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• Unforeseeable Risk Means No Liability

  • Posted10 March 2014

  When a go-kart driver suffered catastrophic injuries after using a go-kart lent to her by a friend, the court ruled that she was not entitled to compensation. The owner...

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• Defaulting Charities Face Investigation

  • Posted21 February 2014

  Charity trustees who are lax over accounting have received a warning from the Charity Commission that if they fail to file annual reports, accounts and returns (‘the annual documents’) for...

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• Good News for Charities as FCA Extends Guarantees

  • Posted4 February 2014

  It is widely known that deposits of money lodged with a licensed deposit taker (such as a bank) by individuals and companies are protected (currently to a monetary limit of...

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• Better Protection for Consumers On the Way?

  • Posted21 January 2014

  The Government is proposing to improve protection for consumers who purchase goods or services (including those supplied in electronic form) from businesses. Under the Consumer Rights Bill, consumers will...

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• Lack of Evidence Limits Claim

  • Posted2 January 2014

  When a GP referred a female patient to the local hospital for an urgent investigation, it should have led to her prompt diagnosis and treatment for ovarian cancer. However,...

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• Bus Cleaner Compensated for Consequences of Accident at Work

  • Posted18 December 2013

  When a woman who worked as a cleaner for a bus company in Maidstone, Kent, impaled her foot on a metal splinter at work, she could not have expected that...

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