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All healthcare professionals dealing with capacity issues will have a duty to comply with the statutory Codes of Practice that support the Mental Capacity Act 2005. There are two Codes, one supporting the MCA and the other for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Both have become out of date since their initial publication in 2007 and 2009 respectively...

The growing link between the sustainability credentials of a real estate asset and its value means sustainability is increasingly a key component in real estate investment and development. However, it is also increasingly relevant to the way in which real estate assets are funded.

The Government has confirmed that it intends to develop legislation "at the earliest opportunity" to introduce a 'protect duty' which is likely to create a legal requirement for those owning, operating or responsible for certain publicly accessible places to take steps to protect the public from terrorist attack at those locations...

Following the publication of the Integration White Paper, we look at the proposals on regulation and oversight of the ICS landscape...

The Department of Health and Social Care has launched its consultation on the proposals for regulations to support the new Provider Selection Regime...

The Integration White Paper proposals on digital and data driven health and social care...

The Government’s White Paper Joining up care for people, places and population (9 February 2022) was first announced in July 2021 alongside the Health and Care Bill...

Forest Green Rovers has just published revised plans for the Eco Park which will include an all-wooden 5,000 seat stadium.

What is Novation? Novation is the substitution of a new contract in place of an old one.

The High Court has taken the unusual step of granting an application for strike out in judicial review proceedings, which has highlighted the fact that judicial review does not exist to decide claims that have become academic...

Following the complex medical treatment case of AH where the Court of Appeal noted that there was an increase in Court of Protection judges visiting patients (Ps) in the context of ongoing proceedings, the Vice President of the Court of Protection has issued guidance...