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NHS Premises Costs Directions 2024 – what has changed?

16 May 2024

NHS England has published a new set of Premises Costs Directions which came into force on 10 May 2024. It is more than 11 years since the Directions were last updated during which time the outlook...

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Superyacht insured’s duty to make fair presentation of risk

16 May 2024

In Delos Shipping SA & Others -v- Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE & Others [2024] EWHC 719 (Comm), the Court recently dealt with an Insured’s claim for an indemnity under the war risks...

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A Review of the Annual Report of the Chief Coroner to the Lord Chancellor for 2023

14 May 2024

His Honour Judge Thomas Teague KC, Chief Coroner of England and Wales published a report in May 2024 providing an overview of the work conducted by the Coroner’s Service in England and Wales...

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Willing participant to court proceedings cannot subsequently challenge Court’s jurisdiction

14 May 2024

Substantive and procedural issues arising out of sanctions-related disputes continue to occupy the English courts. In this case, the parties to construction contracts for a project in Russia...

Shipping case digest | Hill Dickinson shipping law
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Succession planning for GPs and dentists - five tips to consider when making a will

14 May 2024

A surprising number of GPs and dentists that we ask do not have a valid and up-to-date will. With the pressures of day to day life as a busy healthcare professional, working out where to start...

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Succession planning for GPs and dentists - Why make a will?

07 May 2024

A surprising number of GPs and dentists that we ask do not have a valid and up-to-date will. It is understandable, with all the day to day demands of working in a practice, that getting your own...

Clinical | Hill Dickinson
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Value-based Healthcare – What’s it all about?

01 May 2024

Value based healthcare is an approach which has been spoken about for some time and is gaining momentum currently around the world as part of the response to challenges facing healthcare delivery...

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Network schedules: are you ready for the new DES contract?

25 April 2024

As with previous years, the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) specification requires PCNs to have in place bespoke network schedules signed by all members, which supplement the...

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Parental leave: had an employee ‘sought to take’ parental leave?

25 April 2024

Provided they have one year’s continuous service, an employee can take up to four weeks’ unpaid Parental Leave (PL) each year for the purpose of caring for a child under 18 for whom they are...

Children and families | Hill Dickinson
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Disability discrimination: could a trial period in a new role be a reasonable adjustment?

25 April 2024

The EAT has confirmed that putting a disabled employee into a new role on a trial basis may, depending on the specific circumstances, be a reasonable adjustment where they are likely to lose their...

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Supreme Court decision on recoverability of contractual losses, economic loss and the principle of remoteness

24 April 2024

The recent Supreme Court judgment in Armstead v Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Company Limited (2024) UKSC 6 has clarified important principles relating to pure economic loss, remoteness of...

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Procurement Act 2023 Update 4 - What is the role of frameworks and dynamic markets in procurement?

19 April 2024

In this update, we look at the changes to frameworks and the introduction of dynamic markets under the new Procurement Act 2023...

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