Blogs
Licensee awarded £8m following breach of contract
A drinks company has been ordered to pay damages of £8m to a licensee following a breach of contract. The case involved a dispute over cordial and carbonated drinks. The parties had an agreement that the licensee could produce and distribute the products in Pakistan for a period of five years. ....
Hertfordshire Care home operator fined following resident death
Borehamwood-based Life Style Care PLC has been fined a total of £85,000 and ordered to pay a further £48,000 in costs after a resident with clinical dementia was suffocated by an unsecure wardrobe. The resident at The Chase Care Home in Printers Avenue, Watford, suffered from a form of dementia....
Time on call held to be ‘working time’ by tribunal
Two paramedics have won their claim that time spent on call away from the workplace should be classed as working time. The Working Time Regulations stipulate that employees are generally entitled to daily rest of 11 uninterrupted hours. The paramedics in this case were told they would have to ....
NHS Trust guilty of Asbestos exposure
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been fined £55,000 and ordered to pay £ 34,078 in costs after it was found likely to have exposed workers to potentially fatal asbestos material for more than a decade at Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital and St Albans Hospital. ....
Government approach to mediation ‘not good enough’
Leading family lawyers have expressed disappointment and concern at the government's approach to funding mediation sessions for divorcing couples. The Family Justice Minister, Simon Hughes, recently announced that separating couples will be entitled to one free mediation session as long as at lea....
The cost of divorce in the UK
Durinng the summer , Aviva released a Family Finance reports, which outlines the cost of divorce in the UK. The statistics are interesting and outline why you should use an expert lawyer. The Office of National Statistics show that there are around 128,000 divorces or dissolutions annuall....
Man awarded £10,500 after severing finger in hospital shower
A hospital registrar has been awarded £10,500 compensation after he had to have part of a finger amputated following an accident in a shower cubicle. The registrar had finished his shift at the hospital and decided to take a shower. The room was dark as there were no windows and no functioning l....
Are you going to University? Ten things to consider
With many local school leavers off to university this autumn the Hertfordshire Mercury caught up with Peter Westbrook, a partner and head of the residential property team In his article Peter lists ten key things that should be considered. http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/things-consider....
Hospital test failed to detect cervical cancer
A woman has received an initial £65,000 compensation after she developed cervical cancer following an incorrect test analysis by her doctors. The woman had a cervical smear test in 2004 and was given the all-clear. She was told to return in three years for another routine test. This was despite ....
Man left infertile after hospital failed to diagnose his illness
A man has been awarded £1m compensation after doctors failed to recognise that a lump in his neck was cancerous. As a result of the misdiagnosis, he is unable to have children, and will suffer with pain and discomfort in his feet and ankles for the rest of his life. The man visited his GP in ....
Join us at the Hertfordshire Golf Club on Wednesday the 24th September
We are pleased to announce that the next fixture for the Attwaters Jameson Hill Golf Society will be held on Wednesday 24th September at The Hertfordshire Golf Club. Details of the venue can be found at www.thehertfordshiregolf.co.uk. Located in a Grade II listed mansion and scenic grounds, The H....
The Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, had its official opening last Friday
The new centre, funded jointly by Macmillan Cancer Support and the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, has doubled the chemotherapy capacity of the hospital's previous unit. The new building will reduce overcrowding and contains adedicated information and support centre for patients and families....
