Blog
05/06/18
With news that borrowing by housing associations exceeded £10bn last financial year (a £2.6bn increase on the previous year), there is some evidence that the current rush to refinance may be coming to an end.
Blog
05/06/18
In the aftermath of Bawa-Garba, Dame Clare Marx, Chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, has been commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) to conduct an independent review into how cases of gross negligence manslaughter
Major insurance company enters bankruptcy
04/06/18
Alpha Insurance Company A/S has recently been declared bankrupt. Find out the actions required if you're affected.
Court maintains the suspension of a healthcare procurement in Lancashire Care case
04/06/18
For the first time the Court accepts that certain losses which were considerable but not catastrophic for the losing bidder could still not be adequately compensated by money.
Blog
31/05/18
On 29 May, NHS England announced a new £10 m fund; £7m to support and retain GPs to be made available through regional-based schemes to promote new ways of working and by offering additional support through a new Local GP Retention Fund
Blog
31/05/18
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation on draft advice it has prepared for providers of residential and nursing care homes for people in the UK over 65 on their consumer law obligations.
Blog
30/05/18
Following an NHS Counter-Fraud Authority ("NHSCFA") investigation, a medical recruitment agent, along with four health care assistants and a nurse were sentenced for fraud offences.
EAT holds that dismissal without warning was fair even where no act of gross misconduct
30/05/18
The EAT has found that a Claimant’s summary dismissal, without any existing warnings, was fair even though he had not committed any single act of gross misconduct.
Blog
29/05/18
Sometimes a decision gets me thinking about my cases from a different perspective (in this case, from the Respondent's perspective). This is one of them, so I thought I'd share what my take home pointers were.
Blog
25/05/18
The ICO has issued a £35,000 fine against a GP practice in London which left medical information unsecured in a mothballed building, including medical records and prescription data.
Judge finds DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant not “defective”
25/05/18
The Court handed down judgement in what is already being described as a landmark case for product litigation.
Blog
23/05/18
7 years ago, the UK passed one of the most significant pieces of Anti-Bribery legislation in Europe - the Bribery Act 2010 ("the Act")