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• Patient’s Wishes Determine Care

  • Posted11 February 2016

  The much publicised case in which the Court of Protection ruled that clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) could lawfully be withdrawn from a patient with multiple sclerosis who was...

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• Fraudsters Appeal Sentence, But Elderly Left Out of Pocket

  • Posted25 January 2016

  Solicitors have to have comprehensive professional indemnity insurance and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, so you can be sure that, if anything should go wrong, you will be...

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• The Expanding World of Privilege

  • Posted14 January 2016

  ‘Legal advice privilege’ is the legal phrase for the confidentiality that exists with regard to legal advice and has traditionally been interpreted to mean that legal advice between a solicitor...

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• Court Guidance on Shareholder Rights of Pre-Emption

  • Posted30 December 2015

  Investors in private companies frequently agree not to dispose of their shares without making an offer of first refusal to their co-investors. In a guideline case, the Court of Appeal...

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• ‘Extraordinary’ Means Extraordinary, Rules European Court

  • Posted11 December 2015

  Long delays when travelling can prove annoying and expensive, which is why EU law sets a schedule of compensation payable to passengers in such circumstances. However, not all delays...

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• Court Appoints Cousins to Manage Woman’s Affairs

  • Posted23 November 2015

  Although it is normally sound procedure to appoint an attorney to act in respect of your affairs should you become incapable of doing so yourself, where this precaution is not...

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