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Get to grips with legal jargon.

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A tale of workloads, contracts and discrimination

It’s well known that workload can cause stress, but to what extent are employers liable when an employee suffers?

21 Jan 2021

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Lessons from enforcement action in online sales

Press stories alleging pharmacists are inappropriately selling medicines online don't seem to want to go away

14 Jan 2021

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Boots settles for 6 figures with asbestos cancer sufferer

Boots UK has reached a six-figure settlement with a former supervisor who has terminal cancer after being exposed to asbestos in the 1970s.

06 Nov 2020

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Key thoughts on buying a pharmacy

When buying a pharmacy, the choice of a share or asset transaction will dictate the rest of the process. 

21 Oct 2020

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Mistaking holiday entitlements can prove costly

Getting holiday pay right can be a headache, especially if you are confused about what to include or how to calculate what's due

21 Oct 2020

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Employee with a conviction?

Non-disclosure of a criminal conviction is not grounds for dismissal.

19 Oct 2020

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Buyers (and sellers) beware

The Landlord and Tenant Act has traps for those looking to buy or sell a pharmacy property

19 Oct 2020

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Boots facing lawsuits over unpaid lockdown rent

Boots UK is facing multiple lawsuits from landlords over allegedly refusing to pay rents at some of its stores during the Covid-19 lockdown.

22 Sep 2020

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GPhC gains extension of suspension order in FtP case

Case follows another in July where extension to suspension order was not granted.

20 Aug 2020

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Planning permission for new pharmacies explained

Legal director Claire Timmings and associate Dan Murphy simplify the process

23 Jul 2020

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A risky business

The #Metoo campaign  has seen a real shift in what is deemed acceptable in the workplace, as well as in society at large.

15 Jun 2020

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Keeping on top of statutory compliance

Solicitor Aidan Welton looks at the legislation that must be complied with in relation to the use and occupation of a pharmacy property.

15 Jun 2020

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The Good Work Plan: the 'must knows'

Lawyer Andrew Rayment unpicks the "biggest package of workplace reforms for over 20 years"

09 Jun 2020

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The Good Work Plan: the 'must knows'

Lawyer Andrew Rayment unpicks the "biggest package of workplace reforms for over 20 years"

09 Jun 2020

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Legal action against Hancock over retired pharmacist's Covid-19 death

A dentist has brought proceedings against the health secretary and Public Health England after his father, a retired London community pharmacist, died of Covid-19.

04 Jun 2020

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Review: medicines reuse guidance

Solicitor Susan Hunneyball says community pharmacists will have things to do if care homes or hospices decide to reuse medicines during the pandemic

04 May 2020

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