11 October 2022 Blog A British data protection system to replace UK GDPR The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has recently announced the Truss Government’s intention to replace UK GDPR with a new British data protection system... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
10 October 2022 Blog Higher Education in India I was delighted to be joined by Sajai Singh, a senior Partner at Mills & Reeve’s best friend firm in India, J Sagar Associates (“JSA”), for the first webinar in our international series looking at key developments and opportunities in the higher education sector... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
22 September 2022 Blog Webinar series – supporting your global education strategy We understand how important a successful global strategy is for our HE clients. The landscape has changed a lot over the past few years, and we are always looking at ways to help share our insights with our clients... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 September 2022 Blog Belief, disagreement, discrimination and freedom of expression A number of recent tribunal rulings have considered whether various “gender critical” beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Each case turns on its own facts and specific context, with the tribunals emphasising that it is not their role to express views on the merits or correctness of particular beliefs... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
30 August 2022 Blog Proposed changes to UK data protection and digital information laws One of the final acts of the Boris Johnson Government before the Parliamentary summer recess was to publish the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. It remains to be seen whether further changes will be proposed by the next prime minister, but the Bill builds on a number of earlier consultations... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
9 August 2022 Blog Themes from the OfS Prevent monitoring data for 2020-2021 The Office for Students has recently published its annual Prevent monitoring data. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
29 July 2022 Blog The evolving role of the university campus With rising student expectations and the increasing number of educational providers, the Higher Education sector has faced a number of challenges over the last few years to enhance the student experience and consumer offerings... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
28 July 2022 Blog Leave entitlement of part-year workers should not be reduced for unworked weeks The Supreme Court has confirmed that the Working Time Regulations do not entitle an employer to reduce the leave entitlement of part-year employees so that it is proportional to other workers... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
27 July 2022 Blog Potential strengthening of modern slavery reporting requirements The Queen’s Speech in May 2022 announced the Government’s intention to introduce a Modern Slavery Bill to strengthen the existing Modern Slavery Act 2015. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
20 June 2022 Blog University liable following student’s tragic death On 20 May 2022, Bristol County Court gave the anticipated judgment in Abrahart (Administrator of the estate of Natasha Abrahart, deceased) v University of Bristol... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
13 June 2022 Blog Dismissal fair, despite failure to make reasonable adjustments in appeal process A recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal provides explains why failure to make reasonable adjustments during the dismissal process does not necessarily make the associated dismissal unfair Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
7 June 2022 Blog Data protection and litigation Data controllers often have to consider the interaction between the exercise of a data subject’s right to a copy of their data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the conduct of litigation involving the data subject... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read