23 November 2011 | Iain Donaldson
On 4 July 2011, the Dilnot Commission on Funding of Care and Support published its report on the adult social care system.
In its coalition agreement, published in July 2010, the Government stated that...
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16 September 2010 | Iain Donaldson
A recent case saw the law surrounding statutory wills examined.A statutory will is a will made on behalf of someone who lacks the necessary capacity to do so themselves by application to the Court of Protection.In...
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21 July 2010 | Iain Donaldson
Sorry for the cliched title, but I wanted to talk about things that are inevitable facts of life. Death, taxes, old age, buttered side down toast dropping seem to top the list of the most worrisome.
Something...
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4 March 2010 | Michael Delaney
This morning as part of the local business community I had an opportunity to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer two questions in relation to the Governments policy on pensions and care for the elderly,...
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3 March 2010 | Michael Delaney
Matthew Arnold & Baldwin's employment team launched its HR Forum for local employers at lunch time today. We were delighted to hear from Sal Brinton a Director of the Association of Universities in...
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1 February 2010 | Mark Tudor
From April 2009, by a wholesale amendment of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the “Bournewood Amendments”) Care Homes are forbidden to deprive residents of their liberty unless a strict and rigorous procedure...
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1 February 2010 | Mark Tudor
The Authorisations
It may be a comfort to know that the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether DoL is necessary, rests with the appropriate local authority (known as the “Supervisory Body”)...
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14 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick
Whatever next? NHS patients' paper records have turned up as packaging to wrap gifts up in at a jewellery shop! The records had originally come from Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, although the...
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