On 1st October 2011 a team from John Heath Insurance will be attempting to walk the entire length of the Sandstone Trail in Cheshire. This is a 34 mile stretch of hills in the Cheshire countryside from Frodsham to Whitchurch. We are raising money for The Wingate Centre, a local charity suppoting people with disabilities. …
Atos Healthcare, the company which assesses which patients are entitled to employment support allowance on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), is accusing websites and forums which publish patient complaints about its assessment process of libel. Atos has issued legal threats against websites and forums which criticise the company’s Logic Integrated Medical …
The electronics giant Apple is reportedly looking to file a new patent infringement lawsuit against Motorola over its tablet computer design, fresh from a court victory in Germany against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. After claiming that the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is an imitation of the iPad, Apple recently succeeded in gaining …
A new ruling by a federal court judge has denied Harley Davidson’s motion to dismiss overheating claims by Harley bikers, meaning that the class action product liability lawsuit against the biking firm can now go ahead. The complaint, filed by four bikers in the US, alleges that certain Harley Davidson motorcycles were defectively designed and …
Bank of America is reportedly facing a lawsuit from The American International Group (AIG) over hundreds of mortgage-backed securities. AIG’s lawsuit centres on the allegation that Bank of America misrepresented the standard of mortgage bond investments that lenders offered to investors ahead of the global economic crisis. The organisation is seeking compensation from Bank of …
A former British Airways flight attendant is pursuing legal action against her employers after she suffered a head injury whilst at work. According to a report in the London Evening Standard, flight attendant Gail-Ormiston-White was aboard a flight that was delayed at Heathrow in July 2008 when the accident happened. She was in the rear …
The organisers of a festival in the Canadian city of Ottawa are potentially facing a public liability lawsuit after a stage collapsed and at least four people were injured. A crowd of thousands were watching the band Cheap Trick perform at the Ottawa Bluesfest when the incident occurred last Sunday (17th July). There had been …
In the wake of fresh claims about journalists at the now defunct News of the World hacking into private voicemail messages, the newspaper’s parent company is being sued by its shareholders. News Corp is being accused by Amalgamated Bank and a number of pension funds of breaching its duty by failing to take early action …
Local Accountancy firm, Banks Sheridan, are climbing Snowdon for charity on 10th July. A note from Stuart Banks, Managing Director….. “On Sunday 10th July the Banks Sheridan team of:- David Morris, Darren Walley, Shawn Gallimore, Emily Broomhall, Kate Watkinson, Eileen Longworth, Nathan Shaw and Richard Griffith are walking up Snowdon with a few friends and …