UK - LITIGATION AGAINST SCHOOLS A REAL THREAT?

News 18 11 2009: Litigation against Schools a real threat?. Unveiled in the Queen's Speech was a New Education Bill to which a another New Ombudsman’s position be created as a set of pupil and parent guarantees be launched. But as the Association of School and College...

UK: Declining Standards as to Public Welfare - "common sense”

For a number of years now a “virus” has been sweeping and eroding the very fabric of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Britain in the Nation becoming a land of blame and litigation destroying what Britishness was. One now must think twice before helping others since to...

Survey: Lawyers Expect Boom in Bankruptcy

A country that elects Barack Obama, a liberal lawyer, as its president should not be surprised by the results of a recent survey by Robert Half Legal: Three-hundred attorneys from among the largest law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada were asked, "In...

NHS is facing £4.5bn compensation bill over babies damaged at birth by hospi...

"The NHS is facing £4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged blunders by midwives and doctors that have left babies suffering severe brain damage, The Observer can reveal. The huge sum is detailed in confidential data from the NHS Litigation Authority, which handles most of...

Alarm at rising tide of sex-bias litigation

"The number of women taking employers to court claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog. Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has told The Times that...

Campaign to save Remembrance Day Parade goes online

A CAMPAIGN the save the remembrance day parade in Horwich has gone online.Jean Rostron, aged 60, from Hope Street North, Horwich, has set up the online petition to be sent to Gordon Brown because she is outraged that the Horwich parade will not ahead this year.In previous...