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Universities abroad experiment with no-fee licensing to drive biotech partnerships

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 16 2013

Universities in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom have reportedly embraced a 2010 Glasgow University initiative under which companies

Getting it right for children and young people: a summary

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 20 2010

The Government set out a new vision for the health of children and young people on 16 September 2010 in an engagement document which can be found at

Court clarifies when handcuffs should be used on prisoners or detained persons when in hospital

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 7 2012

The case of FGP v Serco (2012) EWHC 1804 (Admin) concerned the judicial review of Serco’s decision to use restraints on an individual during visits to Hillingdon Hospital

Preventing double recovery: payments by a local authority towards the care costs of a personal injury claimant are relevant when assessing loss

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 11 2007

The recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Andre Crofton v NHS Litigation Authority will be warmly welcomed by defendant insurers as it should significantly reduce their damages bill

The future of supported living: High Court indicates that closer regulation is likely

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 11 2010

On 16 July 2010 the High Court indicated a provisional view that a supported living scheme - accommodating a man with learning disabilities - should be registered as a “care home” under the Care Standards Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) and that housing benefit should not be used to fund such a care home placement

Current PPP developments in the United Kingdom

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 8 2012

It’s difficult to determine whether we’ve reached the end of the PFI road in the UK or are simply about to embark on a new phase

Patient matters rights of overstayers - Court of Appeal rules that local authority should provide support to overstayers with an outstanding application for leave to remain

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 14 2010

The Court of Appeal has ruled, in the case of Birmingham City Council v Clue & Others 2010 EWCA Civ 460 on the approach that a local authority should adopt when an individual who is unlawfully in the UK seeks social services support from it

BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

Contracting with public authorities: public or private law?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 27 2012

Two recent High Court cases illustrate the difficulties in determining when a party contracting with a public authority can pursue public law remedies

Does the duty of care to employees extend to employees of other bodies with which you have a working relationship?

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 7 2012

In the recent case of Claire Selwood v Durham County Council (1);Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (2) and Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust (3) (2012) the Court of Appeal was asked to consider whether two mental health trusts owed a duty of care to an employee of the local authority who was attacked by a mental health patient