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11

May

2022

COVID-19 Care Home Deaths – High Court Identifies ‘Irrational’ Policy Failures

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Written by Mike Sutton

Claims that government policy failures contributed to the shocking tally of about 20,000 care home deaths in England during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave have been leant substantial weight by a unique High Court ruling. The daughters of two...

13

Sep

2021

Care Home Chef Accused of Breaching COVID-19 Bubble Unfairly Dismissed

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Written by Sydney Mitchell

Care home owners were possibly the hardest hit of all by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed, however, the crisis did not relieve them of their obligation to treat staff fairly (Meadows v Cherry Tree...

25

Aug

2021

COVID-19 – Procurement Dispute Focuses on Award of Face Masks Contract

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Written by Dean Parnell

The means by which the government procured urgent supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have been the subject of fevered debate. However, as one case underlined, it is a feature of a free society...

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