‘A young woman who defrauded friends and strangers out of thousands of pounds by claiming she had terminal cancer has avoided an immediate jail term.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The mother of a young woman who died in hospital is challenging the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) in the High Court.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A terminally ill woman who claims a hospital did not treat her suspected cancer as urgent has launched legal action against a health board.’
BBC News, 24th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Kerry Capper dragged through the legal process after keeping her daughter at home fearing her cancer had returned.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Controversial Harley Street specialist is found guilty of claiming he can cure cancer in landmark case brought by trading standards.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The High Court is this week hearing a judicial review that claimant lawyers hope will strike down the deeply unpopular policy of HM Revenue & Customs that means it will only release the employment history of a mesothelioma victim to their lawyer with a High Court order.’
Litigation futures, 12th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Victims of mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, are to receive an average of £123,000 compensation from a new fund.’
BBC News, 6th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hundreds of women were put at risk of breast cancer as “weak and indecisive” bosses at scandal-hit hospital covered up failings by a charismatic surgeon despite repeated warnings, an inquiry has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Man in court for rare prosecution under The Cancer Act 1939 which prohibits advertisements offering to treat or to cure cancer.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police launch a criminal investigation into the alleged manipulation of cancer waiting lists at a hospital.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An inquest heard how a policewoman died at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, just hours after childbirth, after staff failed to replace lost blood, which triggered a cardiac arrest. The case of Diane Patt, 34, follows an inquest earlier this year into the death of a baby, whose skull was crushed by excessive use of forceps. Yesterday regulators placed the trust in special measures, after inspectors found that staff were put under pressure to falsify data, leaving some patients waiting months for urgent cancer treatment.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A dying woman whose life insurance claim was refused because she failed to disclose unrelated GP visits several years earlier has won her battle with an insurance company.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman with severe learning difficulties who has refused to undergo medical examinations for a possible cancer of the uterus will be sedated and forcibly treated, a High Court judge ruled today.”
The Independent, 6th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge has been asked to decide if a man who suffers from a chronic mental illness should be treated for possible testicular cancer after he refused the treatment recommended by doctors.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A government scheme designed to speed payments to mesothelioma sufferers could leave them thousands of pounds out of pocket and will not help other asbestos victims, according to claimant personal injury lawyers.”
Litigation Futures, 9th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“The family of a man who died of cancer but whose life insurance payout was refused on the grounds that he failed to disclose pins and needles have won their fight against Friends Life, after the financial ombudsman ruled that the insurer was wrong to cancel his policy.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The highly publicised case about a seven year old boy whose estranged parents could not agree about the necessary treatment following surgery for his brain tumour was resolved by a firm ruling in favour of orthodox medicine by Bodey J, four days before Christmas.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A mother involved in a legal battle to prevent her seven-year-old son from having radiotherapy to treat a brain tumour has been refused more time to seek alternative treatments.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers acting on the new system for dealing with mesothelioma claims will be paid on fixed-fee basis, the government announced yesterday.”
Litigation Futures, 19th December 2012
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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