9 December 2016 Blog Are Royal Charter charities, CIOs and community benefit societies going to need PSC registers, or not? Since 6 April 2016, charities and community interest companies incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 have had to create and maintain in their statutory books a register of people with significant control, otherwise known as a PSC register... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
9 December 2016 Blog Making sure your windows ‘is’ locked and safe… If you are still using Windows XP on your IT systems (in whole or on just some PCs) you could easily be inviting cyber criminals to come in and rifle through your sensitive patient information. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
9 December 2016 Blog No entitlement to charge for after-care under section 117 Mental Health Act 1983, in any circumstances On 10 November 2016 the High Court confirmed that eligibility for section 117 after-care cannot be affected by any form of means testing. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 December 2016 Blog How much responsibility can charity trustees delegate? Charity trustees have overall legal responsibility for the management and administration of their charity... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 December 2016 Blog Reflections on JCT 2016 As Christmas creeps up on us I hope you will find a few thoughts on the new JCT 2016 contracts helpful... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
2 December 2016 Blog JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 The new JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 is available for pre-order now (to be despatched on 7 December 2016)! ... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
2 December 2016 Blog Drones - the key legal issues Drone usage has evolved from primarily military purposes to a variety of commercial and non-commercial uses today. Some estimates put global spending on drones at almost $91 billion over the next decade, making drones one of the most dynamic components of the aerospace sector... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 November 2016 Blog Mind the gap – Landlord notices and the pitfalls of the registration gap There is inevitably a period of time between the date a land transfer is completed and the completion of registration at the Land Registry, otherwise known as the ‘registration gap’... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
29 November 2016 Blog Landmark decision confirms the protected status of the name “Basmati” Protection of Intellectual Property for food businesses and brands alike is crucial, even more so in any post-Brexit world of global borders... Share this article Bookmark this page 7 min read
24 November 2016 Blog Black cabs in the bus lane – does this involve State aid? In Eventech (C-518/13) the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) was asked the rather intriguing question: does the practice of permitting London black cabs to use bus lanes whilst prohibiting private hire vehicles (PHVs) from doing so appear to involve the granting of State aid?... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
7 November 2016 Blog Final account valuation can be the subject of a second adjudication Section 111 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended) (“HGCRA”) provides that where a payer fails to issue a payment notice the sum applied for by the payee becomes the ‘notified sum’... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 November 2016 Blog Vicarious liability in the world of sport Earlier this year we explored the impact of two recent Supreme Court decisions on vicarious liability in this blog posting, where we focussed on the wider variety of workplace relationships now likely to be within its scope... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read