4 May 2022 Blog Investment powers of charity trustees The High Court has confirmed that charity trustees have a discretion to exclude investments which they reasonably believe are in conflict with their charity’s purposes... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
29 April 2022 Blog New "cheating" offences for post-16 education The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
28 April 2022 Blog Litigation continues on the scope of trade union detriment legislation In March 2022, the Court of Appeal reversed an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling which extended the scope of legal provisions protecting workers from being subject to a detriment for taking part the activities of an independent trade union. Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
27 April 2022 Blog Preparing for Project Expiry in the Higher Education sector The Infrastructure and Projects Authority has recently issued guidance to contracting authorities on how to prepare for and manage expiry of Private Finance Initiative projects... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
26 April 2022 Blog The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill - an update On Monday 25 April 2022 a motion was passed in the House of Commons to “carry over” the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill to the next session of Parliament... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
31 March 2022 Blog Nationality and Borders Bill The Nationality and Borders Bill is the Government’s proposed legislation to overhaul the UK’s asylum system... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
24 February 2022 Blog Government to introduce a 'Protect Duty' The Government has confirmed that it intends to develop legislation "at the earliest opportunity" to introduce a 'protect duty' which is likely to create a legal requirement for those owning, operating or responsible for certain publicly accessible places to take steps to protect the public from terrorist attack at those locations... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
16 February 2022 Blog Judicial review claim struck out by High Court The High Court has taken the unusual step of granting an application for strike out in judicial review proceedings, which has highlighted the fact that judicial review does not exist to decide claims that have become academic... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
15 February 2022 Blog Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill The Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (“the Bill”) provides for the creation of a high risk scientific research funding body. This new agency is modelled on the American research and development agency... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
10 February 2022 Blog The “Brexit Freedoms Bill” and a renewed regulatory framework The Government has recently signalled that its future legislative programme will include a “Brexit Freedoms Bill”... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 February 2022 Blog Student Sponsorship and International Education in the UK The student sponsorship system (and its predecessor the Tier 4 regime) has for several years formed part of the framework of measures and legislation which the Home Office and UK Visas and Immigration use to implement and oversee UK immigration controls... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
3 February 2022 Blog Levelling Up White Paper published The Government’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper was published yesterday (2 February 2022), building on the Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto “..to use our post-Brexit freedoms to build prosperity and strengthen and level up every part of the country... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read