The recent case VT -v- NHS Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Integrated Care Board & Anor [2024] EWHC 294 (Fam) (14 February 2024) considered whether it was appropriate to make final...

Two recent reviews highlight the need for essential changes to be made within the prison services healthcare sector.
These reviews highlight issues that we see regularly in inquests where...

A mortgagee bank has obtained summary judgment in respect of its claims under a loan agreement, where the loan was secured by mortgages over vessels owned by the borrowers.
The Court dismissed...

In our article Food and Fluid Refusal in Prison Settings we explored some of the challenges posed by patients refusing food and/or fluid in a prison setting. Exploring the individual’s motivation and

Help your practice make a flying start to 2024 by signing up for this webinar, hosted by Hill Dickinson and BW Medical Accountants with guest speaker Sheinaz Stansfield...

Welcome to the latest edition of our Court of Protection newsletter.

After the decisions in The Leonidas [2020] EWHC 1986 and The Newcastle Express [2022] EWCA Civ 1555, it is clearly established that, in the context of contracts for the employment of a ship...

Under the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) of Hong Kong (“AO”), unless the relevant arbitration agreement expressly provides for application of the opt-in provisions in sections 5-7 of Schedule 2...

In a dispute arising out of an insurance claim for delayed delivery of aircraft, the Court of Appeal has held that the non-assignment clause in the sale contract did not apply to a transfer of the...

Much of the press in general, and particularly the legal press during 2023 focussed on the implications of AI. In December 2023, a number of the most senior judges in the UK (including Sir Geoffrey...

Here is the round-up of the key Court of Protection cases from the period August – December 2023, in which we believe our readers will be most interested. Please follow the link within the case summar

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