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Legal Alienation

Thursday, 24 May 2018

In property terms, alienation is the capacity for an interest in land to be transferred to another party. This is often encountered in the context of the assignment of commercial leases.

Articles & Blogs Charities

Charity News Speed Read - May 2018

Thursday, 24 May 2018

We summarise the latest news affecting charities.

Articles & Blogs Charities

Dealing with Safeguarding Issues - Keep up to Date with Developments

Thursday, 24 May 2018

In the last edition we reported on the publication of the Charity Commission's new strategy for dealing with safeguarding issues in charities, the subsequent regulatory alert and what this means for charities' safeguarding arrangements.

Dealing with Safeguarding Issues - Keep up to Date with Developments

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HMRC Updates Guidance on VAT Treatment of Grants - What Does This Mean for Charities?

Thursday, 24 May 2018

HMRC has updated its guidance on how it will consider the treatment of VAT when organisations give or receive grant funding.

HMRC Updates Guidance on VAT Treatment of Grants - What Does This Mean for Charities?

Can Your Charity Still Validly Recognise Gift Aid on Donations from Its Trading Subsidiary?

Thursday, 24 May 2018

Recent clarifications published by the Financial Reporting Council mean that any trading subsidiary of a charity is required to either pay its profits to the charity before accounting year end...

Can Your Charity Still Validly Recognise Gift Aid on Donations From its Trading Subsidiary?

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New Trustee and Senior Manager Disqualification Rules - What Charities Need to Do

Thursday, 24 May 2018

Charities may be aware of changes to the automatic trustee disqualification rules, which will take effect from 1 August 2018.

New Trustee and Senior Manager Disqualification Rules - What Charities Need to Do

Recruiter Fined for Stealing Client Data

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

A recruitment consultant has been found guilty of the crime of unlawfully obtaining personal data. When he left to set up his own business, he took records of clients with him.

Recruiter Fined for Stealing Ex-Employer's Data

Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

Courts Show Increased Willingness to Give 'Common Sense' Interpretation to Liability Clauses - But Which One?

Monday, 21 May 2018

When there is a dispute over a commercial contract, inevitably the discussion centres around how much one party can claim against the alleged wrongdoer...

Courts Show Increased Willingness to Give 'Common Sense' Interpretation to Liability Clauses - But Which One?

Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

London Scientists Lead the Way with Restoring Vision to the Blind

Monday, 21 May 2018

Scientists at University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital have pioneered a new treatment using regenerative medicine to restore sight to blind people.

London Scientists Lead the Way with Restoring Vision to the Blind

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Innovative Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre Opens in Stevenage

Monday, 21 May 2018

The Business Secretary Greg Clark and Science Minister Sam Gyimah were there to officially cut the ribbon and open the centre to 'bridge the gap' between scientific research and commercialisation of the medicines of the future.

Innovative Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre Opens in Stevenage

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EMA Excludes MHRA from Regulating EU Drugs from March 2019 - What Will MHRA Do Next?

Monday, 21 May 2018

The European Medicines Agency has announced that it is reallocating all the regulation of EU medicines currently done by the UK's regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), from Brexit on 30 March 2019.

EMA Excludes MHRA from Regulating EU Drugs - What Will MHRA Do Next?

Articles & Blogs Higher Education

Office of the Independent Adjudicator for HE's Annual Report 2017

Thursday, 17 May 2018

The OIA's annual report 2017 was published towards the end of April 2018. As always, it contains interesting information about trends in student complaints. We highlight a few of these that we think will be of particular interest...

Office of the Independent Adjudicator Publishes HE Annual Report 2017

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University Strikes Lead to Student Threats of Legal Action

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Industrial action by lecturers triggered by proposed reform has led to student calls for refunds due to lost teaching time.

University Strikes Lead to Student Threats of Legal Action

Articles & Blogs Higher Education

The Changing Nature of Academic Contracts - Can Academics Be All Things to All People?

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Is the traditional "three-legged" academic contract suitable for all?

The Changing Nature of Academic Contracts - Can Academics Be All Things to All People?

STOP PRESS - DfE Publishes Response to KCSIE Consultation and Revised Draft Guidance

Friday, 18 May 2018

The DfE published its response to the KCSIE consultation and revised draft guidance yesterday to enable schools to plan for its commencement on 3 September 2018.

DfE Publishes Response to KCSIE Consultation and Revised Draft Guidance

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