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Mar 2014
A 50 year old family farming business is to be wound up and sold by order of the High Court due to a family dispute. The Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners reports the case after the High Court ruling in February 2014. Brian Harding incorporated the family farming business with his father in law…
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Mar 2014
As specialist Medical negligence solicitors at Chadwick Lawrence, we are concerned that patient safety may be compromised as a result of occasional incidents of NHS employees sleeping on duty and that this could potentially result in patients sustaining avoidable injuries. The Independent reported recent incidents of staff at King’s College Hospital in London asleep while…
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Feb 2014
Cauda Equina Syndrome Update As a specialist clinical negligence solicitor and cauda equina syndrome solicitor at Chadwick Lawrence LLP, I was interested to read a 29th January 2014 update on cauda equina syndrome by Jennifer Robertson MD, MSEd, for emergency doctors (http://www.emdocs.net/cauda-equina-syndrome). This confirms the importance of doctors understanding cauda equina syndrome, as it can…
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Feb 2014
Comic Enterprises Ltd, a company who operate live music and comedy venues, have recently won a trademark dispute against 20th Century Fox. Fox produce a television show called ‘Glee’, a programme about a high school singing group and in 2009 started broadcasting this in the UK, supported by two world tours and lots of merchandising.…
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Feb 2014
The Government has recently announced that, with effect from 6th April 2014, Employment Tribunals will have the power to order that a losing employer pay a financial penalty in specified circumstances. There are rather restrictive cost provisions in place currently within the system but the new provisions give the power to issue a financial penalty…
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Feb 2014
The Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) have been published, confirming that Early Conciliation will come into force on 6 April 2014. In short, under the new rules, Claimants will need to contact ACAS before issuing an Employment Tribunal claim, albeit there is no obligation to actually engage in conciliation. ACAS will…
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