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Property related delays: Prevention the best cure?
In the past year, Hempsons have acted for a wide range of dental clients on a variety of different transactions. We have acted for sole practitioners retiring and selling their practice, dental corporates buying shares in other dental companies and practitioners starting out on their first venture alone.
Protection and promotion of your brand
We all know the key role that your brand plays in building awareness of your practice with your patients, but how do you maximise and protect its value?
Building a fortress – how robust record keeping can protect you against GDC complaints
The GDC’s 2017 Annual Report states that the GDC received 1910 complaints in 2017, which is a marked decrease from 2016 (2630 complaints) and 2015 (2786 complaints). This is a positive trend, although it is not yet known whether it has continued into 2018.
Hempsons’ Dental Newsbrief Winter 2018/19
Welcome to the latest edition of Hempsons' Dental Newsbrief.
Hempsons Social Care Newsbrief Autumn/Winter 2018
Welcome to the latest edition of our Social Care Newsbrief.
Terms and Conditions Apply – The Rolling Contract
Alchemists sought to turn base metal into gold, but their searches and efforts proved fruitless. Physicists have studied the cosmos and determined that there can be no perpetual motion due to the laws of thermodynamics. Lawyers, however, have worked out how to turn base letters into gold, through the perpetual (or at least rolling) contract.
Annual MEA Conference
Simon Eastwood spoke at the Medical Equestrian Association at their annual conference in Reading on medico-legal aspects of providing care at sporting events.
Jersey States assembly scrutiny hearing on changing its personal injury law, including an increase to the discount rate
The States Assembly within Jersey is considering a change to its personal injury damages law including an increase to the discount rate which applies to personal injury awards.
Lease Negotiations for Private Practices – Tips and Traps
f you have a private practice, you will know that the location, quality and cost of your premises are of fundamental importance to the ongoing success of the business.
Good news all round
It’s been a great week here at Hempsons and we’re delighted to announce a number of exciting developments. On Tuesday of this week The Times launched their Top 200 Law Firms report, describing Hempsons as “the country’s biggest specialist health and social care legal practice.” And following on from that news, yesterday the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession confirmed the latest Legal 500 rankings (reported on Wednesday this week), placing Hempsons firmly at the top of the rankings for healthcare law and defendant clinical negligence.
Key Legal Developments Update – October 2018
Welcome to our latest key legal developments where we have highlighted the latest updates within healthcare.
Eastwoods Recognised in Legal 500 for Professional Discipline and Crime
Eastwoods Recognised in Legal 500 for Professional Discipline and Crime
Ophthalmic Surgeon Successful in Unfair Dismissal Claim Against Trust
Simon Eastwood, who instructed Ben Collins QC, successfully represented a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in a claim for unfair dismissal and breach of contract.
Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief 2018
Welcome to this autumn edition of Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief. It has been a busy few months for the NHS in the legal system with some ground-breaking decisions on key areas such as withdrawing clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration, fitness to practice and procurement.