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Uber Fined Over Serious Data Breach That Allowed Hackers to Download Customers’ Details

Uber was fined £385,000 for “a series of avoidable data security flaws” which allowed hackers to download the personal information of 2.7 million customers. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) found…

November 27, 2018
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Boy Who Was Left Brain Damaged at Birth Awarded Almost £13 Million

The mother of a boy awarded almost £13 million after a catastrophic brain injury at birth has spoken of her anger at the botched delivery that changed his life. The…

November 27, 2018
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Supreme Court Considers Noel Conway’s Right to Die

The Supreme Court heard how terminally ill man Noel Conway wants to be able to end his own life with dignity. Humanists UK, which is supporting Noel’s legal bid, will…

November 22, 2018
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Prisoner Was Driven to Take His Own Life Because of Indeterminate Sentence

A prisoner took his own life as he had ‘lost hope’ because he was on an indeterminate sentence, an inquest heard. Tommy Nicol, 37, was given a minimum tariff off four…

November 21, 2018
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Major Law Firm Launches LGBT+ Network to Advise the Community

A major law firm has launched an LGBT+ network to advise the community about legal issues through the different stages of their lives. The network was launched at Hodge Jones…

November 20, 2018
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Inquest into vulnerable prisoner’s death finds prison failings may have contributed to his death

A vulnerable inmate hanged himself in his cell after a catalogue of failings by the prison authorities, an inquest heard. Ollie Pascoe, 22, committed suicide at Dartmoor Prison in March…

November 16, 2018
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Mum of Cystic Fibrosis Sufferer Takes Legal Action Against NHS England for Access to Life Extending Drug

The mother of a girl with cystic fibrosis is to take legal action against NHS England after she was denied a drug which would prolong her life. Katie Stafford, six,…

November 14, 2018
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Teenage Bell Ringer Broke Both His Ankles After He Was Thrown 20ft in the Air

A teenage bell ringer thought he was going to die when he was pulled 20ft in the air during a practise at a 1,000 year-old church Steven Tomsett, now 18,…

November 7, 2018
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Mirror wills versus mutual wills: do you know the difference?

Married couples often want to ensure that if one of them dies, the survivor isn’t able to change their will and leave everything to a new spouse or family. But…

October 17, 2018
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Inquest conclusion highlights limited resources at HMP Norwich

A jury inquest into the death of 32-year-old Matthew Gray from Norfolk has concluded he died by misadventure, highlighting limits on prison staff’s time and resources in its conclusions. Matthew…

September 26, 2018
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Inquest into death of 32-year-old who reported bullying at HMP Norwich to open

Venue: Norfolk Coroners Court, Carrow House, 301 Kings St, Norwich Date: 10am on 17 September 2018 – 28 September 2018 A jury inquest examining the circumstances surrounding the death of…

September 14, 2018
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Leon Briggs death: Mother’s devastation after no charges brought against police officers

After an almost five-year wait, the mother of 39-year-old Leon Briggs, who died after being restrained by Bedfordshire Police officers in 2013, says she is devastated to have been told…

September 13, 2018
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Mayor of London adds support to calls for new inquest into nine-year old’s death linked to unlawful pollution levels

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has thrown his support behind a mother’s bid to get her nine-year old daughter’s inquest quashed and a new inquest opened. In a letter…

August 16, 2018
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Tara Busbridge, Ashford local and mother of two, dies from asbestos exposure

The family of a 47 year old woman are appealing for help after she died in March this year from mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.…

July 24, 2018
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Developers wipe out another piece of Soho’s past

In a further blow to the disappearing history of London’s Soho, a long-term resident who founded and ran the club ‘Les Cousins’ with her husband in the 1960s is being…

July 23, 2018
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Jury finds serious failings contributed to death of prisoner

The jury at the inquest into the death of Christopher Tyler at HMP Thameside in October 2016 found that Mr Tyler died of a heart condition, contributed to by serious…

July 20, 2018
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Retrial for former Barclays trader accused of Euribor rigging

Former Barclays trader Carlo Palombo is to be retried for attempting to manipulate Euribor – the Euro Interbank Offer Rate. Speaking after a hearing today, financial crime solicitor John Hartley…

July 19, 2018
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Attorney General asked to quash nine-year old’s inquest as new evidence links her death with unlawful pollution levels

Leading human rights lawyer, Jocelyn Cockburn has written to the Attorney General asking him to quash the inquest conclusion of a nine-year old girl and order a fresh inquest because…

July 4, 2018
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Appeal for former cable layers of Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co

The widow of a retired cable layer is looking for old work friends of her husband who can give answers about the exposure to asbestos which caused his death. Mr…

June 27, 2018
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Noel Conway loses right to die appeal

In a bitter blow for Noel Conway and assisting dying campaigners everywhere, the Court of Appeal today turned down Mr Conway’s appeal for the right to die. Despite expressing ‘deep…

June 27, 2018
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