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Womens Rights In Healthcare
Clinical negligence

Mental Capacity and Childbirth

While we can't make specific promises, it is vitally important that a woman knows her wishes will be taken into account. Dr Livia Martucci, Consultant perinatal psychiatrist

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Workers' rights during Coronavirus: how the pandemic has impacted Addison Lee drivers

Over the last eight months, Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all of our lives. For many who are categorised as self-employed contractors the effects have been felt just that bit deeper. Here, solicitor Liana Wood discusses what the pandemic has meant for Addison Lee drivers.

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Men's Health Month - One in Seven

In the second of a series of blogs for Men's Health Awareness Month, Nandi Jordan looks at coronary heart disease and the subtle symptoms which might be present if you are developing this condition.

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Discrimination

Fiver on the Nose Love?

Paula Lee and Nichola Marshall discuss how rapid changes in the marketplace have changed the legal landscape for gambling operators, putting hope of redress on the horizon for disordered gamblers whose lives have been ruined.

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Prisoner rights

The unknown impact of COVID-19 on the health of prisoners

Benjamin Burrows and Maya Grantham discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of the ageing prison population of England and Wales.

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Product safety consumer law

Christmas campaign: Don't toy with children's safety

Jill Paterson and Megan George discuss the safety of online toy purchases in the run up to Christmas.

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Regulatory Disciplinary

What has wellbeing got to do with ethics?

As long as there are cases of legal professionals concealing their conduct out of fear of the consequences or being unable to own up and speak out about mistakes, conversation aimed at improving the workplace culture in the law are needed.

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Clinical negligence

Men's Health Awareness Month: Prostate cancer

In the first of our blogs for Men’s Health Awareness Month, Anna Brothers discusses prostate cancer.

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Clinical negligence Cancer Breast cancer

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As Breast Cancer Awareness month draws to a close, Maria Panteli, partner in Leigh Day's clinical negligence department, considers why it is important to continue to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education, research and support.

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Menopause and perineal injury

Because this isn't a disease, I feel it gets regarded as an inconvenience and we are not given the same clinical priority. Joanna Prance, Ambassador for The MASIC Foundation

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Black History Month: the responsibility of the global corporation

In the context of Black History Month Stephen Bilko considers how a Nigerian community's struggle with a global corporation has its roots in the long distant past.

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Abuse claims social-services rule-of-six Covid-19 Children Human rights abuses

The forgotten impact of Covid-19 on children

Have we forgotten about children while responding to Covid-19? Alison Millar and Marek Marczynski discuss the impact of the UK Government's Covid response on children.