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Hill Dickinson welcomes new partner to growing Commercial Litigation team in London

26 March 2024

We're delighted to welcome commercial disputes partner Sarah Emerson to our London Dispute Resolution team.

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The Future of Deprivation of Liberty

26 March 2024

The government announced in April 2023, that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) (initially passed within the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019) will not be implemented in the foreseeable...

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Recent guidance on COPDOL11 applications: Stockport MBC -v- KB

26 March 2024

In the recent case of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council v KB [2023] EWCOP 58, HHJ Burrows provided guidance regarding the need to establish a mental disorder when making a COPDOL11 application...

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Health – MCA/DOLS – the latest updates

26 March 2024

Watch this interactive webinar where our experts provide you with the latest updates on MCA and DOLs...

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The crypto succession conundrum

25 March 2024

The benefits of decentralisation, cryptographical security and anonymity, which make crypto-assets so appealing to many, are also the things causing real issues when such assets form part of a...

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P -v- Cheshire West & Chester Council – A Decade On

25 March 2024

This Supreme Court case now a decade past, introduced the pivotal ‘acid test’ comprising a three-part test to determine whether an individual is deprived of their liberty...

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The future of transport data: innovating UK maritime, logistics and freight

22 March 2024

The UK Parliamentary Transport Committee has been considering how technological innovations, specifically the use of more sophisticated data, could be used to bring improvements and greater...

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Hill Dickinson’s Ruby Rahman named as a winner of Leeds & West Yorkshire Top 30 Under 30

21 March 2024

We're delighted to share today's announcement that Rubena Rahman of our Leeds Employment team has been named as a winner in the inaugural Leeds & West Yorkshire Top 30 Under 30 list.

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Court of Appeal agrees that no binding salvage contract concluded

20 March 2024

The refloating of the Ever Given has returned to the fore, as the Court of Appeal has been asked to consider the contractual relationship between the Owners of the vessel, (the Appellants) and the...

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Court considers date of default under GAFTA 100

19 March 2024

In this case, it was not disputed that the buyers under the sale contract were in anticipatory repudiatory breach or had renounced the contract. The issue was whether the date of default, for the...

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Hill Dickinson and Sanderson Weatherall advise on land purchase for development of new NHS hospital campus near Crewe

19 March 2024

Our Health Real Estate team recently advised Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on a deal to purchase land for the development of a new hospital campus near Crewe.

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Changes to sexual harassment legislation and the new positive duty on employers

18 March 2024

The recently published annual NHS staff survey shows concerningly the highest reported levels of discrimination experienced by staff since the survey began...

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