It has been announced that compensation will be available for victims who have had problems with Vauxhall Zafira engines spontaneously setting on fire.

More than 234,000 vehicles have been recalled since the problems emerged in September 2013, and reports have now confirmed that a second recall has been put in place for further work to be done on the affected vehicles.

Owners are set to receive letters confirming the details to the second recall, and compensation is said to be available for people who have suffered as a result of what’s happened.
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A computer glitch in a system used to calculate the risks of cardiovascular diseases has resulted in thousands of GP practices across the UK issuing incorrect advice over the use of cholesterol-lowering medication, statins.

The bug in the QRISK2 system that calculates risks using factors such as blood pressure, weight, health problems, and family medical history, helps GP’s advise patients for prescriptions. It has been discovered that results produced as far back as 2009 may have been overstated or understated, meaning patients needing the medication may have been advised not to take it, and patients not needing it may be using it.
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The Injury Lawyers have successfully fought for Mr. N and obtained him an award of £10,000.00 after a long battle with the defendant’s insurers and solicitors who tried to deny responsibility for the accident.

He suffered injuries to his knees when carrying out floor work for his employer, but despite the obvious requirement for pads and protection to stop injuries to the knees when working on the ground, the defendant side disputed responsibility all the way through.
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For serious injury cases and complex compensation claims we can normally offer home visits for clients.

We know how important a face to face meeting is – in fact, it’s as important for us as it is for you, and it can be really useful for us to get to know you as it helps us moving forward with the case. We’re not just some faceless bunch of lawyers – we’re your valued support network.

So if you have been involved in a serious incident and you want a home visit from a real qualified lawyer, read on.
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Data breaches that cause distress (which is common) falls within our remit here at The Injury Lawyers, and we have been advising victims of the University of Greenwich data breach, and have taken on cases for some of those affected.

We already represent victims for data breach compensation claims, including the University of Greenwich leak, so we are happy to help anyone who is a victim. The breach saw hundreds (although potentially thousands) of students affected when documentation was uploaded on the university website that included highly confidential and sensitive information.
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When you hear the adverts asking if you have had an accident in the last three years, there is a very specific reason for it… The law in England and Wales generally means that you have to bring a claim within three years of an accident happening. It is different for medical negligence compensation claims, and there are a lot of other factors to consider, but for medical negligence compensation it is typically three years from the date of an event.

So, what happens if you only find out that you have been the victim of negligence many years after an event?
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A medical device alert has been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for ZeniPower mercury-free batteries manufactured by Zhuhai Zhi Li Battery Co Ltd.

The affected batteries are said to cause a “low risk” of explosion due to excessive gassing causing the battery to expand and then possibly explode as the zinc electrodes react with the electrolyte to generate hydrogen.
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We’re now at an advanced stage of our action for justice for many victims of the 56 Dean Street Clinic, where an email was sent to almost 800 users of an online service for HIV sufferers without the details (names, email addresses) of all recipients being obscured.

As we speak, we’re still taking cases on, we are now at an advanced stage having successfully persuaded the NHS to agree to pay compensation.

It’s important to understand that our action is against the NHS as data controllers for systemic failures, and we do not blame the staff who sent the email (read on for more about this).
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According to information from The Guardian, statistics for survival rates of heart surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham are being investigated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Whilst final reports are yet to emerge and the hospital themselves are yet to address any potential issues, figures potentially show that 17 more people died than should have in the last three years at the unit.

Whilst the numbers may seem small, any problem (if there is one) of any scale is of no comfort to family members of anyone who has not survived heart surgery at the hospital.
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Our advice here comes from a great deal of experience, and we often advise our clients when they speak to us that one of the key things to remember when it comes to medical negligence law is that it is a very complex and specialist area of law.

Medical negligence is often far from straightforward, even in what are known as the ‘simpler’ cases. So, irrelevant of how strong you think your case is, you need to speak to specialist medical negligence solicitors like us.
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