http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/?type=161 Russell Jones & Walker News http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/tristan-hallam-the-loftstedt-review-my-last-comment/3173/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/tristan-hallam-the-loftstedt-review-my-last-comment/3173/ I can understand entirely why reviews are sometimes carried out. It is a bit like a company employing a management consultant. A situation has been ongoing for some time, it needs looking at again, it needs to be considered whether changes should be put in place given the current environment and therefore we have to bring someone in to look at the position anew. http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/paul-sankey-amanda-holden-and-the-dangers-of-childbirth/3172/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/paul-sankey-amanda-holden-and-the-dangers-of-childbirth/3172/ The story of Amanda Holden?s difficult experience of childbirth is a reminder both; that giving birth remains one of the high risk times in life but also that we are fortunate to have in the NHS a source of generally high quality healthcare. News reports suggest that her life was saved by NHS care at Queen Charlotte?s and Chelsea Hospital after her low-lying placenta (placenta praevia) caused a devastating haemorrhage. http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/paul-sankey-legal-aid-bill-why-the-medias-silence/3171/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/paul-sankey-legal-aid-bill-why-the-medias-silence/3171/ John Prescott has attacked government changes to the funding of legal claims in robust terms and accused the media of complicity in its own interests ? see article below. He claims that the changes benefit large corporations. In his words they are ?nothing less than a cack-handed attempt to benefit large corporations when they are being sued?. The losers will be ordinary people trying to enforce their rights including victims of human rights abuses and babies brain-damaged at birth. But they will also be ?victims of media corporations? desire to print half-truths and invade privacy.? Because the media are themselves the target here, Prescott says the media is failing to cover the changes adequately. http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/paul-kitson-the-times-cities-fit-for-cycling-campaign/3170/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/paul-kitson-the-times-cities-fit-for-cycling-campaign/3170/ "I applaud The Times/Kaya Burgess for the launch of the cycle safety campaign. The tragic incident involving The Times reporter Mary Bowers is sadly all too commonplace. Here at RJW we receive nearly 1,000 cycle accident instructions per annum - on behalf of both CTC members and non members. As trauma surgeon, Major Thomas Konig, points out on page 9 of The Times "a tiny mistake can cost a life". Current cases I am dealing with include the following: http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/expert-age-discrimination-still-common-in-uk/3169/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/expert-age-discrimination-still-common-in-uk/3169/ Age discrimination remains a pertinent issue in many places of employment across the UK. That is according to Ceri Wheeldon,... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/companies-must-strive-to-implement-flexible-working/3168/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/companies-must-strive-to-implement-flexible-working/3168/ Companies should be striving to include flexible working practices within their internal policies in the present economic climate. That is according to Jeff Joerres, chief executive... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/council-set-to-implement-200-redundancies/3167/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/council-set-to-implement-200-redundancies/3167/ Expert redundancy advice may be required by hundreds of professionals fulfilling council roles in the south of England, it has emerged. According to the Southern Daily Echo, some 200 positions at Southampton City Council... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/cycling-accident-claim-launched-by-journalist/3166/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/cycling-accident-claim-launched-by-journalist/3166/ A man is seeking substantial cycling accident compensation following a collision that left him with multiple broken bones. James Moore is taking legal action after an incident last February in which he was knocked off his vehicle by a petrol tanker while he was on his way home in Wood Green,... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/former-postman-takes-royal-mail-to-tribunal/3165/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/former-postman-takes-royal-mail-to-tribunal/3165/ Alleged bullying and intimidation by bosses has led to a postman taking his former employer to a tribunal on the grounds of ... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/ex-soldier-seeking-apound400k-compensation/3163/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/ex-soldier-seeking-apound400k-compensation/3163/ A six-figure sum of personal injury compensation is being sought by an ex-soldier left blinded in one eye after he was shot with a paintball gun. Allan Weir is taking legal action against former employer APE Paintball - a firm that now has a worldwide presence after being founded more than 20... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/mother-awarded-apound6m-clinical-negligence-damages/3164/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/mother-awarded-apound6m-clinical-negligence-damages/3164/ Substantial clinical negligence compensation has been awarded to a mother whose son was left severely disabled due to mistakes at his birth. According to the London Evening Standard, the High Court... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/russell-jones-and-walker-joins-world-first-listed-law-firm-slater-and-gordon/3157/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/russell-jones-and-walker-joins-world-first-listed-law-firm-slater-and-gordon/3157/ Russell Jones & Walker and Australia?s Slater & Gordon Lawyers, the world?s first publicly listed law firm, are to join forces. http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/inquest-finds-woodlands-psychiatric-unit-guilty-of-neglect/3158/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/inquest-finds-woodlands-psychiatric-unit-guilty-of-neglect/3158/ An inquest into the suicide of a 34 year old woman at the Woodlands Psychiatric Unit, Sussex, today recorded a verdict of misadventure through neglect. The inquest, held at East Sussex Coroners? Court, heard how Susannah Anley suffocated herself with a plastic carrier bag in April 2008 after she was sectioned at the Woodlands Psychiatric Unit. http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/barcrest-employees-may-need-redundancy-advice/3162/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/barcrest-employees-may-need-redundancy-advice/3162/ As many as 60 professionals in the gaming industry may need expert employment law advice in the near future after it emerged they could face ... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/family-to-pursue-damages-after-fatal-accident/3161/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/family-to-pursue-damages-after-fatal-accident/3161/ A fatal accident at work could lead to a family pursuing a claim for personal injury compensation on behalf of a loved one. Adam Millichip passed away in November 2007 during an incident while he delivered pallets of sheet steel to a factory owned by the Wessex Lift Company - a firm established... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/husband-seeking-damages-after-road-traffic-accident/3160/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/husband-seeking-damages-after-road-traffic-accident/3160/ Substantial personal injury compensation is being sought by a man on behalf of his wife who was left with brain damage following a road traffic accident. According to the Shields Gazette, Harry Harman... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/poly-implant-prothese-pip-implants-update-and-advice-from-russell-jones-and-walker-solicitors/3081/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/poly-implant-prothese-pip-implants-update-and-advice-from-russell-jones-and-walker-solicitors/3081/ Today has seen much coverage in the news surrounding Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) implants. The latest reports show that 45,000 woman women in the UK may have been affected by this. Our advice to those who have been affected in the first instance would be for concerned women to contact their GP, or the surgeon who carried out their operation. http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/ex-traffic-warden-wins-unfair-dismissal-case/3156/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/ex-traffic-warden-wins-unfair-dismissal-case/3156/ A tribunal has ruled in favour of a former traffic warden who took legal action against his employer on the grounds of unfair dismissal. Hakim Berkani claimed bosses at NSL -... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/119-education-professionals-facing-redundancy/3155/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/119-education-professionals-facing-redundancy/3155/ More than one hundred professionals in the education sector in the north of England may require expert redundancy advice in the near future, it has emerged. Some 119 members of staff at schools in the Blackburn and Darwen... http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/boy-to-receive-millions-in-clinical-negligence-damages/3154/ http://www.rjw.co.uk/latest-news/article/boy-to-receive-millions-in-clinical-negligence-damages/3154/ A seven-figure clinical negligence compensation settlement is set to be awarded to a boy after mistakes during his birth left him severely disabled. According to the Watford Observer, seven-year-old...