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The world of health and social care is changing. So are we. The regulator published its strategy consultation – the product it says of over 10,000 interactions with stakeholders, and sets out a ‘bold ambition’ for the next five years...

In a recent case, the High Court allowed a private law claim in restitution by a local authority which alleged that a Primary Care Trust ...

HMRC is running workshops on the changes to IR35 which will come into force in April 2021, having been previously delayed...

The Construction Leadership Council has issued Site Operating Procedures Version 7...

Following the Grenfell Tragedy, one of the changes to improve the response to fire safety issues and to provide certainty to the housing market was the introduction of the EWS1 form...

The decision in the case of R (oao Glatter) v NHS Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group and West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was handed down on 6 January 2021...

The Honourable Mr Justice Cohen gave judgment on a challenging Court of Protection case on 31 December concerning the withdrawal of treatment of a patient known as “Z”...

On 8 January 2021, in response to an application made by the NFU, the Government published a statement on its decision to issue emergency authorisation to permit the use of a product containing a neonicotinoid (which has been banned by the EU) as a sugar beet seed dressing in 2021...

Over the past six or so years, a number of updates to the law governing the discharge of sewage have bred confusion amongst homeowners, homebuyers and, indeed, solicitors. This article aims to briefly summarise the position and to help those affected to avoid falling foul of the rules...

Just before Christmas, the Department of Health and Social Care updated its guidance: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and the deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) during the coronavirus pandemic: additional guidance...

In a Court of Protection case, decided in the latter part of 2019, Dahlia Griffith was sentenced to a period of imprisonment for falsifying a court order...

To mark the beginning of the new year, we have prepared a review of the key developments of 2020 and reflected on their continued significance into 2021...