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Newsflash: 2017 General Election – Purdah

The Cabinet Office has published new guidance about maintaining the impartiality of the civil service and public bodies in the period leading up to the 2017 election – often known as purdah. The new Guidance takes effect from midnight on Friday 21 April 2017, at which point the ‘election period’… Read More

Newsflash: Are you ready for the GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) comes into force on 25 May 2018 and is the largest overhaul of data protection since the 1998 Act. The GDPR brings with it a requirement for you to: Identify or recruit a Data Protection Officer if you carry out regular and systematic monitoring… Read More

Clinical Negligence Cases of Interest – January 2017

Our update on recent clinical negligence cases sees Hempsons comment on legal issues and quantum points arising. Click here to read more about these cases. Please speak to Stephen Maratos with any questions. 1. Serving evidence late – Defendant refused permission to serve supplementary witness statement MOORE -V- PLYMOUTH… Read More

Newsflash: Court of Appeal determines that Cheshire West does not apply in acute care settings

R (LF) v Coroner of Inner South London [2017] EWCA Civ 31 Key practical points In the acute hospital setting (especially emergency and intensive care) patients undergoing medical treatment for physical illness are not deprived of their liberty. The judgment is complicated and its full implications need to be worked… Read More