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Private home, public function?

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 30 2007

In YL v Birmingham City Council and others the House of Lords considered the applicability of the Human Rights Act 1998 to the activities of a private care home

Care costs and claims - who pays?

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • March 25 2008

The high cost of long-term care in the UK is a well-known problem to anyone responsible for funding it

D.C. Circuit rules DEA's denial of petition to reschedule marijuana was not arbitrary and capricious

  • Littler Mendelson
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Agency, No. 11-1265 (Jan. 22, 2013

Army proper identification of psychiatric condition

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 31 2008

During the course of varying postings in the army, the Claimant witnessed horrific sights and was frequently exposed to mortal danger

Regulatory proceedings and property rights: revisited

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 19 2007

The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the High Court in R (Malik) v Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust and others 2006 EWHC 487, in which Mr Justice Collins held that a decision by a Primary Care Trust to suspend a doctor from the medical performers list, as part of professional disciplinary processes, was an unjustified interference with the doctor's rights under Article 1 of the First Protocol (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) ("A1P1"

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

  • Kennedys
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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

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to hear public nuisance contingent fee case

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2009

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an important legal challenge in a case involving Governor Ed Rendell's hiring of a plaintiffs contingent fee law firm to sue a drug manufacturer on behalf of the state

FOI - mother refused access to deceased daughter's health records

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 6 2007

The Information Tribunal's recent decision in Mrs P Bluck v Information Commissioner and Epsom and St Helier University NHS Trust (EA20060090) explored the relationship between freedom of information and doctorpatient confidentiality

Duties of care and section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 16 2008

Mr K tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a window while living in bed and breakfast accommodation

Recent US Supreme Court decision on student search and seizure, something every school administrator should be aware of

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 2 2009

On June 25, 2009, the United States Supreme Court of Appeals issued an important decision in Safford Unified Sch. Dist. 1 v. Redding, relating to whether the 4th Amendment of the Constitution prohibits a public school from conducting a search of a student suspected of possessing and distributing prescription drugs on campus in violation of school policy

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