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Proposed amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to include the American XL Bully as a banned type

Proposed amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to include the American XL Bully as a banned type

Following the death of a man in a suspected attack by an American XL Bully dog breed, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the breed ar ...

Justice Select Committee's interim report on whiplash reforms published

Justice Select Committee's interim report on whiplash reforms published

The Civil Liability Act 2018 contained what has become known as the whiplash reforms, a package of measures introduced with the intention of reducing ...

NHS Charges: Increase for accidents from 2 October 2023

NHS Charges: Increase for accidents from 2 October 2023

We are used to seeing an annual review of, and increase in, the amount of NHS Charges repayable to the Compensation Recovery Unit. However, in these c ...

"HAVS" and "HAVS nots": Fundamental dishonesty established

"HAVS" and "HAVS nots": Fundamental dishonesty established

To date, claims relating to industrial disease have not been an area where instances of fundamental dishonesty have been as prevalent as some other ty ...

Emergency stops and evasive manoeuvres

Emergency stops and evasive manoeuvres

Strictly speaking the recent decision in the case of Blair v Jaber (Case No: H56YY150) before Recorder Jack sitting in the County Court at Coventry is ...

Counting the Cost – HSE consultation on Fee Reclaim changes

Counting the Cost – HSE consultation on Fee Reclaim changes

On 12th June 2023, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) opened a consultation on proposed changes to Cost Recovery. The consultation and opportunity ...

Climate change litigation: youth activists successful in Held v Montana

Climate change litigation: youth activists successful in Held v Montana

  The judgment in Held v Montana, handed down on 14 August, ruled in favour of the youth activists, representing a landmark outcome in climate change ...

The Electronic Trade Documents Act – how reliable are your systems?

The Electronic Trade Documents Act – how reliable are your systems?

The UK's forthcoming Electronic Trade Documents Act promises to revolutionise shipping and trade.  Are you ready? “You do not rise to the levels of yo ...

Shipping's new net zero ambitions: Update on MEPC 80

Shipping's new net zero ambitions: Update on MEPC 80

On 7 July 2023, the IMO member states agreed to revise the IMO's original greenhouse gas strategy to significantly strengthen the shipping industry's ...

Government consultations seek to improve health in the workplace and reduce absenteeism

Government consultations seek to improve health in the workplace and reduce absenteeism

Employers are being urged to do more to keep their workers healthy and take steps to reduce long term sickness.