12 Nov, 2024 New criminal offence -'failure to prevent fraud' By Emma Watt The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) created the new corporate criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’...
19 Aug, 2024 ICO issues £6m fine for software provider following 2022 ransomware attack By Emma Watt The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has provisionally imposed a £6m fine on Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd, an NHS software...
17 Jul, 2024 Corporate sustainability and supply chain due diligence By Emma Watt The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ((EU) 2024/1760) (the Directive) comes into force on 25 July 2024 and introduces new...
03 Jul, 2024 Reasonable endeavours and reasonable alternatives By Emma Watt ‘Reasonable endeavours’ is a phrase so commonly associated with lawyers and legal advice, that it is only slightly less frustrating to...
05 Oct, 2023 Measures to tackle late payment of invoices don't go far enough By Emma Watt The Government has recently announced 'tougher' measures to tackle the issue of late payments to small businesses. The new measures...
27 Jul, 2023 Wildfires in Corfu: A climate call to action for your organisation By Natalie Barbosa We’ve all seen the latest news regarding the wildfires in Corfu, serving as a reality check for much of the world’s press and public. In...
28 Feb, 2023 Game, sett and match - FOIA and EIRs By Emma Watt On 4 August, a complainant had written to Natural England and requested the following: 'Please disclose whether access has been permitted...
27 Feb, 2023 They Ar-gon! Science Museum pledges to remove gag clauses from donation agreements By Natalie Barbosa The Science Museum has recently been the subject of online criticism from the Guardian newspaper following reports that a donation...
11 Mar, 2022 Charity fundraising – legal and tax implications By Rumandeep Dhariwal I attended a charity fundraising webinar hosted by Natalie Barbosa and Sayer Vincent’s Helen Elliott. This webinar provided great insight...
05 Mar, 2021 Using the law to protect our environment By Natalie Barbosa Anthony Collins Solicitors (ACS) has been supporting The Chancery Lane Project in their efforts to use the law and the efforts of lawyers...
26 Jan, 2021 Using algorithms to enhance, not harm competition and consumers By Emma Watt To mark the launch of a new programme of work on analysing algorithms, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a report...
10 Dec, 2020 Fundraising regulator quarterly investigation outcomes By Natalie Barbosa The Fundraising Regulator has published the outcome of its investigations into six charities, including Cancer Research and Mermaids. I...