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Asbestos has affected thousands of people and damages have run in to the millions of pounds for those who have sought compensation. All in all, asbestos as a legal action has been one of the most significant in the UK, and across the world.

To this day, we are still seeing new cases and stories crop up which is a combination of a lack of knowledge about the locations of asbestos; a lack of safeguarding for buildings where asbestos has been used; and because the symptoms of asbestos related illnesses often take years to appear.

In this recent story, a family of four and two workmen in St Albans were put at risk by a Hertfordshire based home improvement company – Ace of Hearts Home Improvement Limited as they attempted to remove asbestos containing material from the domestic property improperly.
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It has been discovered that certain devices manufactured by Hangzhou Biotest Biotech Co Ltd were giving incorrect results – false positives and / or false negatives – when testing for HIV, HCV and HBV.

These tests are used in professional clinical settings, which include Sexual health clinics, General Practitioners, Genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, health care professionals using the devices, and purchasing managers.

Obviously this is a serious concern, particularly where someone has been given a negative diagnosis when they may actually be positive.
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The European Commission found that a number of truck companies had engaged in anti-competitive behaviour for some 14 years. It was found that the truck companies had been price fixing and distorting the implementation of new emissions technology into their vehicles.

The European Commission has imposed fines on the companies totalling some 2.93 billion Euros for participating in the cartel.

Our Group Action Lawyers are on the case – read on for more information, and if you are affected, we might be able to help you claim compensation.
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The Group Action Lawyers are acting for a large proportion of those claiming for the 56 Dean Street data leak from September 2015.

On the 1^st of September an NHS sexual health clinic in Soho made the mistake of sending out a newsletter to over 700 users of a HIV service. The email did not mask the names and addresses of the other recipients, resulting in people seeing each other’s personal and confidential details.

This has been seen by most as the worst NHS data leak in history, and it has had an understandably profound affect on those who were involved.
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A £19 billion class action has been launched against MasterCard due to alleged anti-competitive credit card fees.

This Autumn, lawyers will be appearing at a Competition Appeal Tribunal in order to gain permission for them to bring a class claim forward on an opt-out basis for those affected by MasterCard’s alleged anti-competitive behaviour.

By bringing a claim on an opt-out basis, those that have been affected by the MasterCard anti-competitive behaviour can automatically become a part of the class bringing a claim forward unless they decided to opt-out of making a claim.
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