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Important Court of Appeal decision concerning responsibility for FNC

11 May 2016

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

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Sometimes, the law really is an ass

20 April 2016

Recent developments in landlord and tenant law concerning the position of the outgoing tenant’s guarantor on the assignment of the lease can only be described as ‘bonkers’. A few years ago, the Good Harvest and House of Fraser cases confirmed that a parent company could not guarantee both of its subsidiaries on an intra-group assignment. Last month, in the EMI case, the High Court has confirmed that the assignment of a lease to the tenant’s guarantor is similarly void.

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Judge asks Government to find solution for Cheshire West fallout

17 March 2016

Re JM & Others [2016] EWCOP 15: Hill Dickinson acts in test case which asks central government to find processes for dealing with Deprivation of Liberty authorisation applications 

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Section 49 reports

14 March 2016

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

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The Good Samaritan – what if the doctor doesn’t walk on by?

14 March 2016

On two occasions over the past few years, I have witnessed medical emergencies resulting in appeals for doctors to help.

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The Rehabilitation Code 2015

14 March 2016

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.

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Regulation (EC) no 392/2009 of the European parliament and the council 2009 on the liability of passengers by sea in the event of accidents

01 July 2012

The European Parliament and Council formally adopted EU Regulation 392/2009 to implement the Athens Protocol 2002 (2002 Protocol) into the EU Member States. The Regulation (PLR) came into force on 23 April 2009 and required Member States to deposit new instruments of ratification simultaneously on 31 December 2012.