancashire County Council regarding asbestos claims. Of these 17 claims one of the cases was related to…
