1 September 2021 Blog Dismissal can be fair despite absence of appeal In a case with highly unusual facts, the EAT has upheld a tribunal’s ruling that the dismissal of an employee director had been fair, despite the failure to provide him with an opportunity to appeal... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 August 2021 Blog Building Safety Bill: Limitation extensions for the Defective Premises Act A number of charities are in the position of holding residential property affected by fire safety issues, especially in relation to cladding, and may be following the progress of the Building Safety Bill through Parliament... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
30 August 2021 Blog The importance of maintaining secrecy before filing for a patent Innovators developing new technologies have plenty to think about, and maintaining secrecy is not always top of the list. However, a recent case (Claydon Yield-O-Meter v Mzuri) shows how important it is to take care over this to avoid losing patent protection altogether... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
25 August 2021 Blog Construction product sector pauses for breath with postponement of UKCA Professor Sean Smith of the University of Edinburgh has kindly written for us on the announcement earlier this week by the government of the postponement of the introduction of the new product testing regime... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
25 August 2021 Blog System oversight in the new Integrated Care Systems Ahead of the Health and Care Bill entering Committee stage on Tuesday 7 September we discuss the future role of the Care Quality Commission in regulating ICSs – an issue that has yet to be clarified... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
25 August 2021 Blog New guidance on vaccination rules for NHS staff fulfilling an NHS-funded service in a care home With less than 11 weeks left before new government regulations come into force on 11 November 2021 requiring care home staff and visiting professionals entering a CQC registered care home to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they have a specified exemption... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
24 August 2021 Blog Building Safety Bill - Limitation extensions for the Defective Premises Act As part of the response to the Grenfell fire tragedy, the Government has announced that the limitation period for bringing a claim under the Defective Premises Act (DPA) will be extended from 6 to 15 years... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
24 August 2021 Blog Auxiliary aids and reasonable adjustments: a reminder According to a recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the third requirement (relating to auxiliary aids) compromised in the duty to make reasonable adjustments can often be overlooked... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
24 August 2021 Blog EU clinical trials portal to go live in early 2022 It has been a while, but the EU Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) is set to go live on 31 January 2022. This means that the system set up in 2014 under the Clinical Trials Regulation will finally come into effect. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
23 August 2021 Blog Furloughing options a relevant factor when assessing reasonableness of dismissal Two recent employment tribunal decisions have shed light on the way employers are expected to approach redundancy dismissals during the currency of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
23 August 2021 Blog Charity Commission confirms pause in production of new guidance on “responsible investment” until next year at the earliest Last week's publication by the Charity Commission of a summary of the responses received from charities, umbrella bodies and professionals to its recent draft guidance on “responsible investment" confirmed that charities are going to have to wait until next year at least for its finalised guidance... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
23 August 2021 Blog Supporting the transition to statutory ICSs NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) has published a flotilla of guidance documents designed to support Integrated Care System leadership teams establish integrated care boards by 1 April 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read