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Lawfulness of DWP policies on information about gender reassignment clients
R (C) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2017] UKSC 72
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Scope of doctor’s duty of care in negligent failure to determine genetic problem
Meadows v Khan [2017] EWHC 2990 (QB)
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Mental health
Tinsley v Manchester City Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1704
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Anonymity of defendants in personal injury proceedings
In the case of Adebolajo v Ministry of Justice and another QBD (Langstaff J) 31/10/2017, the High Court considered whether prison officers who were defendants in a personal injury action brought against them and the Ministry of Justice by an..
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Radical reform needed to stop soaring legal costs in clinical negligence claims
A report by the Centre for Policy Studies has concluded that radical reform is now necessary to deal with the growing cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS.Nine recommendations for reducing costs are reported, which include repeal of..
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NHS staff “working on edge of safety”
The organisation known as “NHS Providers”, representing senior NHS managers in England, has expressed serious concern that the current level of staff shortages means that staff are working on the “edge of safety” because rising demand is..
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Challenge to use of force by immigration officers
Shittu v Home Office [2017] EWCA Civ 1748
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Challenge to the Fatal Accidents Act regime
Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 1916
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Court of Appeal continues to support the decision in Callery v Gray
The Court of Appeal has held that it continues to be reasonable to take out after-the-event insurance at the same time as solicitors are instructed in clinical negligence claims, and the premiums were in principle recoverable where cases were..
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Availability of judicial review and employment tribunal proceedings
Michalak v General Medical Council [2017] UKSC 71
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15 December 2017
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Gross Negligence Manslaughter conviction and sentence upheld
In R v Zaman [2017] EWCA Crim 1783, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) has upheld a sentence of six years’ imprisonment for gross negligence manslaughter as appropriate in a case in which a restaurant owner had persistently failed, over the..
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15 December 2017
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