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agosto 2023

Updated NHS enforcement guidance - what providers and ICBs need to know

Updated NHS enforcement guidance - what providers and ICBs need to know

NHS England ('NHSE') has now published updated NHS enforcement guidance following a statutory consultation last autumn. The guidance meets two purpose ...

"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 ...

Cyber cover for professional advisers and the collateral damage writeback

Cyber cover for professional advisers and the collateral damage writeback

Cyber insurance has been receiving a lot of attention for several years now, and rightly so.  Professional services firms are particularly exposed to ...

UK litigation funding upended – implications for funders and practitioners

UK litigation funding upended – implications for funders and practitioners

In a major upheaval of the litigation funding market, the UK Supreme Court decided on 26 July 2023 that litigation funding agreements ("LFAs") which a ...

Housebuilder Top Tip: Keep the Seller on the hook

Housebuilder Top Tip: Keep the Seller on the hook

Many housebuilders will purchase land without the benefit of planning. Perhaps the site is allocated, perhaps it has an old extant permission, perhaps ...

Real Estate Tip of the Month: A warning to landlords

Real Estate Tip of the Month: A warning to landlords

A case that saw a landlord  face confiscation of rental income totalling £174,000, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) is a stark reminder for ...

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 ...

Tenant Insolvency – Are Retail CVAs Falling Out Of Favour?

Tenant Insolvency – Are Retail CVAs Falling Out Of Favour?

Economic headwinds continue to make life difficult for retail and leisure operators.  Wilko, of course, is the latest high profile retailer to enter a ...

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 ...