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Campaign group Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions (CAGNE) has put forward a legal challenge opposing the construction of a second operating runway at Gatwick Airport.

The mother of a 10-year-old boy who suffered a fatal asthma attack following a history of inadequate management of his asthma has settled her claim against Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Essex Partnership University NHS Trust, Queensway Surgery and East of England Ambulance Trust.  

Leading asbestos claims lawyers who sit on the Oversight Committee of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS), and who have campaigned for improvements to the scheme for several years, have welcomed an announcement from the Department for Work and Pensions to upgrade compensation tariffs under the scheme by 49%.

Claudine Roberts, Liverpool-based associate solicitor in the medical negligence team, considers the importance of raising awareness of baby loss, and a very recent development in the healthcare offered to bereaved mothers. 

Andrew Lord, partner at Leigh Day who represents survivors of abuse, explores how redress schemes can be an effective, efficient and empowering way to compensate survivors, provided implementation is thoroughly considered and they are adequately resourced.

During Sepsis Awareness Month, Zoe Donohue, Associate Solicitor in our Manchester medical negligence team, considers the effectiveness of sepsis guidelines, six years after reforms were rolled out.

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