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…
Banking and finance dispute resolution By Jonathan Brogden For the latest news and comment on banking and finance disputes.
Brexit: the legal implications By Virginia Clegg 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.
Corporate By Nick Gibbon For the latest news and comment on Corporate, M&A and Equity Capital Markets.
Higher Education, students, and COVID-19 By Stephen Hocking As places where an often internationally mobile population of people study, work and live, higher education providers will be thinking about the impact of COVID-19 on their institutions. While legal considerations may understandably not be at the…
COVID-19 Guidance: Employment Law By Louise Bloomfield Our DAC Beachcroft Employment experts address some key concerns for employers in relation to COVID-19.
Vicarious liability for the criminal acts of an employee: abuse of position of trust results in school’s vicarious liability for actions of teacher By Andrea Ward Following the Court of Appeal’s decision in Haringey London Borough Council v FZO, we take an in-depth look at the extent to which the question of vicarious liability applies to an employer, following an employee’s involvement in an abuse case. What…
Software as a Service (SaaS) By Christopher Little Gartner, Inc predicts the global public cloud services market will grow by 17% in 2020 to £206.2 ($266.4) billion. Of this, the software as a service, or “SaaS”, market will continue to be the largest contributor, which is predicted to grow to £98.9…
Coronavirus: Implications for the Insurance Industry The coronavirus disease (now known as COVID-19) was first reported in Hubei Province, China on 31 December 2019. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern and is reporting cases…
Real Estate Tip of the Week: “… or any other use that the Landlord may not consent to” By Nicola Fairbairn It is well known that the Lands Tribunal may modify or remove restrictive covenants affecting freehold land but it is less well known that the same statutory grounds for any such application can apply to leasehold interests also.
The Digital Single Market Directive: implementation by the UK By Sarah Hopton According to Chris Skidmore, the former Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, the UK has no plans to implement the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market ((EU) 2019/790) (the “ DSM Directive ”).
Housebuilder Top Tip: Buyer beware – the dangers of Overriding Interests By Bhavini Patel Overriding interests are third party property rights that can bind a purchaser of land, even though such rights are not noted on the register of title. There are various categories of overriding interests that are listed in statute, one of the most…
NHS Charges: Increase for accidents from 1 April 2020 By David Williams The amount compensators are required to pay to the Compensation Recovery Unit in relation to treatment provided to injured Claimants has been increased for injuries suffered on or after 1 April 2020.
Success Fee Arrangements in Scotland By Casey Thompson The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 introduces fundamental changes to the funding and costs regime in Scotland. One of the most significant changes is the ability for solicitors to enter into damages based…
