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Diabetes and lower limb complications: 85% of amputations are avoidable

Posted on 15th November 2022 in Medical Negligence

Diabetes and lower limb complications: 85% of amputations are avoidable and other patient harm can be reduced with appropriate, timely care.

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Helena Campbell

Associate & Chartered Legal Executive

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A potentially life-saving cancer drug is to be offered patients

Posted on 11th November 2022 in Medical Negligence

The drug, pembrolizumab, given alongside chemotherapy, can help shrink these tumours and stop them spreading, which is a particularly worrying risk with triple negative cancers which grown and spread quickly.

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Helena Campbell

Associate & Chartered Legal Executive

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How to stop probate being granted, including how and when to use Caveats

Posted on 04th November 2022 in Dispute Resolution

A Grant of Probate is a grant obtained from the Probate Registry, providing the executors with legal authority to administer the deceased’s estate in accordance with their will or intestacy.

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Abigail Francis

Paralegal

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Guide to becoming a charity trustee

Posted on 03rd November 2022 in Charities and Social Enterprise

Charity trustees are the people who share ultimate responsibility for governing a charity. Trustees ensure the charity is managed and run correctly. They may also be known as trustee volunteers, board members, management committee, governors, directors.

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Amy Laver

Partner and Solicitor

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17-year-old could have been saved following traumatic C-section

Posted on 01st November 2022 in Medical Negligence

An inquest has heard that Teegan Barnard could have survived following a traumatic C-section had the medics acted differently.

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Simon Mansfield

Partner and Solicitor

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Predicted rise in charitable gifts in Wills

Posted on 01st November 2022 in Probate & Wills

Legacy Foresight predicts the average annual income from charitable gifts in Wills in the UK will rise by 26% over the next five years. Which would increase to an average of 134,000 – 137,000 bequests per year.

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Sue Halfyard

Partner & Chartered Legal Executive

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Increase in home made wills during lockdown

Posted on 01st November 2022 in Probate & Wills

Reports indicate that the High Court have seen an increase in cases involving disputes between family members and estates of deceased individuals.

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Sue Halfyard

Partner & Chartered Legal Executive

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Sample court order for appointing a deputy

Posted on 31st October 2022 in Later Life Planning, Safeguarding Vulnerable Clients

The Office of the Public Guardian has released a sample Court Order appointing a deputy for property and financial affairs. This contains all of the powers deputies would usually be granted to deal with a person’s finances, as well as any restrictions on their powers.

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Emma McAdam

Solicitor

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Inheritance Act claims for children of the family

Posted on 27th October 2022 in Dispute Resolution

The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 provides a right to any individual treated as a ‘child of the family’ to bring a claim under the deceased’s estate.

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Abigail Francis

Paralegal

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Reading the signals report on maternity and neonatal services in East Kent

Posted on 27th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

We are saddened to read another report following an inquiry into maternal care which concluded that 45 babies might have survived if they had received better care at East Kent NHS Hospitals Trust.

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Helena Campbell

Associate & Chartered Legal Executive

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HSBC penalised over greenwashing

Posted on 27th October 2022 in Intellectual Property, Company & Commercial

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has banned two of HSBC’s adverts on the grounds of misleading advertising and environmental claims.

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James Orpin

Partner and Solicitor

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New guidance for deputies selling property

Posted on 21st October 2022 in Later Life Planning, Safeguarding Vulnerable Clients

Lay-deputies may not be aware of the potential difficulties of selling a person’s property. Although this is a common task for deputies to become involved in. The Court of Protection and professional legal bodies have produced new guidance confirming the steps and issues for deputies to consider when selling property.

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