New Scare on Swine Flu Jab [12th Dec 2011]
The makers of the swine flu jab which was given to those at risk last year has been found to be linked to sleeping disorders such as narcolepsy. In Finland 79 children and adolescents developed the narcolepsy after being vaccinated and those children and their families have been promised compensation. However in the UK tests have failed to reveal a link. However the parents of Josh Hadfiled have said that his narcolepsy started soon after his jab and his parents believe that sufficient tests were not carried out to check the drugs safety before it was given to children in particular. Josh was sleeping up to 19 hours each day and is still suffering the effects despite anti-depressants and ritalin. The vaccine has now been banned for those aged under 20 in Sweden and Finland. GalxoSmithKline have said that currently there is no link between the vaccine and narcolepsy and that they would not not leave the drug on the market if there was a problem with it. Josh's parent's have set up a Facebook page to try and track down other parents who may have suffered the same reaction. The Home Office has been ordered to pay a family living in Germany compensation of £37,000 after they were wrongly deported in 2006. A judge has ruled that the family was unlawfully detained while they went through the deportation process and has said the family must be brought back to the UK. However it has been pointed out that even if the family were to return to the UK there is no guarantee they would be allowed to stay indefinitely. The family, originally from Sri Lanka were flown out of the country without being given proper legal representation within hours of their home being raided. Sir Andrew Green from Migration Watch has pointed out that bringing the family back would be an enormous cost to the public on top of the compensation. However lawyers for the family have said that the family would like to return to the UK even after six years. It is likely they will be able to apply through the correct channels to remain in the UK on human rights grounds. A man who won a £37 million jackpot on a fruit machine was told by the casino that the machine was faulty and offered just £60 in compensation plus a free meal. Behar Merlaku used the machine in Austria at a casino and believed he had won the jackpot after the machine let off an alarm and had flashing lights. However casino bosses refused to pay stating that the machine had a software failure. They offered him the compensation which was turned down. He was then banned from the casino. Mr Merlaku is now taking the casino to court to get them to honour the win. The civil action is thought to be the largest of its kind ever. The HSBC has offered compensation to people who bought NHFA products even if they were purchased before the bank bought the advisor. The bank is currently embroiled in a mis-selling scandal after it emerged that investment bonds were sold to elderly customers even though they would be unable to fully realise the value. The bonds were sold by advisers from NHFA. The bank bought NHFA in 2005, but has said it will look into cases which go back as far as 1991. Brian Robertson from HSBC has commented that he was profoundly sorry about how NHFA staff acted and that no customer would be disadvantaged by the mis-selling. It has also been found that the three senior managers of NHFA each made millions of pounds when the business was sold to HSBC. Two of these men have since left the bank and one will leave next year. It is not known if any action will be taken against them or other staff to get back commissions paid.  |
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