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Disabled Facilities Grants what you need to know

What is a Disabled Facilities Grant? A Disabled Facilities Grant, also known as a DFG, is a grant available to disabled people from your local council if you need to make essential changes to your...
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No more working while you sleep-in

This week Jessica Clough and Barry Stanton take a look at the recent Supreme Court Case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and others on the question of whether sleep-in workers (that is workers who...
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Special Educational Needs (SEN) funding – What do I need to know?

An area of SEN that can cause uncertainty is funding and, in particular, the different elements of SEN funding and what, in practice, these mean for support for pupils in schools. Element 1 Known as...
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Each Baby Counts (EBC) final report says no reduction in brain damaged babies, stillbirths or early neonatal deaths

Each Baby Counts (EBC), the RCOG’s maternity improvement programme which hoped to halve the number of term babies who die or suffer brain injury during birth, has published its final report. The Each Baby Counts 2020...
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Adverse possession of access ways – issues for developers and landowners

A recent decision of the High Court (Amirtharaja v White, February 2021) concerned a dispute over ownership of a passageway running between two commercial buildings which were intended for development. The passageway led to the...
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Why make a Will? Protecting your assets, family and wishes

Whilst it is a subject that is often shied away from and not discussed in families given the nature of my practice, I often ask family and friends whether theyve made a will. All too...
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Remote working from overseas: the top 5 issues for Employers

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented numbers of employees working from home and some employees may even have chosen to work remotely from overseas. Employees may think that their location doesnt really matter, however,...
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CQC updated guidance on the duty of candour the patient’s right to know when things go wrong

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has updated its guidance to healthcare providers about when they must notify and apologise to patients under the duty of candour after things go wrong. The new guidance uses specific...
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HSIB report finds heart attack sufferers may be at increased risk of death from increasing delays in ambulance response times

HSIB, the healthcare safety watchdog, has raised concerns about the increased safety risk to patients experiencing heart attacks as a result of increasingly delayed ambulance response times to 999 calls. Their latest national report, Emergency...
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The question of specificity in EHCPs revisited – when is enough enough?

LB of Redbridge v HO (SEN): [2020] UKUT 323 (AAC) Those working with EHCPs will have heard many times over that provision in a Statement or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) must ‘so specific...
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Court Of Protection FAQs

What is the Court of Protection? The Court of Protection is a court created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with jurisdiction over property, financial affairs and the personal welfare of those who lack mental...
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Best Interest Decisions: ‘Mental Incapacity and the Covid-19 vaccine’

Under Section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the Act) a Deputy has a duty to make best interest decisions for a person who is unable to make decisions themselves (known as ‘P’). Best...
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What impact will the new immigration rules have on UK Manufacturing?

The introduction of the new immigration rules on 1st January represent the biggest change to the UKs immigration system in almost five decades, and whether you look at it from a positive or a negative...
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A tenants guide to reducing business space

Widespread working from home due to the Covid19 pandemic has prompted many organisations to consider reducing their business space. Nick Carter (Head of Commercial Property) and Russell May (Head of Property Dispute Resolution) at Boyes...
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EHCP – school transition deadline – 15 February

Hopefully today is the day the LA confirmed your parental choice of placement. Your local authority (LA) must issue a new Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for children moving to a new phase of...
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What is the difference between a Deputy and an Attorney?

Whilst the roles of a Deputy and Attorney are similar, there are some important differences that you should be aware of. Let’s start by looking at each of the roles. Deputy When someone lacks the...
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