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ACAS guidance on reasonable adjustments for employees with mental health conditions

ACAS guidance gives advice to employers on how to manage requests for reasonable adjustments for employees suffering with mental health conditions, under the Equality Act 2010. Natalie Wood, solicitor in the employment team, discusses the...
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Failing to license a HMO property – Marigold and others v Wells

Whenever a claim is made for failure to properly register a Housing in Multiple Occupation (either mandatory or discretionary licensing) one of the more predictable responses/defences will be that the landlord or managing agentdid not...
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HSIB’s Maternity Investigations Review 2022/23 – more than 1,380 maternity safety recommendations

England’s healthcare safety watchdog, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), has published its maternity investigations programme’s 2022/23 annual review.  The report highlights HSIB’s recent work to identify and alert the healthcare system to significant patient...
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HSIB’s Annual Review 2022/23

Healthcare safety watchdog, HSIB, have published their annual review, looking back at their work to improve patient safety from April 2022 to March 2023. HSIB currently expect this to be their final review before their...
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Mutual wills – a cautionary tale

It is rare for cases relating to mutual wills to be reported, but in the recent case of Colicci & Others V Grinberg & Another [2023] not only did the court have to consider the...
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Undue influence leads to an invalid will

In a rare example of a successful claim by the children and grandchildren of the late Mrs Jones, the court held that the testators will was invalid on the grounds of undue influence in the...
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Employment law and legal duties in the care sector

Staff shortages, recruiting the next generation of carers, resourcing from overseas – employment law within the residential care system can be a huge area for employers to navigate. In this article, Jessica Clough, chartered legal...
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The top 5 issues for remote working from overseas

Following the pandemic, working from home became the new normal for large numbers of employees, some of whom have taken this a step further and chosen to work remotely from overseas. Whatever their reasons for...
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Three ways to plan for increased UK visa application fees

The UK government has announced that it will be significantly increasing visa application fees as part of its strategy for funding the newly announced public sector pay deal. Why is the government increasing fees at...
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Boyes Turner advise on the purchase of the business and assets of electric vehicle company, Breathe EV Limited (in administration).

Oliver Fitzpatrick, Partner in the Business Support and Insolvency Team, acted for Otto Car Limited in its purchase of the collapsed firms business and assets from its administrators. Breathe EV operated a fleet of over...
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Meet the Team Sue O’Connell-Davidson

What made you go into law? By chance, I started working as a PA for a Sole Practitioner who did Litigation work many years ago and this gave me the opportunity to get more involved,...
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NCEPOD Inbetweeners review finds failings in transition care for teenagers with complex health conditions

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) have published the findings of their review into the quality of care that is provided for teenagers with complex, chronic health conditions during their transition...
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Changes to flexible working right

What is changing? HR will need to be aware of the following procedural changes: Employees will be able to make 2 statutory flexible working requests every 12 months – currently, employees can only make one...
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Child Trust Funds: what if my child lacks capacity?

What are Child Trust Funds? In 2005, the government introduced Child Trust Funds (a type of tax-free savings account) in which all children born between September 2002 and January 2011 received £500 in government vouchers....
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What are best interests?

Many people will have watched the recent BBC drama ‘Best Interests’. This told the story of the parents of Marnie who were faced with the heart-breaking decision to cease their daughter’s life-sustaining treatment, when her...
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Benefits of a will in a blended family

With approximately one in three families in the United Kingdom now being a blended family, i.e. a family with a combination of parents, new partners, and children from different relationships, blended families can create complex...
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