The Government has recently published its response to the Consultation on the appropriate new safeguards to protect people who lack capacity following the Bournewood case.

Recent case law suggests that documents sent by recorded delivery post are likely to be deemed served even if it can be shown that they are unlikely to have been received by the addressee

This is the second of two briefings about the Digital Services Act package introduced by the European Commission (EC).

The issue of calculating holiday pay continues. In the recent case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts and Others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided that the calculation of holiday pay...

We look at a recent Court of Appeal decision in relation to GP partnership disputes.

The general data protection regulation (GDPR) will replace current data protection law on 25 May 2018. Regardless of Brexit, all charities and businesses will need to comply with this EU legislation.

Section 58 of the Mental Health Act 1983 provides that certain forms of treatment shall not be given to a patient unless either (1) the patient consents and an independent medical practitioner appointed by the Mental Health Act Commission (known as the "Second Opinion Appointed Doctor" (SOAD)) or the RMO has certified that the patient is capable of giving his consent or (2) the SOAD has certified that the patient should receive the treatment even though he has not consented to it. Section 57 req

The Housing Act 2004 received royal assent on 18 November 2004 and its provisions will be brought into force in stages by commencement orders. The Act contains reforms which aim to create a fairer housing market for those who own, rent or let residential property. The reforms will make substantial changes to the way in which residential property is regulated in the private and public sectors.

With workplace restrictions beginning to lift and businesses considering bringing employees back into the workplace...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled on the legal steps that should be taken where there is a dispute about the treatment of a child between the medical practitioners and a parent. </B><P>In <I>Glass -v- The United Kingdom, </I>the court was faced with unusual facts. DG was born in 1986 and is physically and mentally disabled. He lived with his mother and required considerable care from her and from health professionals from time to time.

The draft Bills previously produced attracted widespread opposition from psychiatrists, mental health and civil liberty groups. Our commentaries had also queried whether the Government would be able to allocate the necessary financial and human resources to make the proposed Bill work in practice. We had questioned the ability to fund the procedures envisaged by the creation of the new Mental Health Tribunal and whether there would be sufficient qualified staff to operate the arrangements pro

A toughened-up code on international recruitment - preventing hospitals from actively recruiting nurses and other healthcare professionals from developing countries - was unveiled on 8<SUP>th</SUP> December by Health Minister John Hutton.

A recent decision of the Chancery Division of the High Court may have a profound effect on the law relating to claims for adverse possession of land, more commonly known as "squatters’ rights".

As a result of COVID-19, routine inspections were suspended in March 2020. Since that time CQC has been adapting to the problems caused by this and reviewing the way they inspect.

The employment tribunal judgment in the case of Kane v Debmat Surfacing Limited attracted a lot of media attention last week. Headlines included "Visiting pub while off work sick is not sackable offence...