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  • mental-health

Waiting times for NHS mental health patients

It has recently been published that nearly thousands of patients with mental health problems are left waiting months for treatment on ‘hidden’ NHS waiting lists. The NHS provides a talking...

December 6, 2019
Opinion

Account Freezing Orders – challenging the National Crime Agency’s weapon of choice

Earlier this week in an article about Anti Money-Laundering risk in the property sector I broke down the figures from the National Crime Agency’s Financial Investigation Unit (NCA) (FIU) report...

December 6, 2019
Opinion
  • fatal-injury

Psychiatric injury in secondary victim claims and the scope of proximity

Last month judgment was handed down in the case of Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 2893 (QB), the findings of which, reminds legal practioners of the...

December 4, 2019
Blog

Can I make a claim for compensation after a hit and run accident?

The phrase “hit and run” is unfortunately heard fairly often in the news. A “hit and run” is where a motorist leaves the scene of an accident without giving their...

December 4, 2019
Opinion
  • compensation
  • spinal-injury

Nerve injuries – is there an average award?

The simple answer is that there is no such thing as an average award for any type of clinical negligence claim nor for any type of nerve injury case, in...

December 3, 2019
Blog

Financial Conduct Authority reluctantly accepts responsibility for cryptocurrencies

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the UK’s primary conduct regulator for the financial services sector and derives its regulatory and enforcement powers from the Financial Services & Markets Act...

December 3, 2019
Opinion

Sign here – electronically?

The importance of a signature A signature is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as: “your name written by yourself, always in the same way, usually to show that something has…

December 2, 2019

Chun Wong

Opinion

Estate Agents and AML compliance: cause for alarm?

The National Crime Agency’s Financial Investigation Unit (FIU) report in to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Defence Against Money-Laundering (DAML) requests for the period 2018/19 was published recently. It makes...

December 2, 2019
Opinion

Be a savvy sale shopper

It’s that time of the year again when retailers battle it out to secure your custom and you are bombarded with propaganda to buy buy buy. It starts today with...

November 29, 2019

Chun Wong

Opinion

Extinction Rebellion and the Right to Protest – High Court rules S.14 unlawful

In the relatively brief time since it was established, Extinction Rebellion (‘XR’) has already had a significant impact, bringing the issue of the climate crisis to the forefront of public...

November 28, 2019
Opinion
  • medical-negligence

Who shall I sue for clinical negligence suffered in prison?

Accessing satisfactory healthcare is a challenge for those in prison. The legal position is that prisoners are entitled to receive the same standard of healthcare as the general population but...

November 26, 2019

Charlotte Sykes

Blog

Can I appeal a homeless review decision in the County Court?

You can appeal to a County Court if the council's review decision if the decision is legally wrong or the council do not give you a final decision within the...

November 26, 2019
Opinion

Court grants right to marry after £1.5m personal injury damages

The Court of Protection was recently concerned with a case where a deputy, Mr Mundell had been appointed to manage the affairs of a 28 year old man with learning…

November 25, 2019
Blog

Capacity to marry: Can you be too vulnerable for marriage?

The recent case of Mundell v Name 1, heard in the Court of Protection has ramifications for claims on divorce and also issues surrounding a person’s capacity to make a…

November 25, 2019

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

Are more social housing homes the answer to Britain’s housing crisis?

Yesterday, The Guardian reported on Labour’s plan to set “aside £75bn over five years to fund the most dramatic increase in council home construction since the Second World War.” Broadly…

November 22, 2019
Opinion

Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust scandal – What will it take to stop the NHS scandals? Are whistleblowers the answer?

Shocking news emerged yesterday from Shropshire NHS of the death of at least 42 babies and three mothers. Further, more than 50 babies (or adults as they possibly are now)...

November 20, 2019
Blog

Drivers be prepared and drive safely this winter

Daylight saving hours have come to an end, mornings and evenings will be colder and darker. Roads can be dangerous at the best of times, but throw darkness, some ice…

November 20, 2019

Leticia Williams

Opinion

The importance of an informed consent to chiropractic treatment

There was a very shocking story in the news over the past few days. A retired bank manager, Mr John Lawler, underwent chiropractic treatment for a leg injury with a...

November 19, 2019
Blog

When do a local authority have to provide emergency accommodation?

Emergency or interim accommodation must be provided to a homeless applicant and their household if the local authority has to have a reason to believe that the applicant may be...

November 19, 2019
Opinion

Mental health hospitals and bed space – an increase in suicides?

It was recently reported that more mental health hospital beds are needed in England, in order to stop the practice of sending patients with mental health issues to other hospitals...

November 19, 2019
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