Most of us will remember the devastating effects “Men Behaving Badly” star Leslie Ash suffered, following her lip-plumping non-surgical procedure. So, it’s fair to say that the recent reports of fillers going wrong are not too surprising. A booming business The whole cosmetic surgery industry was worth £2.3bn in the…

Many other women have suffered serious harm after seeking to enhance their appearance cosmetically. Businesswoman Penny Johnson is currently suing a cosmetic surgeon for £54m after her partial facelift in Leeds in 2003 allegedly left her with a facial twitch, pain around her right eye and grimacing. She claims her…

The housing market will finally return to life this year with more than a million people expected to move home – the highest number since the financial crisis struck. The Ernst & Young Item Club, which uses the Treasury's economic models, predicted that housing transactions this year will rise by…

Head of Personal Injury at Abacus Solicitors LLP, Robin Torr, has recently won a claim for a gentleman who stood in a grid in which a piece of plywood had been inserted following the theft of the grid cover. Liability was denied. The Council claimed that they had a reasonable…

A fresh investigation has been launched into care at Leeds children's heart surgery unit after claims that mothers have been put under undue pressure to abort babies with 'untreatable' heart defects rather than refer them to a rival centre. The article in the Sunday Times goes on to say that…

More than 8,000 police officers have successfully claimed compensation worth nearly £70 million in the past four years, official figures have revealed. Data released from the Police Federation of England and Wales, the staff union that represents more than 120,000 rank and file officers, reveals for the first time the…

Mixed reactions to the Chancellor's new schemes.  The Chancellor's £5.4 billion package of financial support to help the housing market announced in the Budget included the launch of two schemes under the Help to Buy banner - 'equity loan' (the Government will loan up to 20 per cent of the…

Source: HM Treasury | 20-03-2013 Caught between a rock and a hard place, George Osborne pleaded his case for continued austerity in his fourth Budget whilst maintaining the UK economy was on track to recovery. Overall his budget was fiscally neutral – any tax savings to be funded by decreases…

In the Law Gazette this week, Justice secretary Chris Grayling has sent a message to the world that the UK is cheaper, quicker and more reliable for litigation disputes. Grayling gave a keynote speech at the UK headquarters of Allen & Overy yesterday to stress his commitment to exporting legal…