70 years of the NHS By Nigel Montgomery With the NHS celebrating its 70 th birthday on July 5 th 2018, this collection examines the achievements it has made since its inception in 1948. Here, a number of DAC Beachcroft experts have documented key milestones in the changing face of…
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.
Building Safety Act 2022 By Chris Baranowski What is the Building Safety Act 2022? – An Introduction The Building Safety Act received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 following a robust debate in Parliament. The Act is ambitious in its scope and will apply to everyone involved in the design,…
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
Court of Appeal endorses fixed costs avoidance By Adam Burrell In a surprising decision, the Court of Appeal in Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 927 have endorsed avoidance of fixed recoverable costs if parties agree a costs provision that refers to ‘detailed assessment’…
Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd By Duncan Strachan Brazilian compensation scheme is no barrier to English proceedings - Court of Appeal allows Fundão Dam class action to proceed In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal has held that group litigation brought by over 200,000 Brazilan claimants…
Legislative reform: Private members’ bill may move the dial on neonatal care By Zoë Wigan A Private Members’ Bill has been passed backing legislation which will give up to 12 weeks paid neonatal leave to employees.
PHI: Unambiguous contractual wording needed to limit entitlement to that being provided by insurer By Ceri Fuller The Court of Appeal has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that an employer was required to make payments directly to the employee in respect of annual increases to his long term sickness income protection payments, although the insurer had…
Age discrimination: An employer did not subject an employee to age discrimination when his PHI benefits stopped when he was 65 By Ceri Fuller The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal judgment that an employer did not subject an employee to direct age discrimination when his PHI benefits ceased at the age of 65.
Whistleblowing: Whistle-blowers’ conduct was separable from the act of whistleblowing so her dismissal was fair By Ceri Fuller The Court of Appeal has upheld tribunal and EAT decisions that a whistle-blower who was dismissed for criticising a colleague when making a whistle-blowing allegation was not automatically unfairly dismissed even though, viewed objectively, her…
Disability discrimination: Employee with long covid was disabled By Hilary Larter An employment tribunal has held that an employee with symptoms of long covid was protected by disability discrimination legislation.
Employment Matters - August 2022 Health By Hilary Larter It’s been a busy month. We have had the long awaited Supreme Court decision in the Harpur Trust v Brazel case. The Supreme Court decided that holiday entitlement should not be pro-rated to reflect part year working, and pay is not calculated using a…
Employment Matters - August 2022 FS + COMM By Hilary Larter It’s been a busy month. We have had the long awaited Supreme Court decision in the Harpur Trust v Brazel case. The Supreme Court decided that holiday entitlement should not be pro-rated to reflect part year working, and pay is not calculated using a…
Whiplash Reforms: The Accuracy of the Medical Evidence for Valuing OIC claims By Sarah Ramadan With litigation arising from claims pursued via the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal now well underway, there is one element that is taking centre stage: the quality of the medical reports. There has been much criticism by both sides and the…