In the past, those making successful personal injury claims would be awarded the damages without having to pay for their legal fees. Under the new plans, the Government has moved to introduce ‘success fees’ so that the winning client would have to pay this to the lawyer in charge of the case from the total damage amount awarded by the court.

This is certainly a shift from the current ‘no win, no fee’ practice where defendants are expected to cover the legal expenses if they lost the case in question. The move has been met with anger from critics who argue that justice will be denied to serious injury victims in the future.

The new rules have also been slammed by the incoming president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, David Bott, who argued:

“People with the most serious of injuries face being denied access to justice because lawyers will be less able to offer ‘no-win, no-fee’ in difficult, high value cases.”

It was also revealed recently that cases involving insurers and lawyers may be conducted online in order to reduce the time it takes to resolve issues and cut down on legal costs too.

The earthquake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale, triggered an explosion at the plant on Saturday, 12th February due to a build up of hydrogen. This occurred originally in the power plant’s No.1 reactor however, the No.3 reactor has also been struck by a similar blast caused by hydrogen gas build-up.

It is thought that the second explosion was a result of water levels in the coolant area of the reactor went below safe levels, causing the system to overheat, begin to melt and release the gases.

The police have been forced to reopen their investigation into the allegations in the light of new claims and new evidence. Mr Godwin has described the new enquiry as robust and under scrutiny, promising that some of the country’s most skilled investigators will be put on the case.

The Acting Commissioner also pledged to “restore confidence” to the alleged victims in this case.

The explosion at the international arrivals section of the area is suspected to have been caused by a suicide bomber. It is believed to have been carried out by terrorists as a result of the fragile relations between the North Caucasus region and the Kremlin.

This incident will be the second major terrorist attack in Russia’s capital in under a year, after two female suicide bombers killed 40 people by setting off bombs in the Moscow metro system last March.

The parents were distraught to find what had happened, as they had evidently not noticed the fox coming into the house and going upstairs to the girls’ bedroom.

The mother and father were sitting downstairs watching the television and had left the patio door slightly open because of the humid evening air. The fox must have crept in through the door whilst they weren’t watching.

It went upstairs and must have climbed into the babies’ cot. Both girls had wounds on their arms and one has been bitten on the face, it is reported.

Both girls were taken to an East London hospital to be treated, and are now in stable condition. Luckily their older brother, also in the house asleep at the time, was unharmed.

This is not the first time this hospital has come under the spotlight however, as it has emerged that back in 2002 there had been a report criticising  “many aspects of the service” regarding the Oxford hospital where there was concern of a high mortality rate of cardiac surgery patients.

A spokesperson for the hospital stated that an investigation is underway into the issues that have been raised during the temporary suspension of the paediatric cardiac surgery service they offer, with the most urgent patients waiting for surgery to be transferred to other hospitals.

Now, Venables has apparently breached the conditions of his release and sent back to jail indefinitely, the Government is once again all hush-hush, refusing to disclose any information on the matter causing revolt amongst everyone who believed all along that the Bulger murderers should have stayed behind bars for good.