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The employment tribunal has dismissed claims from Professor John Pitcher against Oxford University and St John’s College arising from his compulsory retirement at the age of 67.  Mills & Reeve (Nick Abbott and David Faulkner) represented the College in these proceedings.

A report was presented to Parliament today, 30 May 2019, by an independent panel appointed by the Prime Minister, Theresa May. The panel was chaired by Dr Philip Augar. The report runs to 210 pages and contains 53 recommendations for Government. While it will be for the future Prime Minister, Government and Parliament to consider the recommendations...

In April 2019 the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 were amended to include a new regulation 113A and 113B, implementing the recent EU directive on electronic invoicing. 

We have prepared a briefing summarising some significant changes introduced under the following legislation...

Last month the Government published a significant and ambitious White Paper to set out a proposed new regulatory framework for what are described as ‘on-line harms’. A long list is included of such harms which are considered to have a clear definition...

Fresh on the heels of the publication by the Government earlier in April of its “Online Harms White Paper” proposing a new regulatory framework for the digital economy to improve safety online, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published a draft code of practice relating to online services...

The UK Industrial Strategy was set out in a White Paper in November 2017 "Building a Britain fit for the future" and can be broken down as follows...

Earlier this month on 8 March 2019, the Court of Appeal gave its judgment in the case of R (on the application of Salman Butt) -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 256.

Bodies who provide degree level education courses in collaboration or partnership with universities yesterday received some welcome VAT news...

At a Westminster Higher Education Forum in February this year, the Head of Student Migration Policy confirmed that the Home Office has no intention of placing any cap on international student numbers, and that international students are welcome in the UK. 

Time and tide wait for no-one with an interest in information law; as the legislative reform of data protection now beds down, a reminder that the Information Commissioner's Office’s consultation “Openness by design”, which sets out the ICO’s strategic priorities for the next three years in relation to...

The Charity Commission’s work to protect charities and deal with any wrongdoing or abuse was highlighted in a report it published last month.