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FinTech By Tim Ryan 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…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
Business Crime Update: Much Ado about Nothing - SFO issues Corporate Co-operation Guidance By Jonathan Brogden It has long been a problem for criminal prosecutors that corporate crime is difficult to detect. The criminal act can remain concealed and the effects of the crime may not be felt for some time. The criminal authorities have come up with various…
CQC - More flexing of muscles ahead? By Corinne Slingo What does the CQC’s recently published annual report tell us about the direction of travel for health and social care regulation? Key ‘take away’ points include: Some improvements in overall CQC ratings across all sectors in the last year,…
Ticking Time Bomb? Asbestos in Schools and Mesothelioma By Thomas Jordan Asbestos remains a safe material, if it is not disturbed and the asbestos fibres are not released. However even common place activities such as slamming a door, removing a book from a shelf, or pinning a drawing to a wall could give rise to…
Real Estate Tip of the Week - Proving Intention to Redevelop By Paul Sagar Landlords who oppose the grant of a new lease on the basis of an intention to redevelop must not neglect to consider the effect of the redevelopment on third parties, and the potential impact on its ability to commence works within a reasonable…
Patient Safety is everyone’s responsibility: The New Patient Safety Strategy By Sean Doherty On 1 April 2019, NHS Improvement and NHS England united as one. The NHS Patient Strategy was published shortly after, in July 2019, and marks a positive sea change in the evolving framework of patient safety. Continued improvements in patient…
Date of Knowledge Clarification - UK Insurance Ltd v (1) Carillion Specialist Services Ltd (2) Construction Auditing Services Ltd [2019] EWHC 1588 (TCC) By Kylie Poyner UK Insurance Ltd v (1) Carillion Specialist Services Ltd (2) Construction Auditing Services Ltd [2019] EWHC 1588 (TCC)
Notification of circumstances – clarification from the Court of Appeal Euro Pools Plc v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 808 By Julian Miller The Court of Appeal has examined a notification of circumstances which “might reasonably be expected to produce a Claim” in its recent decision in Euro Pools Plc v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc.
Service of Proceedings: Is there a duty to correct your opponent’s mistake By Suzanne Wharton In Woodward & another v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd 1 the Court of Appeal applied the Supreme Court’s decision in Barton 2 and found that the Defendant had no duty to correct an opponent’s mistake when serving proceedings, despite a…
Dreamvar continued: changes made to the Law Society Code for Completion by Post By Catrin Davies As of 1 May 2019, a new Code for Completion by Post has been implemented by the Law Society in light of last year’s decision in Dreamvar (UK) Ltd v Mishcon de Reya and P&P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP.
Anti-money laundering update By Catrin Davies Anyone following the SRA’s social media accounts will know that preventing money laundering is a hot topic for the Regulator. Its #staySHARP campaign, telling firms they SHould Assess, Report and Protect has been prompted by the fact that as many as…
