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On 16 th August 2022 the NHS announced the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) for investigating serious incidents which will replace the Serious Incident Framework (2015). Organisations will be expected to transition to the new...
Being appointed an executor under a Will is an important role but it can also be thankless task at times. Executors are subject to several duties, with the most important being to act in the best interest of the estate and it’s beneficiaries. An...
When discussing personal injury claims the first thing most people think about is compensation for the injury itself, but most claims will involve lots of financial losses too. Loss of earnings is one of the most important heads of claim. You may need time...
A recent High Court judgment in Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley & Co Limited [2022] EWHC 1813 TCC considered this very issue in the context of cladding claims. Post Grenfell, the construction industry has been keeping a watchful eye on the...
The definition of theft under Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 is the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it. Picking up cash found on the street (which is the...
Professional discipline is the process by which regulators and professional bodies take action against the registration of their members. A regulator may commence an investigation for a variety of reasons including deficient performance, allegations of...
Where there is a dispute about a child such as where a child should live or how long they spend time with a parent, under rule 16.4 of the Family Procedure Rules, the court has the power to make a child a party to private law proceedings. Making the...
A special guardianship order (SGO) is a private law order made in the family court that appoints one or more individuals to be a child or young person’s ‘special guardian’ who they will live with on a long term basis. An SGO can also be...
A no-fault, or no-blame divorce is a much more straightforward and amicable approach to separation in that couples can now file for divorce or civil partnership dissolution without having to place the blame on their former partner to prove the...
We appreciate that landlords will be keen to evict tenants who are not paying rent, or causing nuisance or damage to their property, but it is important in these situations to make sure that the correct due diligence and accuracy is accounted for. ...
This package of support will be greeted with a collective sigh of relief from many business owners. It offers some respite from the relentless list of challenges they have had to contend with over the past two years. Spiralling energy costs have already...
A faulty product is a product which is not in full working order and leads to an individual sustaining an injury. We put our trust in the manufacturers and suppliers/retailers of products when we purchase items and expect them to be fit for their...
As a parent, the idea of being accused of hurting your child is a nightmare that can become a reality. If a child suffers an injury that cannot be explained, or the explanation is considered not consistent with the injury then the parents, or others...
An assured shorthold tenancy (AST) agreement normally has to be a minimum term of six months. Although it is not a legal requirement, we recommend it being signed by both the tenant and landlord in front of a witness who can sign that they witnessed the...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) made unannounced visits to hospitals run by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in September and October 2021 which raised concerns about staff shortages, skills training and risk management. This led to a...
The consequences for a conviction for drug driving are serious. If you’re convicted, you face a minimum one-year driving ban, an unlimited fine, up to six months in prison and a criminal record. Your driving licence will also show that you have been...
Owning a business does have an impact on how you should structure your Will. It is important to consider who you want to inherit your shares or business interest. Making a Will can allow the business to pass to whoever you choose to take it over. A...
Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR), all workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks’ holiday each year. The WTR make no provision for pro-rating this entitlement for employees whose work may mean they do not work throughout the full year which...
