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Royal College of Surgeons Publishes Landmark Document on Professional Standards for Cosmetic Practice - Rebecca Richardson, Hardwicke
05/02/13. The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has published a landmark document setting out professional standards for cosmetic practice, addressing the widespread lack of regulation of all aspects of the industry. Cosmetic surgeries and treatments are most often carried out for psychological and social, rather than functional, reasons, and are frequently sought out by people who are looking to ‘feel better’ about themselves in disruptive times in their lives.
Hard-selling tactics aimed at potentially vulnerable groups of people, combined with the lack of regulation – which means that invasive procedures such as laser treatment or injectables (Botox® and dermal fillers being prime examples) may be carried out anywhere, by anyone – can lead to potentially catastrophic situations for patients, both physically and mentally, as well as to exploitation from unscrupulous practitioners.
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Personal Injury and Client Acquisition - Stephen Moore, Moore Legal Technology
03/02/13. Stephen Moore, owner of Moore Legal Technology discusses how small law firms willing to get serious could hit the jackpot in the personal injury referral ban. In April next year, the legal sector will face another huge shake-up as the ban on personal injury referrals comes into force. According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Personal Injury Work is worth an estimated £1.8 billion per annum to the UK legal sector. A quarter of all solicitor firms in England and Wales carry out personal injury work, which, in 2011 accounted for 7% of the total estimated market value. The Law Society of England and Wales most recent annual report lists general personal injury work as among the most competitive areas alongside...
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Torture by Proxy: Family Allegedly Rendered by the UK to Gaddafi Accepts Settlement - Anna Crowther, Leigh Day & Co
02/02/13. In March 2004 Mr Sami al-Saadi, his wife and their four young children were forced aboard an Egyptian aircraft in Hong Kong and rendered to Libya where, as a former opponent of the Gaddafi regime, Mr al-Saadi knew that he and his family faced imminent danger. For the majority of the lengthy rendition flight the family were held apart. The children, who were then aged between 6 and 12 years old, describe their utter terror at being held in an unlit section of the aircraft, not knowing whether their parents were on board. Towards the end of the flight they were told by officials to say goodbye to their father, who suffered from severe diabetes and had fallen very sick during the flight.
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Safe Sex - Simon Readhead QC, 1 Chancery Lane
01/02/13. The New Year brings with it important news from Australia for employees in the UK - particularly those considering having sex in motel bedrooms. This unfortunate “on the job” injury raises important questions - which will be of interest to personal injury lawyers in the UK - about the types of activities which can properly be said to arise out of or in the course of employment.
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Are Counsel’s Doodles Privileged? - Simon Readhead QC, 1 Chancery Lane
31/01/13. Do you doodle in meetings? Should you doodle in meetings? There is both good news and bad. The good news is that doodling may be good for you! A study done by the University of Plymouth and published in Applied Cognitive Psychology suggests that doodling actually helps improve concentration and memory. Two groups of people were asked to listen to a boring telephone conversation. One group was doodling, the other was not. The doodlers remembered 29 per cent more information than those who had simply sat and listened.
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