Articles - DAC Beachcroft

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Health and Social Care - NHS/Public Sector

Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child

Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child

McGrath v The Health Serve Executive [2022] IEHC 541The High Court considered, as part of a judicial review, the proper interpretation of the mandator ...

Driving innovation and growth in Life Sciences

Driving innovation and growth in Life Sciences

After the many challenges that the life sciences and healthcare sectors have faced in recent years, the last few weeks have seen a number of proposals ...

Use of Blockchain in Healthcare: where are we now?

Use of Blockchain in Healthcare: where are we now?

Blockchain is a fascinating technology that can deliver innovative solutions for a broad range of businesses and organisations across a number of indu ...

A relief for expert witnesses?

A relief for expert witnesses?

Third party costs order against an expert witness set aside on appeal:being able to criticise an expert’s opinion does not amount to a flagrant disreg ...

NHS foundation trust wins legal case and is entitled to a VAT refund on operating theatre consumables

NHS foundation trust wins legal case and is entitled to a VAT refund on operating theatre consumables

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the “Trust”) brought a claim for judicial review against HMRC which had refused to refund VAT paid by ...

AI in Healthcare Podcast Series

AI in Healthcare Podcast Series

We are pleased to launch a short series of two podcasts on AI in which we discuss with experts how the NHS is, today, using AI to improve its services ...

Procurement case law update: Bromcom v United Learning Trust

Procurement case law update: Bromcom v United Learning Trust

A very interesting judgment was handed down in Bromcom Computers PLC v (1) United Learning Trust and (2) United Church Schools Trust shortly before Ch ...

High Court delivers judgment in obstetric case relating to care provided in 1996: CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

High Court delivers judgment in obstetric case relating to care provided in 1996: CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

On 11 January 2023 Mr Justice Ritchie handed down judgment in the case of CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The case relates to obstetr ...

High Court rejects argument that changes to procurement law mean automatic suspension should be maintained

High Court rejects argument that changes to procurement law mean automatic suspension should be maintained

The High Court has rejected a novel argument mounted by an unsuccessful bidder in a prison healthcare claim that the automatic suspension should remai ...

Court of Protection orders for section 49 reports reined in at last?

Court of Protection orders for section 49 reports reined in at last?

Section 49 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives the Court of Protection the power to order a report from a local authority or an NHS body on any matt ...