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.
Baker v Hayward (2022) – Taxi Claim Appeal – The Defendant is Entitled to Know By Ieuan Poole In the appeal of Baker v Hayward (2022) , Her Honour Judge Walden-Smith allowed the appeal of the defendant against a finding that the claimant fitted into one of the Hussain exceptions, following evidence provided at the hearing that the claimant…
A major milestone along the road to a self-driving future By Peter Allchorne The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have released their joint report on automated vehicles following a detailed review of Britain’s driving laws which ran from November 2018 and involved three distinct…
Top 10 conduct risks for UK asset managers in 2022 By Angela Hayes Heightened regulatory scrutiny upon the asset management sector is expected to continue throughout 2022, not least because the FCA itself remains under intense pressure from the Treasury Select Committee to complete its action concerning the…
Health and Wellbeing at work - Coronavirus vaccinations for employees and job applicants By Michelle Corrigan Michelle Corrigan, Senior Associate in the Employment team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, addresses some frequently asked questions regarding the COVID vaccination. The continuing uncertainty about the evolution of COVID has led many…
Mandatory Vaccination Regulations in the health and care sector – impact on EPL claims By Louise Bloomfield Employment Practices Liability (“EPL”) insurers, brokers and insureds will no doubt be aware of the introduction of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment in the health and care sector. In this bulletin we explain the new rules for…
Can processors re-use personal data for their own purposes? A view from France. By Jade Kowalski Against a backdrop of stringent data protection law introduced over recent years, we are continuing to witness the emergence of innovative technology solutions which heavily rely on the use of data, and the associated need for the suppliers of these…
Early surveillance = discontinuance By Richard Wetherell We have often emphasised the importance of early surveillance to confirm a claimant’s true position and to give the defence a fighting chance of achieving a successful outcome from their point of view. This recent example, in which our Richard…
The Covid Effect – Two years on, what affect has covid had on Casualty Claims in Northern Ireland? By Aine Tyrrell We are approaching the second anniversary of the global pandemic brought about by Covid–19. Almost two years on, we are beginning to see the emergence of the effect of the pandemic on litigation trends in Northern Ireland. The key areas in…
The Environment Act 2021 By Anne Harrison The Environment Act 2021 (“EA21”) which received Royal Assent on 9 November 2021 introduces a series of new provisions in England. Below are some of the key provisions with regards to biodiversity net gain (“BNG”).
Strategic Priorities and Risks By Nicola Fairbairn Nicky Fairbairn, a partner in the Education team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft considers the dominant legal issues facing higher education.
