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Research Shows Few Job Adverts Require COVID-19 Vaccination

Friday, 03 December 2021

With the pandemic continuing to develop as we head into winter, workers in regulated care homes must now be vaccinated against COVID-19. From 1 April 2022, vaccination will also become mandatory within the health and social care sector.

Research Shows Few Job Adverts Require COVID-19 Vaccination

Articles & Blogs Employment

Failure to Carry Out Risk Assessment Resulted in Breach of Duty of Care Owed to Employee

Friday, 03 December 2021

A recent Court of Appeal decision has highlighted the importance of employers following their own policies and procedures in order to protect their position in the event of litigation.

Failure to Carry Out Risk Assessment Resulted in Breach of Duty of Care Owed to Employee

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Trust Partnership - the Alternative to Academy Conversion?

Friday, 03 December 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) has recently published guidance for maintained schools and academy trusts seeking to form partnerships.

Trust Partnership - the Alternative to Academy Conversion?

Articles & Blogs Charities

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - Child Protection in Religious Organisations and Settings Investigation Report

Monday, 29 November 2021

In September the IICSA published a report following the conclusion of its investigation into child protection in religious organisations and settings. We summarise the report's main findings, recommendations and what this means for faith-based charities.

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - Child Protection in Religious Organisations and Settings Investigation Report

Articles & Blogs Real Estate

Planning Policy Revisions Champion Beauty, Design and Sustainability

Monday, 29 November 2021

Recent revision of the National Planning Policy Framework highlights the importance of design and promotes beauty in development.

Planning Policy Revisions Champion Beauty, Design and Sustainability

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Employers Continue to Struggle to Meet Recruitment Needs - Can the Immigration System Help?

Friday, 26 November 2021

The Government's furlough scheme ended on 30 September 2021, despite this, according to the Office for National Statistics October saw a rise in job vacancies.

Employers Continue to Struggle to Meet Recruitment Needs - Can the Immigration System Help?

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European Court of Justice Holds Firefighter Standby Time Is Not Working Time

Friday, 26 November 2021

A recent ECJ case has determined that 'standby time', during which a firefighter could do other work but could be recalled to his fire duties within ten minutes, did not constitute working time.

European Court of Justice Holds Firefighter Standby Time Is Not Working Time

Articles & Blogs Employment

COVID-19 Pandemic Continues to Impact on Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Friday, 26 November 2021

Since the Gender Pay Gap Regulations 2017 came into force, the world has undergone a period of change and disruption that few would have predicted.

COVID-19 Pandemic Continues to Impact on Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Articles & Blogs Employment

Paranoid Delusions Did Not Amount to a Disability for the Purposes of the Equality Act

Friday, 26 November 2021

The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that an employee who experienced two episodes of paranoid delusions was not disabled, as the episodes did not have a long-term substantial adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day to day activities.

Paranoid Delusions Did Not Amount to a Disability for the Purposes of the Equality Act

Articles & Blogs Higher Education

Lecture Recordings - A Trap for the Unwary?

Thursday, 25 November 2021

In the wake of the pandemic, with much university teaching being moved online, questions have been raised about the rights of lecturers to determine whether or not their lectures will be recorded and what can be done with such recordings.

Lecture Recordings - A Trap for the Unwary?

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Telecoms Apparatus - Requests to Survey

Wednesday, 03 November 2021

Our team takes a look into how academies, schools and higher education institutions should deal with a request to survey from telecoms operators.

NHS England Moves Forward With Exciting Innovative Medicines Fund Consultation

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

NHS England has published its widely anticipated consultation on the Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF). It is open for responses until 11 February 2022, after which NHS England will publish a feedback report capturing input from the consultation.

NHS England Moves Forward With Exciting Innovative Medicines Fund Consultation

Assisted Dying and Relief from Forfeiture - How Should I Advise My Client?

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

It has been estimated that up to 6,500 terminally ill people try to take their own lives every year because it is an offence for another person to assist in their death, according to new research from the campaign group Dignity in Dying.

Assisted Dying and Relief from Forfeiture - How Should I Advise My Client?

Disputes Between Unmarried Couples - Prevention, Procedure & Pitfalls

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Cohabitation of unmarried couples increased by 137% between 1996 and 2020 but as we know, the law has not kept up. We share our top tips when advising unmarried couples - both at the outset of their relationship and on separation.

Disputes Between Unmarried Couples - Prevention, Procedure & Pitfalls

Articles & Blogs VWV Approach

Deathbed Gifts - A Way Without a Will?

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus for many of our clients, the risk of suddenly falling ill and tragically dying without their chosen beneficiaries inheriting, because they have not prepared a Will.

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