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On 15 December 2021 the Prime Minister announced the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Hallett DBE as chair of the forthcoming public inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic...

Pharmaceutical research and development activity involves substantial investment and ingenuity. Should this be taken for granted when assessing the inventiveness of pharma patents?

The Government has now formally accepted that the long-awaited Liberty Protection Safeguards cannot be implemented by the original dated of April 2022. This had been inevitable for some time given the need for a consultation period, return to Parliament and then a gap to allow organisations to prepare and adapt to the new regulations...

The draft regulations making vaccination a condition of deployment for health and social care workers were finally approved by Parliament on 14 December 2021...

The Court of Appeal has given judgment on the case of Re E (Children: Blood Transfusion) in which it dealt with two appeals from teenagers who argued that first instance judges were wrong to order that it was lawful for them to receive blood transfusions if it became necessary to do so in the course of medical treatment...

A letter from the Department of Health and Social Care to adult social care providers, local authorities and agencies explains that the time-period for people working or deployed in care homes to self-certify that they are medically exempt from vaccination is being extended to...

Adjudication is meant to be an inexpensive and efficient method of resolving disputes to construction projects....

The Government's decision to implement "Plan B" means that working from home guidance will be reinstated from Monday 13 December...

Following the Government’s announcement last month that Covid-19 vaccination is to become a condition of deployment for frontline health and care staff, NHS England and NHS Improvement have published guidance and resources...

The recently published Adult Social Care White Paper: People at the Heart of Care has a major focus on using the full potential of technology to support people’s lives and aspirations...

There is a lot of detail in the Adult Social Care Reform White Paper published on 1 December - whether you are in the public or independent sector there are a number of points to note...