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…
Banking and finance dispute resolution By Jonathan Brogden For the latest news and comment on banking and finance disputes.
Brexit: the legal implications By Virginia Clegg 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.
Corporate By Nick Gibbon For the latest news and comment on Corporate, M&A and Equity Capital Markets.
New DHSC Consultation on Annual Allowance By Neil Bhan The DHSC has responded to continuing concerns about how the operation of the tapered annual allowance is affecting the delivery of NHS services, by launching a new consultation (dated 11th September 2019).
When to notify deaths to the Coroner: New legal framework from 1st October By Peter Merchant It has been a long time coming, but doctors are finally about to have a clearer legal steer on when they should be reporting deaths to the Coroner. ‘ The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 ’ have existed in draft form for several years, but…
Government responds to the paper published by the Science and Technology Committee on Japanese Knotweed and the Built Environment By Duncan Greenwood Following the Committee’s paper of 16 May 2019, the Government has welcomed the Committee’s findings, agreeing that Japanese knotweed (“JK”) may have been disproportionately singled out above other invasive plants and that an evidenced-based…
Liquidated Damages: A useful tool, but treat with caution... By Alistair Cooper Liquidated damages clauses are a common feature in technology contracts. However, whilst they can be a useful tool, it's important they are treated with care to ensure that unintended consequences are avoided.
It's All In The Timing: Bringing claims under SPA tax indemnities and W&I insurance - A review of the decision in Minera v Glencore By Richard Highley In this article, we comment on issues arising in claims for tax losses under SPAs and W&I policies and focus on one of the issues the subject of the Court of Appeal decision in Minera, namely claiming losses under the SPA tax indemnity for…
Real Estate Tip of the Week: Beware of Interim Rent Pitfalls By Robert Wardle In cases where market rents have fallen below the current passing rent, it is essential for landlords to consider the implications of interim rent when finalising the renewal of a 1954 Act protected lease.
Split Sites: Divide and Conquer? By Anne Crofts In 2016, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was, according to Chief Executive Officer Deborah Lee, facing a number of pressures: “Not only were we in financial special measures, there were rising waiting times and increasing numbers of…
Should an organisation be liable for injuries suffered by a volunteer acting contrary to an express instruction? By David Williams The question of whether an organisation should be liable for injuries suffered by a volunteer, a competent handyman, who fell from a roof and died whilst performing an unauthorised act, contrary to an express prohibition was discussed in the recent…
Updates to the ICP contract package By Charlotte Burnett In August 2019, NHS England published updated versions of the ICP contract and support documents package .
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2018 – update on key changes By Sinead Egan Recent legislation on employment terms was heralded as " one of the most significant pieces of employment legislation in a generation ". In practice, it has given rise to much uncertainty. Following on from our recent overview of this legislation…
