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…
Health Adviser By Nigel Montgomery This collection looks at the latest strategic, commercial, regulatory and negligence legal and advisory news and comment in health and social care. Health Adviser is an industry publication, produced by DAC Beachcroft, providing insight, foresight…
Health and social care integration By Hamza Drabu For all the latest legal and regulatory news and comment in health and social care integration
Health corporate regulatory For all the latest news and comment in corporate regulatory healthcare law
Health employment By Udara Ranasinghe For all the latest news and comment in employment and pensions healthcare law
Health real estate For all the latest legal and regulatory news and comment in healthcare estates and facilities management
Case alert: High Court rejects BMA’s challenge to local safeguarding partnership’s arrangements under the Children Act 2004 By David Mahon The High Court’s recent decision, in R (British Medical Association) v Northamptonshire County Council & Others [2020] EWHC 1664 (Admin), is the first case to consider the new statutory regime for the safeguarding of children in local…
Swift v Carpenter The long-awaited and twice adjourned appeal of Swift v Carpenter started in the Court of Appeal on 23 June 2020.
Clinical negligence claims not based on expert evidence will be struck out The recent appeal decision in Magee v Willmott [2020] EWHC 1378 (QB) serves as a useful reminder for solicitors acting on behalf of claimants in clinical negligence claims that they “must take care to ensure that the pleadings properly reflect the…
Secondary Victim Claims - Paul & Others v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust The decision in the Paul appeal was handed down last week. Mr Justice Chamberlain found that Master Cook was wrong to strike out the Claimants’ claims in November 2019 and allowed their appeal against strike out on the basis that they were…
Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26 DAC Beachcroft was appointed to represent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in a complex Serious Medical Treatment case; concerning whether it was in a patients best interests to continue to receive life sustaining treatment when set against…
DAC Beachcroft part of first ever Court of Protection Skype hearing By Corinne Slingo DAC Beachcroft’s Healthcare Regulatory team recently took part in the first ever Court of Protection hearing to be heard over Skype. The COVID-19 pandemic has required the legal sector to adapt to a new, digital version of working which has seen…
Unlocking the value of NHS patient data By Hamza Drabu There is currently much excitement about the opportunities for maximising the benefit of NHS data and utilising technology. We have advised on a number of CCG-led information sharing projects designed to unlock both a holistic patient record across…
A’s story – a vulnerable child moved from pillar to post By Sarah Woods In a recently published judgment , the court has once again highlighted the extreme difficulties faced by young people with behavioural issues in our society, as well as the problems facing those who are tasked with the responsibility for…
Charities Providing Care Report: Report Summary By Alistair Robertson This report has shared a range of insights and ideas on strengthening leadership, safeguarding and governance – both to drive measurable improvements in services and that allow charities to demonstrate to regulators that their services are safe and…
Charities Providing Care Report: Getting Leadership Right By Alistair Robertson Good leadership starts at the top and nurtures strong leaders at every level of an organisation.
