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The court’s powers to assess child maintenance were removed some years ago by the legislation which created the Child Support Agency. Basically the government’s policy was to take questions of child maintenance away from the courts and leave to the Child Maintenance Service (previously called the Child Support Agency) the decision-making in disputes about the amount of child support which should be paid. There are a couple of exceptions, but generally speaking, since 1991 the courts’ power to make a child maintenance order has been limited to rubber-stamping an agreement made by the parties.
A woman who’s Chrone’s disease and blocked bowel was not diagnosed, has died of ischemia (heart complication).
A woman has been left partially sighted after a routine cataract operation went wrong leaving her with an air bubble in one eye. The 74-year-old woman had already had one eye operated on back in 2005 which was a successful surgery and so was in hospital to have the procedure on the other eye.
The Health and Safety Executive started investigations into a company after one of its employees was involved in a serious accident leaving him with a badly broken leg.
Anyone unfortunate enough to have been involved in a road traffic accident will know and appreciate the importance of fast, emergency support in the form of a land or air ambulance. Many motorcyclist’s, due to the severity of their injuries, are airlifted to their nearest trauma unit for emergency care which often saves lives or prevents catastrophic injury.
Local used car retailers Chrome Motors are the latest company to sign up with Macclesfield based Thorneycroft Solicitors for their Employment Shield.
Divorce solicitors are seeing a rise in problems occurring from DIY divorces after people are choosing a cheap, quick fix only to find themselves foul of the financial agreements further down the line.
A man who contracted sepsis and lost both his legs, some fingers and the end of his nose, has been calling for more awareness about this awful condition as part of Sepsis Awareness Month. Luckily this brave ex-policeman survived his ordeal and is now expecting his first child but he wants to highlight the dangers of contracting an infection that kills 44,000 each year. Statistics show that each year, 150,000 people in the UK develop sepsis and 25% of survivors suffer life-changing disabilities, such as organ failure and amputated limbs.
A woman has been highlighting the dangers of cycling in city centres after she was involved in an accident which left her with a broken back. She sustained a severe spinal injury after being involved in a road traffic accident with a car on her way home from work.
A&E departments are the NHS’s essential emergency service, the place where you go when you are in excessive pain, severely injured from an accident or suffering a sudden debilitating illness, whatever your age. Highly skilled staff provide urgent, first class care which can often save lives especially if the care and diagnosis are given in good time.