On 26 April 2016, following a hearing of just over two years, the jury of the Hillsborough inquest concluded that the 96 Liverpool FC supporters who lost their lives at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed.

International law firm Hill Dickinson has been ranked in an impressive 49 practice areas in the industry recognised legal directory, The Legal 500 UK.

This is the final post of a series of quarterly blog posts on alliance contracting and it looks at the extent to which alliancing has been adopted in particular sectors in the UK. It considers some of the key differences between traditional contracts, partnering agreements and 'pure' alliancing contracts, and whether the perceived benefits of alliancing can be realised within a traditional contracting mind-set.

R (Forge Care Homes) -v- Cardiff& Vale University Health Board [2016] EWCA Civ 26 – (Funding in Care Homes)

In essence they are a report prepared in respect of a patient who may lack capacity.

The aim of the Code is to help an injured claimant make the best and quickest possible medical, social, vocational and psychological recovery. It is voluntary but the Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol requires it to be considered in personal injury claims. To work, it requires the parties to work together to collaboratively use rehabilitation at an early stage in the litigation process, sometimes before liability has been determined.