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Oct 2017
In a recent case the Court of Appeal confirmed that a school’s policy of segregating boys and girls when they reach a certain age amounted to direct sex discrimination. As confirmed by the Equality Act 2010, Direct discrimination takes place when ‘because of a protected characteristic, A treats B less favourably than A treats or…
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Oct 2017
The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill 2017-19 was published on 13 October 2017. This Private Members’ Bill is backed by the Government and therefore it is likely to become legislation in due course. There are no current statutory provisions governing compassionate or bereavement leave. Companies often have a basic policy which provides for a…
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Oct 2017
A new study by regulator NHS Improvement suggests that by organising schedules more efficiently, 280,000 more non-emergency operations could be carried out each year within NHS hospitals. The researchers looked at data from operating theatres across 100 NHS Trusts throughout England in 2016. The report argued that rather than surgeons being more efficient in the…
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Oct 2017
Recent research has shown that hospital targets for planned operations, four hour A&E waits and 62 day cancer care are worsening and that Northern Ireland, Wales and England have not met any of their key targets for 18 months. Within the last four years, the chances of not being seen in four hours in Accident…
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Oct 2017
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document which gives someone you trust the authority to make decisions on your behalf, if and when you choose and also if you were unable to deal with your affairs due to an accident or illness. There are two types of LPA, a Property and Financial Affairs…
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Oct 2017
Chadwick Lawrence’s Regulatory Department has recently overturned a decision by the Department for Work and Pensions for a vulnerable client. The Department for Work and Pensions had declared that our client was fit for work, despite the fact that this individual was clearly not fit to work, due to longstanding work related injuries. Our client…
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