General

Home Library Private Client General (Page 42)

General

  • It is open to anyone to make what is popularly called a ‘living will’, a document more commonly known as an ‘advance directive’ or ‘advance decision’. Advance directives can include...

    Read more
  • Paying Charitable Trustees

    • Posted

    Although it clashes with the principle of giving one’s time voluntarily, the demands and responsibilities put on some trustees of charities are such that paying them will be a necessity...

    Read more
  • The family of a girl who sustained horrific injuries in a car crash as a baby has been awarded a multi-million pound settlement in compensation. Cerys Edwards was just...

    Read more
  • Acceptance of Risk is Absolute

    • Posted

    The Court of Appeal has issued a judgment in a personal injury case which has particular relevance for owners of horses. The case involved a woman who was injured...

    Read more
  • When a severely depressed woman attended hospital as a voluntary patient but then discharged herself and subsequently committed suicide, did the hospital breach her human rights by permitting her to...

    Read more
  • Package Tour or Travel Booking?

    • Posted

    Whether a holiday is a ‘package’ or just a booking of travel arrangements can make a big difference when it comes to the legal position if something goes wrong. ...

    Read more