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Legal Article
04 Dec 2023
The Times Newspaper recently reported " Patient safety is being put at risk by the "toxic" behaviour of doctors in the NHS, the health ombudsman has said". It goes on to report that he was "shocked on a daily basis" by what he saw as ombudsman. Too often, "…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
04 Dec 2023
The England and Wales High Court have recently rejected a Will challenge based on alleged mutual Wills that they said had been made by their parents, instead allowing it on the alternative ground of proprietary estoppel. Winter v Winter [2023] EWHC 2393 Ch concerns a claim where two brothers sought…
Contesting a Will
Legal Article
01 Dec 2023
The government is legislating to ensure that anyone sentenced for the offence of rape, and certain other serious sexual offences , no longer receives a determinate custodial sentence. Where neither a life sentence nor an extended sentence ('EDS') is served, the sentence will fall into the…
Crime
Legal Article
01 Dec 2023
In a recent case, the High Court considered the implications of free speech in the context of public order offences. The case involved Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who was subjected to abuse whilst in the street accompanied by his wife and a colleague. The prosecution case was that in the…
Crime
Legal Article
28 Nov 2023
What is financial abuse? Financial abuse usually involves a vulnerable adult who has money or property stolen, is defrauded, put under pressure in relation to money or property, or has money or other property misused. Why is the issue of financial abuse important? The risk of financial…
Contesting a Will
Legal Article
28 Nov 2023
Admittedly, planning for your ultimate demise is not the most festive of activities, and indeed it won't feel like the top of your priority list amongst the present wrapping, tree decorating and mulled wine quaffing. The Christmas season is, however, the time of year when we perhaps give…
Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts
Legal Article
17 Nov 2023
The Public Accounts Committee has published a report that raises concerns in relation to the level of support given to prisoners on their release. Reoffending causes harm to victims and costs the criminal justice system and wider society dearly. In 2019, the Ministry of Justice estimated that…
Crime
Legal Article
17 Nov 2023
The High Court handed down a remote judgement in the case of Karpasitis v Hertfordshire County Council last month. On the 22nd April 2020, Mr Karpastis was riding a route well known to him on a footpath at the side of the A10 near Chestnut. The path and the A10 were separated by a grass verge. As…
Personal Injury
Legal Article
14 Nov 2023
Another set of parents have felt compelled to highlight ongoing issues with maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust following the death of their daughter. This comes after the release of the Ockenden report following an enquiry into maternity services at Nottingham…
Clinical Negligence
Legal Article
10 Nov 2023
A prisoner with the earliest release date in August 2027 applied to the Prison Service concerning participation in fertility treatment. His partner unfortunately suffers from fertility problems, which include a low number of eggs, polycystic ovaries and a blocked and leaking right fallopian tube.…
Crime
