27 Apr, 2023 Cybersecurity trends: breaches survey 2023 By Emma Watt Steven Brunning The Government has published the findings from its Cyber Security Breaches Survey: a survey of UK businesses, charities and education...
27 Apr, 2023 Be careful of the company you keep: A new offence for charities of failing to prevent fraud By Edwina Turner The Government has announced more details about its proposed offence of failing to prevent fraud, which could apply to certain charities....
25 Apr, 2023 Too keen or too mean - 'Tough management' or bullying? By Michael Brownlee Sacha Hibbitt After much speculation, Dominic Raab, deputy prime minister and justice secretary resigned last week. His resignation was in response to...
20 Apr, 2023 Child Trust Funds and the Court of Protection - What's the right outcome? By Donna Holmes Over the past year or so the issue of parents of children who have recently turned 18 trying to access the Child Trust Fund created for...
18 Apr, 2023 Will changes to the 1973 Matrimonial Causes Act follow the changes in divorce? By Gemma Preston On 6 April 2022, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 reformed the divorce process to remove the concept of fault as it was...
13 Apr, 2023 The pitfalls of private medicine By Christopher Frankling Although private medical treatment is often perceived as being better than NHS management, a decision by the Medical Practitioners...
12 Apr, 2023 Procuring steel sustainably - a call to action! By Steven Brunning The Cabinet Office’s latest Procurement Policy Note (PPN)* announces an update to the Government’s guidance on procuring steel in...
11 Apr, 2023 Failure to report sexual abuse to be made Illegal? By Molly Quinney Last year, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), made a number of recommendations to the Government, urging...
06 Apr, 2023 Building and fire safety reform – 6 April, more than just the start of the bank holiday weekend? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey Our blog last month advised that the window for registering higher-risk buildings (“HRBs”) was due to open in April 2023, with the...
06 Apr, 2023 Lack of legislation is costing lives: another participant dies in white-collar boxing match By Ann Houghton Over recent years white collar boxing events have been a means of raising money for charity, which is laudable, but is it as safe as it...
05 Apr, 2023 What a difference a day makes… to JCT payment mechanisms By Amy Callahan-Page A Judgment has recently been handed down in the case of Elements (Europe) Limited v FK Building Ltd [2023] EWHC 726 (TCC). Although the...
05 Apr, 2023 Use of emollient creams in care settings – have you considered the fire risks? By Molly Quinney When fabric with dried-on emollient cream makes contact with a naked flame, testing has shown that the fabric burns much more quickly and...