A report released by the organisation Human Rights Watch has outlined results that people living in areas contaminated by pollution and lead poisoning in villages across China are being denied the vital health care treatment they need. The organisation undertook research in the Henan, Yunna, Shaanxi and Hunan provinces. All of these areas have been [...]

Under a new law, The Patents County Court (Financial Limit) Order 2011 the UK’s small and medium sized businesses will be given more leverage in protecting their company’s design and patent rights. A newly enforced damages cap of up to £500,000 has established clearer lines between which cases should be heard in the Patents County [...]

More than 1,100 people are thought to have been killed in Syria as part of a violent regime to oppress pro-democracy protests. A report released by the U.N.  Human Rights office has called for a global reaction to the forces using mass arrests, torture and executions upon thousands of unarmed people. A further 10,000 people [...]