The government has been urged to take further action to address maternal health disparities. A report published in November 2022 from MBRACE UK (which monitors and investigates the causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths and infant deaths) found that Black women were...

We were pleased to advise Doncaster-based Ecofficiency, a leading national provider of waste and materials management solutions, including recycling, on the company’s acquisition by global circular economy specialist Reconomy Group.

Our Manchester Corporate team has advised the shareholders of Gorilla Accounting on sale of the Bolton-based digital accountancy firm to Azets, a UK top 10 accountancy group.

The MHA and its Code of Practice applies to all providers registered with CQC to assess and treat patients who are detained under the Act. The CQC is responsible for reviewing and monitoring how you as an organisation apply the Act when providing services if this is one of your organisation’s registered activities. If the CQC identify concerns in respect of the use of the MHA, this may trigger further inspection or monitoring activity...

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

As the current, often polarised, public debate relating to same sex relationships and transgender issues continues, on 16 June 2023, the EAT handed down its long-awaited judgment in the case of Higgs -v- Farmor’s School, in which it provides some important basic principles that should be followed by...

New cyber security regulations are of particular interest to management boards of companies designated (or potentially designated in the future) as Operators of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), Operators of Essential Services (OES) or similar...

The Supreme Court has issued its judgment in the case of JTI Polska Sp Z o.o. and Ors v Jakubowski & Ors [2023] UKSC 19, affirming the House of Lords’ decision in...

For healthcare professionals, a referral to your regulator can cause a significant amount of stress and anxiety, with permanent erasure a possibility in the most serious of cases. The impact of a referral is often compounded by the protracted nature of these proceedings, with practitioners often waiting...

On 19 May 2023, the High Court handed down judgement in a case concerning Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR). Regulation 72 deals with making modifications to...

The issue of control of documents in the hands of third parties is one which comes up regularly in litigation as parties seek access to all documentation which may assist their case – we have reported on this issue previously - Disclosure – documents out of control | Hill Dickinson . In another recent case, the High Court recently decided (Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Ltd v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd [2023] EWHC 548 (Comm)) that a party to litigation (Claimant) did not have control over documents in the hands of its creditor for the purpose of disclosure. That was the case even though two employees of the creditor acted as the Claimant’s agent for the purposes of conducting the litigation. It was held that despite the agents having access to the documents in their capacity as the creditor’s employees, that did not mean the documents were within the Claimant’s control...

The recent case of Owen v Black Horse Limited [2023] EWCA CIV 325 considered important issues where a claim was initially struck out on the basis that the Claimant was absent from trial although repre