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Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
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Listen to shadow Cabinet member David Willetts discusses the thinking behind his latest book, The Pinch, in an in-depth interview with politics.co.uk:
Three Labour MPs and one Tory peer have had the whip suspended as they face trial allegedly fiddling their expenses. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield all face charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968. Anyone convicted faces a maximum sentence of seven years’ in prison. Parliamentarians are concerned that… Read more »
