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Housing providers owe duties to service users / tenants under the Equality Act 2010 where the service user has a 'protected characteristic'. Protected characteristics include: Age Gender Race Sexual orientation Marital status Pregnancy...
Sir Bruce Keogh, former NHS England Medical Director, has developed a new information platform with the Independent Healthcare Providers Network. The database is designed to be a secure system to allow information to be shared between hospitals (private...
It recently emerged that the Jobcentre were using a form which encouraged people with disabilities and chronic illnesses to ‘downplay’ their conditions in an attempt to secure employment. The form advised prospective employees to avoid using...
Passengers who travelled on a British Airways flight to Valencia two months ago, have reported that they continue to experience breathing problems, after the cabin suddenly filled with a ‘chemical’ type smoke shortly before undertaking an...
The UK government are making drastic changes to the personal injury sector which will serve to both reduce compensation and also make it much harder to secure legal representation. The introduction of the Civil Liability Act 2018 will impose a fixed...
Daylight saving hours come to an end on Sunday 27th October 2019. This means darker mornings and evenings. What impact can this have on road conditions and how can you prepare? This Sunday brings an end to daylight saving hours, the clocks go back an...
The former health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has this week registered a new charity Patient Safety Watch which aims at collating data to help decrease the instances of poor care and improve overall patient safety within the NHS. According to Mr Hunt...
Winter is just around the corner as the leaves begin to change for autumn. Now is the time to prepare your transport, whether that be car, motorbike, or bicycle for the onset of poor weather. Cyclists The earlier onset of dark hours and poor...
I have previously written blog posts on 14 th January 2019 and 26 th February 2019 giving an insight into the penalties received by Katie Price when convicted of various driving offences. The latest offence has resulted in Ms Price now receiving a...
Dementia affects a large section of the population and its prevalence is growing. Globally around 50 million people are currently living with dementia, and the number of cases is forecast to reach 130 million by 2050 as populations grow older. ...
Currently, as the United Kingdom is a member of the European Union, organisations and individuals who are importing goods from an EU member state are not required to pay certain charges. These charges include import duties and taxes. This is a result of...
First time buyers are being urged to take advantage of the government’s Help To Buy ISA (HTB) programme which will come to an end on the 30 th of November 2019. No new HTB ISA accounts will be opened after this date, and so with just over...
The General Medical Council has recently issued new guidance about remote consultations, as these appear to be on the rise, in order to address any concerns remote consultations may bring when it comes to patient safety. What are they? Remote...
Our data protection and privacy team are representing a number of claimants in claims for compensation against various NHS Trusts following their breaches of data protection legislation . What happened? In the last month or so, we have received a...
When you buy a property you are making a big financial investment and it is therefore important that you know everything, good and bad, about it before committing to the purchase. It is your responsibility as the buyer to make sure all of the...
Stressed, anxious, worried, depressed? Does any of this sound familiar? It is estimated that at any time one in ten of us is experiencing some kind of imbalance in our mental health. Thankfully, mental health awareness has moved on in leaps...
Building projects can be very expensive, and so it is important if you are making changes to your property that you protect your investment by researching and carrying out various checks on the builder you appoint to carry out the work. Below are some...
Today is World Mental Health Day. But, shouldn’t every day be mental health awareness day? As a society, we have noticed a shift in the last five years or so, in that mental health is no longer a stigma, or something to be embarrassed or...
Now it is getting darker in the mornings and darker at night, with the days getting shorter and shorter, it’s time to consider focusing on the road more especially with the cold, wet, and windy weather upon us. Car accident statistics are...
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is a government body which was set up in 1996 to compensate victims of violent crime. If a victim of violent crime has unspent criminal convictions (which is a conviction which remains on their...
If you are travelling around the EU and EEA (European Union and European Economic Area) prior to October 31 st 2019, (the date the UK is expected to leave the European Union) and are involved in a road traffic accident, you would be entitled under...
It is with great delight that we are able to announce that our criminal defence department has again been awarded a tier one ranking in the latest Legal 500 rankings published for 2020. This is the fifth consecutive year that the department has been...
On 23 rd September 2019, The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 were implemented, meaning that all public sector organisations’ websites launched on or after 23 rd September 2018 must meet...
Stoptober was launched in 2012 and is a 28 day stop smoking challenge set by the public health England which aims to encourage and support smokers across England towards quitting the habit long term. Can you really quit smoking by taking part in...
