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...

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...

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...

On 22 April 2024, the UK Maritime Minister, Lord Davies, announced that the UK Government will invest £8 million in a Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund that is designed to help put the UK at the...

Welcome to our Contentious Business Update where we focus on some topical and interesting legal issues affecting businesses. We hope you find this edition informative and insightful...

A recent decision in the Technology & Construction Court (TCC) in Topalsson GMBH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd [2024] EWHC 297 (TCC) highlights the risks to directors’ funding and controlling...

Recent artificial intelligence (AI) tools have demonstrated an apparent ability to conjure creative material from the ether. These AI tools are trained to process vast amounts of existing works and...

In February 2024, the UK Government set out its sanctions strategy in a paper called “Deter, Disrupt and Demonstrate – UK sanctions in a contested world.” The strategy explains the way in which...

Amidst all the excitement about the potential benefits AI may bring in healthcare, one area that is often overlooked is the opportunity to improve processes in HR to bring about efficiencies...

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is the UK government authority that implements financial sanctions in the UK...

The deadline for all NHS Trusts in England to transition to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) - Autumn 2023 - has now passed. The transition to PSIRF, replacing the previous...

In the case of Van Elle Ltd v Keynvor Morlift Ltd the Technology and Construction Court were asked to determine the geographical extent of England for the purposes of the Housing Grants...