MedicalFirst, do no harm: the rise of clinical negligence claims
Pressure on A&E departments is causing a steep rise in clinical negligence claims. But what constitutes clinical negligence and what can be done to curb them?
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PlanningChinese super-embassy gets green light
Residents of a London site owned by China and designed to house the state’s largest embassy in Europe have failed to overturn its planning permission through human rights fears.
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DefamationThe SLAPP-down bill
A bolster for free speech, or an excuse for more lawsuits ? Baroness Tina Stowell and Sir John Whittingdale MP have introduced the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (“SLAPP”) Bill into Parliament.
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InsolvencyEight Years since Carillion: a Memento Mori for Construction Giants
A long read: Eight years after the monumental collapse of construction juggernaut Carillion, the UK’s accountancy regulator has banned five of its former executives for acting recklessly. Breaking Law casts an eye back to the failure of the listed multinational.
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RegulationA Newly Empowered Media Regulator and an Angry Tech Titan
Meta is launching a High Court challenge against Ofcom's revenue-based fee structure under the newly enforced Online Safety Act.
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FamilyAncient “fatherly” Court Power Cannot be used to Overturn Adoptions
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that courts cannot use the ancient parens patriae jurisdiction to overturn valid adoption orders.
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DiscriminationGraduate to sue Bar Council for “anti-White” intern programme
A White graduate and journalist is suing the Bar Council and the 10,000 Black Interns program under the Equality Act.
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