Accountant's Liability By Richard Highley The Accountant's Liability Collection brings you topical news and insight of interest to accountants, actuaries, trustees and other financial professionals and their professional indemnity insurers.
Autonomous Driving By Peter Allchorne What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
Aviation By Alex Stovold Topical news and insights of interest to aviation insurers and industry stakeholders on key strategic, commercial and regulatory developments.
Banking and finance dispute resolution By Jonathan Brogden For the latest news and comment on banking and finance disputes.
Brexit: practical implications By Mathew Rutter Our views and guidance on the implications of Brexit for the business community.
Charities This collection looks at the latest news and comment on charities. What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests…
Clinical negligence By Nigel Montgomery For all the latest news and comment in clinical negligence healthcare law
Clinical regulatory By Corinne Slingo For all the latest news and comment in clinical regulatory healthcare law
Commercial health By Anne Crofts This collection looks at the latest news and comment on commercial contracting healthcare law. With the health and social care sector under pressure to generate efficiencies, individual organisations must look at how they commission and deliver…
Construction Risks By Mark Roach Welcome to the Construction Risks collection. This space is used to report upon issues of interest to those who seek to allocate, manage and reduce construction risks on behalf of contractors, as well as insurers of construction risks.
Whiplash Reforms To Be Implemented With Effect From 31 May 2021 By Faye Fishlock This updated version of our alert follows the publication of the new Protocol and Practice Direction and offers a more comprehensive picture of the reform package. The whiplash reforms contained in the Civil Liability Act 2018, announced by the…
Whiplash Reforms To Be Implemented With Effect From 31 May 2021 PART 1 By Faye Fishlock The whiplash reforms contained in the Civil Liability Act 2018, announced by the Government as long ago as November 2015, will at last be implemented with effect from 31 May 2021. The Regulations and changes to the Civil Procedure Rules to support…
The Environment Bill and Biodiversity Gain By Jennifer Glasgow The Environment Bill (E.B.) has seen a long drawn out journey through Parliament so far. The latest mood music is that it will receive Royal Assent in Autumn 2021. Whilst the formal regime will not go live until 2023 it is important to note that…
Award of Lifetime Compensation Should be Rare for Healthy Claimants By Udara Ranasinghe THE FACTS Mr Shoukrey (MS) is a consultant who held practising privileges with BMI Healthcare Ltd (BMI) (a form of self-employed contract under which he could carry our private medical practice at BMI’s hospital). MS was suspended by BMI for…
No implied right to fair procedures for performance related dismissals By Barry Reynolds The Court of Appeal has confirmed that fair procedures do not necessarily apply to performance related dismissals, including during the probationary period. Key legal development A number of recent Court decisions suggested that employers must…
“Vnuk liability”: A line in the sand or a situation reversed? By Annabel Lingham The Government has announced plans “ to bin the EU’s ‘Vnuk’ motor insurance law – which requires insurance even on private land for a wider range of ‘vehicles’, including ride-on lawnmowers and mobility scooters ” a move which it states “ will…
NHS Pension Scheme - No further changes will be made for annual allowance tax concerns but proposed changes relating to sexual orientation discrimination and final pay controls provisions By Neil Bhan The government has concluded that no further changes need to be made to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) in relation to annual allowance tax concerns raised within the NHS on the basis that the modifications made to the annual allowance taper…
Developments in Irish business interruption cover that UK insurers should be aware of - the long awaited FBD decision and its aftermath By Louise O'Reilly With many policy disputes dealt with behind the closed doors of arbitration and a dearth of judicial guidance on coverage in Ireland, the FBD decision handed down by Mr Justice MacDonald in the Commercial Court on 5 February 2021 provided not only…
Lemon & Duke case By Louise O'Reilly Background facts The case involved four pubs (three in Dublin, serving food and alcohol (the service of food being of relevance as it facilitated earlier re-opening) and one ‘wet pub’ outside Dublin) who had purchased policies with FBD. All of…
Housebuilder Top Tip: Nothing (joint) ventured nothing gained By David Manifould The use of corporate joint ventures to share risk and reward is now an integral part of the business model for many house builders. Most corporate joint ventures, whether via a company or an LLP, are structured so that they are effectively 50:50…
