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Judge overturns England’s refusal to provide treatment to 17 year old woman with narcolepsy
In a judgment delivered today at the Royal Courts of Justice, Mr Justice Collins has overturned NHS England’s decision to refuse funding for a drug, Sodium Oxybate (brand name Xyrem),…
Shortage of neurologists at Whipps Cross Hospital creates risk of future deaths, coroner warns
A lack of available specialist neurologists at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Waltham Forest creates the risk of future patient deaths a London coroner has warned. He has also raised…
DSEI protest prosecution challenge labelled ‘frivolous’ and ‘misconceived’
A magistrate has labelled as ‘frivolous’ and ‘misconceived’ an appeal lodged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to challenge the acquittals of eight people who protested at the Defence and Security Equipment…
Appeal by former Vickers-Armstrongs ship joiner to ex-colleagues for help into investigation into asbestos exposure
A retired ship joiner suffering from asbestos-related lung cancer seeks answers about why his former employers allowed him to be exposed to deadly levels of the toxic dust. He is appealing…
Will Pitchford Inquiry hear police evidence in secret? – Hearing starts this week
Neville Lawrence calls for full openness and transparency The Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing will this week hear evidence relating to the extent to which the inquiry will be held…
Comment from criminal lawyer in response to the SFO dropping criminal investigation into alleged price-rigging
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has closed a criminal investigation into allegations of price-rigging in the £3tn-a-day foreign exchange market. Raj Chada is a criminal lawyer at London law firm…