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Adult social care providers will be required to provide data in three key areas from 31 July 2022...

Stuart Pemble's thoughts on Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2022] EWCA, and Coulson LJ's robust decision that most collateral warranties are likely to be construction contracts.

A housing association has won a landmark cladding claim against a building contractor in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in the first High Court trial on external wall systems (EWS) since the Grenfell Tower fire

Why the percentage method of calculating holiday pay is not appropriate for part-year workers...

Private members bills used to introduce two key employment law reforms...

The draft Mental Health Bill would make reforms to the identification of which NHS bodies and local authorities were responsible for arranging section 117 after-care services...

Next in our series of blogs on the draft Mental Health Bill, we look at the proposed changes to supervised discharge…

In this third of a series of blogs on the draft Mental Health Bill, we look at some of the proposed that seek to promote patients' autonomy and choice...

Next in our series of blogs on the draft Mental Health Bill, we look at the proposed changes to treatment…

From 1 July 2022, CQC registered health and care providers will be required to ensure that all staff receive training in how to interact appropriately with people who have a learning disability and autistic people, appropriate to their role...

The draft Mental Health Bill published on 27 June 2022 will amend the Mental Health Act 1983 and modernise mental health legislation in England and Wales...

The CQC has updated its duty of candour guidance making changes to clarify how registered providers of health and care should apply the term “unexpected or unintended” to decide if something qualifies as a ‘notifiable safety incident’ or not...