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The UK's proposed Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill signals where customer expectations, procurement standards and where cyber assurance is heading. 

From a medical negligence perspective, as Martha's Rule is implemented into all NHS Trusts and NHS foundation trusts, we hope to see that if there are concerns with a patient's treatment, their concerns are heard, escalated and acted upon promptly.

A recent Employment Tribunal decision has highlighted an important consideration for business owners: workplace policies must be applied with flexibility where an employee requires a reasonable adjustment because of a disability.

Some medical negligence claims arise from a failure to listen and escalate treatment when a patient is deteriorating. Families are often made to feel they are being difficult or overreacting, when in fact they are recognising something real.

As a charity lawyer, I speak to business owners regularly about how they should demonstrate purpose alongside profit, a growing governance crisis in the charity sector that presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

Although it is technically possible to contest a will even if the deceased did not know you existed, success is far from guaranteed. Challenges must be based on at least one of the recognised legal grounds.

Unmarried partners are free to make a will setting out what they would like to happen to their estate on their death. If they want their partner to benefit, this will need to be recorded in a will.

Letters of wishes are more common where a testator leaves part of their estate in a discretionary trust, as they often explain how they would like decisions to be made after death, including who should be treated as the main objects of the trust.

For any property owner or asset manager, the decision underscores the importance of investigating and maintaining complete, up-to-date records regarding any fire safety concerns.

As of the date of this article, it is also very common to find upwards only rent reviews in commercial leases, but the government is intending to ban upwards only rent reviews in the very near future

Now a thing of the past, if a residential landlord needs to obtain possession of their property, they can no longer serve their tenant with 2 months' notice; instead, they must serve a section 8 notice.

In this article, we explore the time limits that apply to claimant’s issuing claims within the law of contentious trusts and probate.