A recent survey of NHS, Local Authority and Housing sector managers researching the methods and practices for lone working and carried out by Glasgow University shows that less than 50% of business managers understand the current legislation, current industry standards and therefore the potential business impact and relevance of non-compliance. ...
Access Legal from Shoosmiths has revealed that one of its clinical negligence specialists has been admitted as a solicitor - for the second time.
Kishma Small, already admitted as a solicitor in the UK, made it a double in her native British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the Caribbean. She is one ...
Access Legal from Shoosmiths – national law firm Shoosmiths' consumer legal services brand – has made its first Manchester hire.
Partner and personal injury specialist Debra Woolfson becomes the first non-Lender Services Group employee at the Spinningfields office.
Her appointment comes two months after Shoosmiths announced it would go full service in ...
Joseph Law Corporation announced today that it has expanded its complex litigation and employment law expertise through the addition of Jonathan M. Cohen as Of Counsel to the firm.
“We are extremely pleased that Jonathan Cohen is teaming up with Joseph Law Corporation. With his extensive state and federal court litigation expertise ...
The Co-operative Group today (15 April) launched a high profile campaign to promote the legal services offered by its own specialist division to shoppers in its food stores.
The in-store campaign aims to raise awareness of the wide range of advice and expertise available through The Co-operative Legal Services.
The campaign, which ...
Access Legal from Shoosmiths is to help the 50,000-strong Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) become the UK's leading consumer organisation for bikers, as the consumer legal services provider announces it has teamed-up with MAG to offer free legal advice to its members.
Comprising volunteers, MAG lobbies to protect motorcycling from legislation it ...
Access Legal, consumer legal services provider from Shoosmiths, is calling for more to be done to help victims of mesothelioma, as it believes that not enough is being done to help sufferers of fatal asbestos-related diseases.
Access Legal wants to see more done to help victims of mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked cancer ...
Shoosmiths launches new brand, Access Legal, to bring together more than 100 legal services for consumers.
Partner and head of consumer services at Shoosmiths, Judith Dorkins, said: "Consumers lack easy and reassuring access to legal services and advice. The consumer legal market is fragmented and without a leading legal brand, leaving it ...
Michael Simpson, Head of Employment at Almondsbury based Co-operative Legal Services has been elected a council member of the Bristol Law Society.
Michael who has been a member of the Society for 10 years was elected at the recent annual general meeting.
Michael has worked for The Co-operative Legal Services since 2007, ...
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The Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) has teamed up with Emma’s Diary, the leading website for pregnant women and new mums, to provide an exclusive Will writing service.
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Data from home insurer LV= reveals a sharp rise of 21% in calls to its legal helpline for advice. A quarter of all calls relate to employment issues such as redundancy - a rise of a third compared with 2008.
Further research conducted by LV= found that consumers are increasingly seeking ...
The move follows the acquisition of Resolusion from Elision Group - the specialist technology company who developed the system - to set an industry standard for faster and more cost-effective claims settlement in line with the Ministry of Justice claims process reforms.
The Resolusion system has already demonstrated significant cost savings ...
The driver of the HGV collided with the cyclist, Stephen Ferguson, despite the fact that Mr Ferguson was directly in front of his vehicle.
In April 2007, Mr Ferguson, a father of three from Dulwich in South East London was cycling to work when he approached a set of traffic lights ...
Following recent government publicity of the work carried out by the HSE, Accident Advice Helpline has allocated additional advertising budget to help get the message out to the public that if they are injured at work through no fault of their own then their employer is liable for damages and ...
Law firm, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has won substantial compensation for Mrs X, a 71 year old from Chingford in London, now living in Brighton, who developed myeloma, a form of cancer affecting the bone marrow, after she repeatedly sought health specialists' help but was not given appropriate treatment.
Mrs X ...
Law firm, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, has recovered more than £250,000 in compensation at the High Court on behalf of a widow whose husband died from mesothelioma, an asbestos related cancer.
Mr John Lambie of Spalding in Lincolnshire died in November 2006 at just 62. He died from mesothelioma - a ...
