An article written by Jamie Cuffe, Partner in our Commercial team.

On 20 September 2017, Mr Justice Peter Jackson (before moving on to the Court of Appeal) handed down a judgment that clarifies the law, for a difficult and emotive aspect of treatment, for both practitioners and families alike.

Last week, on the same day that the National Audit Office (NAO)

The Department of Health has issued new guidance for NHS employers

The EAT ruled that two NEDs of the petroleum company were personally liable for losses flowing from the dismissal of the CEO after he was dismissed for making protected disclosures.

NHS improvement has revised its guidance to NHS providers on whether or not workers providing services

The purdah period before the General Election provides CCGs with a great opportunity

The claimant, a Rwandan national, was dismissed after doubts were raised regarding her real identity.

The NHSLA has successfully defended this important and ground breaking case on the duty of A&E receptionists and other non-clinical staff in a healthcare setting.

In recent years the law has developed to require all deaths where a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation was in place to be referred to the coroner.

Changes to the IR35 rules in respect of the taxation of off-payroll workers

The Health service journal reported earlier this week that southern health