Undertakings are a cornerstone of residential conveyancing because they allow solicitors to rely on each other’s clear and enforceable promises, often relating to steps that must occur after completion, such as redeeming an existing…
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Family Mediation Week, hosted by the Family Mediation Council, will take place from 16th to 20th January this year. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of Family Mediation and the benefits…
As a clinical negligence practitioner, I am aware that delays in treatment are endemic in the NHS at present. Currently there are over 100,000 vacancies, staff retention is not easy, and the infrastructure generally…
A reduced social charges rate of 7.5% (instead of 17.2%) generally applies to EU taxpayers selling French real estate at a profit. This is mainly due to the provisions of the EU Regulation on…
The Oxford Compensation Protection Team recently ordered a Trexo Dynamic Robot for a client with cerebral palsy, sustained as a result of a birth injury. The Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer is a robot skeleton…
Catastrophic injuries are sadly all too commonplace, often as the result of high-speed road traffic collisions. Injuries are frequently life-changing physical disability, which can often lead to serious mental health difficulties. Ensuring our clients…
Article created in collaboration with: Shaw Somers BSc(Hons) MD FRCS – Consultant Surgeon & Director at Streamline Weight Loss Clinics The gastric band is essentially an inflatable silicone plastic ring. It is a simple…
The UK has a legal framework to protect disabled people, including an obligation on all employers to remove disadvantages experienced by disabled people in the workplace. While the percentage of disabled people in work…
Relimb is the UK’s first, private, surgical service dedicated to the treatment of patients who have suffered from traumatic injury, including amputation. Here, co-founder Norbert Kang talks us through what’s so special about what…
For this edition of Team Around the Client, I had the opportunity to sit down for a Q&A with Deborah Bent of the Limbless Association, who are leading the way in service-user led, wholistic…
It can escape no one’s attention that in recent years many factors have increased pressure on any business’s finances. Brexit, war in Ukraine, increased inflation and the energy crisis are all factors in the…
On 13 December 2022 the European Commission issued a draft data adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), ruling that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred…