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What would happen to your NHS contract in the event of your death?? - by Thomas Coates

10th February 2012 - Cohen Cramer

Do you hold a GDS contract in your sole name? If so are you aware that in the event of your death the contract would be non-transferrable and would automatically be put out to tender by your PCT. The result of this is that all of the goodwill value attributable to that aspect of your practice would be irretrievably lost to your beneficiaries. There is a solution however...... Read More >

Posted in: Services for Dentists
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The need for expertise - by John Grant

7th February 2012 - Cohen Cramer

Whoever drafted the CQC legislation clearly had not the foggiest idea that dentists were in the habit, periodically, of buying and selling their practices (quite what they did have in their minds is perhaps a difficult question to answer but we will leave that particular quandary for another occasion!). Read More >

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‘Britain’s Got Talent Contest’ not covered by discrimination laws by Sarah Leyland

10th January 2012 - Cohen Cramer

The Claimant brought a claim to the Employment Tribunal against Fremantle Media Limited and Simco Limited and against Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden personally in that they failed to make reasonable adjustments for her disability. Read More >

Posted in: DisputesServices for Dentists
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Is it still worth being an NHS dentist by John Grant

28th November 2011 - Cohen Cramer

I am sure this is a question many NHS dentists will have asked themselves, particularly since the introduction of the odious UDA in 2006. Read More >

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Employed or Self Employed by Sarah Leyland

16th November 2011 - Cohen Cramer

It has always been the case that over the years there has been controversy over the different types of status of persons working in a dental practice. I have noticed that increasingly practice owners seem to be comfortable with the concept that their hygienists can be self employed persons because the practice down the road has self employed hygienists. Read More >

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Self Employed by Sarah Leyland

7th October 2011 - Cohen Cramer

If you look like an employee and quack like an employee, then you are not a self-employed person... The Supreme Court in Autoclenz Limited v Belcher and others [2011] UKSC 41 confirmed that employment and self-employed contracts must reflect reality. The recent decision means that an intention to deceive is no longer required for employment or self-employed contracts to be considered a sham. Read More >

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