22 January 2019 Blog Has the ASA lost its’ sense of humour with implied health claims? In its’ recent ruling on Red Bull the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint that an advert promoting the ‘4pm Finish’; for workers to leave one hour early on Friday 14 September 2018, implied a relationship between the drink and health... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
22 January 2019 Blog The NHS Long Term Plan: A primary care snapshot The Plan envisions a shift away from hospital based care towards community settings – multidisciplinary primary care networks. Supporting the integration of primary and community care will be an additional £4.5bn funding by 2023/24... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
21 January 2019 Blog A vision for the future of the NHS in England After two weeks the dust is just about settling on the long awaited NHS Long Term Plan. There’s no doubt that it’s aspirational and ambitious but the Plan, which looks beyond the political cycle and towards what is best for the health of our nation... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
18 January 2019 Blog Making tax digital deferral: update for “not-for-profit organisations not set up as a company” Back in October last year, HMRC announced that non-profits that are "not set up as a company" would not have to use the Making Tax Digital (MTD) service for VAT until October 2019, and that there would be a pilot for those organisations that had been deferred, launching in Spring 2019... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
18 January 2019 Blog Trade mark reforms now in place It has taken three years, but changes to the UK's trade marks system to implement the 2015 Trade Mark Directive have now taken effect... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
17 January 2019 Blog What will happen to your registered .eu domain name post-Brexit? The Brexit deal agreed in principle in November 2018 has been voted down by a substantial margin in the UK Parliament and so, at the time of writing, a “no deal” Brexit is a very real possibility... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
16 January 2019 Blog Welcome changes to the ABC of Entrepreneurs' Relief The changes to Entrepreneurs' Relief announced in the UK Chancellor's Autumn Budget (discussed here) rang alarm bells for some... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
16 January 2019 Blog Welcome changes to the ABC of Entrepreneurs’ Relief The changes to Entrepreneurs’ Relief announced in the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Budget (discussed here) rang alarm bells for some. So-called “alphabet shares” are often used to provide flexibility on the payment of dividends. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
14 January 2019 Blog Modernising the Mental Health Act. An Act fit for the future. Following a year’s worth of substantial work, Jill Mason pulls out some of the important findings from Professor Sir Simon Wessely’s independent review of the Mental Health Act... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
14 January 2019 Blog A patient safe future. A new strategy in the making. The launch of NHS Improvement’s consultation on developing a national patient safety strategy will mean safety is integral to the long-term plan for the NHS... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
14 January 2019 Blog The continuing role of the High Court’s Inherent Jurisdiction in Deprivation of Liberty cases On 14 December 2018 the High Court gave judgment in Re: AB (Inherent Jurisdiction: Deprivation of Liberty) and ruled that its inherent jurisdiction can be used to fill the gaps in cases where a capacitous, vulnerable, restricted mental health patient needs to be deprived of his liberty following discharge from hospital... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
11 January 2019 Blog You can if I can: The principal of Equivalent Project Relief On projects using a special purpose vehicle (“SPV”), the SPV is keen to ensure that it does not face claims or obligations that it cannot, in turn, seek from the contracting authority (“Authority”)... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read