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Court Confirms Members Must Act in Charity's Best Interests

Friday, 21 July 2017

The question surrounding whether a member of a charitable company owes fiduciary duties to the company has long been a grey area of charity law.

Court Confirms Members Must Act in Charity's Best Interests

Articles & Blogs Charities

New PSC Reporting Obligations Now in Force

Friday, 21 July 2017

Charities which are required to maintain a register of People with Significant Control (PSCs) now need to comply with new time limits for updating their register and reporting to Companies House each time a change occurs.

New PSC Reporting Obligations Now in Force

Articles & Blogs Employment

Ill Health Retirement and Discrimination - What You Need to Consider

Friday, 21 July 2017

As an employer, you probably often agree to reduce working hours by way of reasonable adjustment in order to accommodate an employee's disability. Is it discriminatory to calculate an employee's pension on the basis of these reduced hours?

Ill Health Retirement and Discrimination - What You Need to Consider

Articles & Blogs Employment

ACAS Early Conciliation - the Importance of Getting the Parties Right

Friday, 21 July 2017

A recent case has highlighted the potential risk of failing to give the correct name of your employer to the ACAS Early Conciliation Service.

ACAS Early Conciliation - the Importance of Getting the Parties Right

Articles & Blogs Employment

Whistleblower Protection - What's the 'Public Interest'?

Friday, 21 July 2017

Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal considered the question of 'public interest' in whistleblowing legislation for the first time. The case confirmed that public interest should be given a wide interpretation.

Whistleblower Protection - What's the 'Public Interest'?

Pharma and Healthcare Bodies Join Forces to Put Forward Co-Operative Voice on Brexit Issues

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Organisations from across the pharma and healthcare spectrum have joined forces to create the Brexit Health Alliance (BHA).

Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

Could Aspirin Be Making People's Conditions Worse Rather than Better?

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Millions of elderly people take aspirins every day to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.

Could Aspirin Be Making People's Conditions Worse Rather than Better?

Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

Report Warns of Mistrust Towards Pharmaceuticals Both by Clinicians and Patients

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

A majority of GPs considers clinical trials to be biased in order to produce a positive outcome, claims a report released by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Report Warns of Mistrust Towards Pharmaceuticals Both by Clinicians and Patients

Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

Modified Antibiotic Signifies Hope Against Deadly Superbugs - Why it Pays to Keep Innovating

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

A study by The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in California has found that a modified form of the antibiotic 'vancomycin' is a thousand times stronger than the previous version of the drug.

Modified Antibiotic Signifies Hope Against Deadly Superbugs - Why it Pays to Keep Innovating

Articles & Blogs Private Client

Paying for Your Care Home Fees - Have You Considered all Your Options?

Monday, 17 July 2017

With average nursing home fees now costing around £1,000 a week and care homes reaching £700*, the question of paying for care in old age has become an increasingly hot topic.

Paying for Your Care Home Fees - Have You Considered all Your Options?

'Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development' - How Far Does the 'Golden Thread' Run?

Monday, 17 July 2017

Does the 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' run throughout the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), to the extent that it can never fully be discounted in planning decision-taking?

Articles & Blogs Employment

The Taylor Review - Defining the Modern-Day Worker

Friday, 14 July 2017

The long-awaited Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices has now been published receiving an extremely mixed reaction in both the media and across public and private sectors.

Articles & Blogs Employment

Are You Clear on the Obligation to Collectively Consult?

Friday, 14 July 2017

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EPA) was asked to consider the territorial scope of an employer's obligation to collectively consult employees at risk of redundancy in the recent case of Seahorse Maritime Limited v Nautilus International.

Are You Clear on the Obligation to Collectively Consult?

Articles & Blogs Higher Education

Higher Education - Building Resilience

Friday, 04 August 2017

Why this is crucial to the successful delivery of institutional responses to the challenges facing the Higher Education sector

Articles & Blogs Employment

Case Gives Clarity in Discrimination Awards at Employment Tribunal

Friday, 14 July 2017

The Court of Appeal was asked to consider the parity of compensation between Employment Tribunal (ET) and civil court claims in the recent case of De Souza v Vinci Construction (UK) Ltd.

Case Gives Clarity in Discrimination Awards at Employment Tribunal

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