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Legal Article
16 Jan 2020
It has been reported in the papers today that I'm a Celebrity's Ant McPartlin has reached a divorce settlement with his estranged Wife, Lisa Armstrong, following a long and quite heavily publicised legal battle. The couple married in July 2006 and subsequently announced their plans to…
Family/Divorce
Legal Article
13 Jan 2020
Bloodwise, the UK's leading blood cancers research charity, has analysed NHS data in England and found that 28% of patients diagnosed with blood cancers are done so via emergency admissions to hospital rather than via their GP, which is significantly higher than cancers on average, which is 19…
Clinical Negligence
Forbes News
10 Jan 2020
A track record of dealing with multi-million pound claims for national and international clients has seen Forbes Solicitors' Contentious Trusts and Probate team double in size and grow to be one of the largest in the North of England in the last year. The team was set up in 2017 by Associate…
Contesting a Will
Legal Article
09 Jan 2020
In May of last year Forbes reported on the Governments response to a Consultation that would radically change the current, out of date, divorce procedure (Read article here ). At the time of reporting the legislation was to be introduced "as soon as parliamentary time allowed". The…
Family/Divorce
Legal Article
07 Jan 2020
The Government are likely to face a number of claims for compensation following the leak of personal data into the public domain after 1,097 work and home addresses were published online, including those of celebrities, politicians, diplomats and senior police officers*. The General Data Protection…
Data Breach Claims
Forbes News
09 Dec 2019
Monday the 2nd December 2019 marked the first day on which mixed-sex couples could register their intent to enter into a civil partnership. This decision was made by the government in order to address the 'imbalance' permitted to same sex-couples in allowing them the choice between a…
Family/Divorce
Legal Article
04 Dec 2019
The Independent newspaper have recently reported on the failings of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust ("SaTH") maternity unit. This is due to a report being leaked, prepared by midwifery expert Donna Ockenden, who has led an independent investigation into more than 600 cases from…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
21 Nov 2019
Clinical negligence claims do not only involve medical care received in a hospital, they also include treatment and care received from your dentist. Claims can include periodontal mismanagement, dental caries mismanagement, lingual nerve and inferior alveolar nerve injuries and implant claims.…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
19 Nov 2019
With the upcoming general election looming on 12th December, one of the main talking points (besides Brexit of course) is the current state of the NHS. There has been a number of recent explosive headlines, including 'A&E Waiting Time in England at Their Worst on Record', 'Waiting…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
01 Nov 2019
The introduction of pension freedoms in 2015 means that investors have a lot more choice over what to do with their pension savings. Whereas in the past the pension had to come to an end on death, now residual funds are allowed to remain in the protected pension environment for the benefit of the…
Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts
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