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Health and/or Social Care Mediation

Parents/young people can request mediation if they are unhappy with the social and/or health care elements of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). If the parent/young person is also disputing the education element of...
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SEN Mediation

Parents/young people must have a mediation certificate before they can register an appeal about EHC needs assessments or the SEN element of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). There is no requirement to consider...
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Finding a school or college for a pupil with an EHCP

Pupils with an EHCP are not subject to the usual admissions process for school/college places. Instead, parents can request the placement they feel would best support their child/young person’s needs. Where can I find out...
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EHCP Annual Reviews and Phase Transfer Reviews

Annual Reviews Local authorities (LAs) must review EHCPs at least once every twelve months, and should review every six months for a child under 5 years. The process and timescales for EHCP annual reviews are...
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Content of Education, Health and Care Plans

As pupils prepare to return to school and college, we’ve put together a series of five articles on matters that parents/carers may need to address in the next year. In our first article, we examine...
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HSIB investigation finds management of twin preterm labour and birth hampered by lack of guidance

HSIB’s latest investigation report, Management of preterm labour and birth of twins, has highlighted the need for better national guidance to help maternity teams manage the care of mothers expecting twins during preterm labour and...
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NHS Resolution reviews GP indemnity scheme’s first year £307m claims value estimated but £59,000 paid out

The NHS defence organisation, NHS Resolution, has reported on its first year of defending new claims by patients who have been harmed by negligent GP care. Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice: An overview of...
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Anti-infective medication errors injury claims from negligent prescribing, administering and monitoring

NHS Resolution has recently published a new ‘Did You Know?’ advice leaflet which warns NHS organisations and healthcare staff about the risks of anti-infective medication errors. The leaflet follows an analysis of medical negligence claims...
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Rent Repayment Orders revisited – What can constitute harassment of a tenant?

We previously covered the topic of Rent Repayment Orders (RRO) mainly in the context of failure to properly license a HMO (https://www.boyesturner.comintroduction-rent-repayment-orders ). This time we have example of one of the other offenses capable...
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Can an employee still make a claim for unfair dismissal even if they opted to take voluntary redundancy?

An employee can still make a claim for unfair dismissal even if they opted to take voluntary redundancy. As seen in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of White v HC-One Oval Limited 2022. The...
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Do I have a legal right to see a Will?

It is a common misconception that if you believe you are likely to be a beneficiary under a deceaseds estate you are entitled to have sight of a copy of the deceaseds will. However, that...
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NHS Resolution’s ‘alternative process’ for sodium valproate injury claims what parents need to know about risking their child’s claim without a solicitor

NHS Resolution’s latest move to offer an ‘alternative process’ for making a valproate injury claim suggests the NHS’s defence team are preparing for high numbers of claims from families of children with severe injuries from...
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Offensive language or freedom of expression?

A recent Tribunal ruling has held that a train conductor was unfairly dismissed when he was overheard making comments to his wife during a webinar training session that his colleagues found offensive as he had...
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HSIB – 731 maternity safety incidents referred for investigation in 2021/2022

Healthcare safety watchdog, HSIB, has reported on a year of maternity safety incident investigations. The report, HSIB maternity investigation programme year in review 2021/22, looks back at HSIB’s investigations into the deaths of mothers, and...
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Meet the Team: Dani Pini

What made you go into law? When I was at school I knew that I wanted to ‘see’ the world but I also had a very strong sense of justice and desire to help people...
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Meet the Team: Katarina Ahmed

What made you go into law? It just accidentally crossed my path! When did you join Boyes Turner and what is your role? I have joined BT in March 2016 as a receptionist, then I...
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