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Considering capacity without a diagnosis and lifting a transparency order

02 February 2024

This case concerned Sudiksha Thirumalesh ('Sudiksha'), a 19 year old woman who had an extremely rare mitochondrial disorder for which there is no cure. Sudiksha was admitted to hospital in August 2022

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New powers for ministers to intervene in NHS service reconfiguration now in force

02 February 2024

Important new powers for ministerial intervention in NHS reconfigurations came into force on 31 January 2024. The Department of Health and Social Care has released guidance summarising the powers...

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Hill Dickinson advises The Fremantle Trust on merger with The Orders of St John Care Trust

02 February 2024

We are pleased to have advised The Fremantle Trust, a residential care charity for older people, on its merger with The Orders of St John Care Trust.

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The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance came into effect on 29 January 2024

31 January 2024

The newly-implemented and much-anticipated Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 645) ('Ordinance') is one of the cornerstones of the mutual legal

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NHS pensions scheme – your responsibility as an employer

30 January 2024

The NHS pension scheme is complicated to administer and the consequences of getting it wrong can be devastating. This webinar, aimed at general practice, PCN and federation employers and their pension

Shipping case digest – January 2024

30 January 2024

Our Shipping case digest is back! The revised quarterly newsletter will be providing you with concise and useful summaries of recent legal decisions in the shipping market.

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New reciprocal enforcement of judgments regime between Hong Kong and PRC introduced on 29 January 2024

30 January 2024

Three years after the signing of the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and Hong Kong SAR

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Court finds compliance with third party disclosure did not contravene applicable sanctions

30 January 2024

Industry press has been reporting widely on the ongoing legal battles between a number of aircraft leasing companies and their insurers and reinsurers with regard to payouts for 'lost' aircraft and ai

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HRizon employment law newsletter - January 2024

30 January 2024

Welcome to our January HRizon employment law newsletter. This month we: Provide a detailed tracker summarising the key pieces of employment legislation which are expected to come into force during...

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Tracker: employment legislation due to come into force during 2024

30 January 2024

2024 is expected to be an exceptionally busy year for new employment law legislation. To help you keep track of the changes, we will update this note once a month with any developments.

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Redundancy: lack of workforce consultation at formative stages of proposals

30 January 2024

A redundancy dismissal was held to be unfair due to the employer’s failure to engage in meaningful workforce consultation at the formative stages of its redundancy proposals, despite the fact this was

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Unfair dismissal: heat of the moment resignations

30 January 2024

The EAT has recently summarised the relevant legal principles when considering the fairness of a resignation or dismissal in the ‘heat of the moment’.

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