This Practice Note explains the main fitness to practise hearing before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal (HCPT). It deals with preparation for...
The purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the offences under section 1, 2 and 6 of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010). It...
This Practice Note examines agreements entered into under sections 38 and 278 of the Highways Act 1980, considering the obligations they impose and,...
The introduction of trial by a single justice was a response to a belief, on the part of the government, that the use of two or three justices to deal...
When is a contract a void contract?A void contract is one that is wholly lacking in legal effect. A contract will be void where:•the parties contract...
This Practice Note considers what damages may be available as remedy for claims in tort, including negligence claims.For general guidance on damages,...
There can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a landlord subsequently grants a lease...
A civil recovery order (CRO) is an order available to recover the proceeds of crime through action in the High Court, rather than the criminal court,...
Background to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus either conduct, or conversely,...
STOP PRESS:The Chancellor in his 2014 Autumn Statement announced that the Bereavement Support Payment will become operational from April 2017 and will...
STOP PRESS:The guidance in this Practice Note may be affected by the announcements in Autumn Statement 2015. For an overview of these announcements,...
Status of the beneficial interest in the property post-death for the purpose of financial assessmentThe beneficial interest in bequeathed assets does...
In answering this Q&A, we have limited our research to the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014), Care and Support Statutory Guidance (the Guidance) and very brief...
How long does a local authority have to keep records of payments made to care home providers?In some respects, the answer is that the local authority...
The regime under the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (HSSSSAA 1983) allows for the charging of the provision of...
This tracker is focused on social care and is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary briefing notes and...
According to section 69(3) of the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014):‘A sum is recoverable under this section—(a) in a case in which the sum becomes due to the...
For the purposes of this Q&A, it has been assumed the property is a jointly-owned property where the other beneficial owner remains in occupation and...
For the purposes of this Q&A we have limited our research to cover whether it is theoretically possible to secure a Deferred Payment Agreement (DPA)...
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