On average, it takes 6 years to qualify as a Solicitor. Three years at University to get a law degree, one year at law college and then two years training on the job. Then you can qualify. Even when newly qualified, not all Solicitors will go to Court straight away and start representing people as…
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Innocent parents are reunited with their child
A High Court judge has lifted restrictions preventing Chana al-Alas and Rohan Wray speaking publically about their battle in the family courts to win their daughter back after cleared of murdering their son. They had been wrongly accused of causing their child non-accidental injuries, i.e. child abuse. Jayden was 4 months old when he died,…
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Type 2 diabetes and obesity risk for shift workers
New results from the Science Translational Medicine has indicated that shift workers are placing themselves at increasing risks of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity. Misplaced sleeping patterns, or not sleeping at all were monitored by 21 people who participated in the study in the United States of America. The controlled experiments initially looked at…
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Police using interview loophole
Police officers using loophole in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) to interview suspects at home without legal representation, have caused concerns. The Law Society has rasied these concerns with the Home Office. Section 58 of the Act specifically provides that a person ‘held in custody at a police station’ is entitled to…
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Frustrations mount over European Court of Human Rights
With the conference underway for reforms to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to be agreed, and the high profile case of Abu Qatada, frustrations are running high which threaten to cloud the role and limit the effectiveness of the Court. Speaking on the eve of the conference, the president of the ECHR (Sir…
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Jack Straw being sued for part in illegal rendition
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a Libyan military commander, is taken legal action against former foreign secretary, Jack Straw. Legal papers have been served on the Labour MP following reports that he had personally permitted the illegal rendition of Belhadj, signing the documents that allowed him to be sent back to his homeland in 2004. Belhadj claims…
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Report shows hospitals overcharging for short-stay patients
A watchdog said that money is being wasted by hospitals in England as they are wrongly overcharging the health service for treating short-stay patients. Graeme Swain, a specialist medical negligence solicitor at Swain & Co., says, “The Audit Commission highlighted the fact that hospitals could be earning more than 5 times as much by recording…
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Rise in cancer in women
Cancer Research UK has announced that the number of lung cancer cases in women in the UK has risen once again. In 2008 there were more than 18,000 diagnosis of lung cancer, which compares to a figure of 8,000 in 1975. The dramatic increase in the number of women contracting lung cancer has been blamed…
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Huntington’s disease “protects” against cancer
New research has emerged today from the Lancet Oncology which shows that patients with Huntingdon’s disease appear to have protection against cancer. The study undertaken in Sweden analysed data from 1969 up to 2008 which showed that out of the 1510 patients examined, 91 of those developed cancer. This represents a 53% reduction to those…
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Children needing adopting face delays
Ofsted have said that the most significant cause of delay for children needing adoption is the length of time taken to complete court proceedings. The Right on Time report has revealed that it takes an average of 14 months to complete care proceedings. These report findings have been based on a survey of 9 local…
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