12/2/2024 3:55:10 PM New personal injury discount rate By Ann Houghton For our clients whose lives have been turned upside down by negligence, financial security is hugely important. One question we are...
11/20/2024 9:19:18 AM Sorry seems to be the hardest word By Ann Houghton It's not often I want to quote song lyrics but Elton John nicely sums up how frustrating the clinical negligence claim process can be...
10/18/2024 4:35:10 PM Inheritance tax rises? By Donna Holmes Rumours about the forthcoming Budget abound - what will the Chancellor do? The truth is, no one knows until 30 October. However, the...
8/20/2024 7:49:05 AM Inheritance and capital gains tax changes likely - Should compensation awards be treated differently? By Donna Holmes As we are all probably well aware, the country has a financial black hole - some £22 billion - which, sadly, is unlikely to be found down...
7/8/2024 9:45:32 AM The (sort of) Olympic Games for the Child Brain Injury Trust By Ann Houghton Ok, so this games day was about as far away from the Olympics as you can get (I took part in the egg and spoon race!) but it was a...
6/13/2024 8:40:53 AM Why amateur boxers need to trust their safety really is at the heart of everything By Ann Houghton I am very keen to acknowledge from the outset, that boxing – the same as all sports and physical activity – is great for participants in...
5/14/2024 9:55:06 AM Birth Trauma Inquiry By Victoria Fullilove The All Party Parliamentary Group on birth trauma published the findings of its inquiry yesterday. It makes for extremely difficult...
7/12/2023 3:46:57 PM Call to review guidelines to improve care of newborn babies By Ann Houghton One of the key newborn baby checks, devised in the 1950s, focuses on the baby's skin colour to assess the baby's condition immediately...
6/21/2023 7:47:08 AM "An obligation that comes from love" - Best interests are never easy, least of all in cases of medical treatment decisions By Donna Holmes BBC One drama Best Interests has shone a powerful light on the role of the Court of Protection in medical treatment decisions where those...
6/15/2023 9:20:50 AM Child Trust Funds and benefits impact - navigating the conundrum By Donna Holmes Child Trust Funds are in the news again for the impact they can have on a child's entitlement to means tested benefits where the funds...
4/20/2023 7:56:31 AM Child Trust Funds and the Court of Protection - What's the right outcome? By Donna Holmes Over the past year or so the issue of parents of children who have recently turned 18 trying to access the Child Trust Fund created for...
4/6/2023 9:23:37 AM Lack of legislation is costing lives: another participant dies in white-collar boxing match By Ann Houghton Over recent years white collar boxing events have been a means of raising money for charity, which is laudable, but is it as safe as it...