12 June 2021 Blog Employment tribunal rules employee who refused to attend work during lockdown fairly dismissed In one of the first tribunal cases to emerge from the first national lockdown, an employment tribunal has ruled that an employee had been fairly dismissed for refusing to come into work... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
10 June 2021 Blog New 2021 strategy for CQC published The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of healthcare and adult social care services in England, and regulates many charities providing these services... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
10 June 2021 Blog Carbon Reduction Plans to be provided by bidders on major government contracts The government has introduced PPN 06/21, 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government projects', to align with and support the government's aim of achieving net zero by 2050... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
10 June 2021 Blog Walking the tightrope of best interests decision-making Mr Justice MacDonald has recently given judgment on a case involving the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment and strongly held religious beliefs concerning the sanctity of life... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
9 June 2021 Blog Update on Mental Health Act reform Readers keen to find out more on the timing of the Mental Health Bill and whether it will be introduced in the 2021-22 Parliamentary session will be interested to read the Department of Health and Social Care’s recent response to a written question... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
9 June 2021 Blog New briefing on transitional safeguarding Good safeguarding practice doesn’t happen by accident – and in the same way abuse and exploitation doesn’t end at the age of 18, and yet many of the services for adults are designed to support only those people with ongoing care and support needs... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
8 June 2021 Blog UK’s data adequacy status: what next? Charities that transfer data from the EEA to the United Kingdom may have breathed a small sigh of relief when the EU Commission published draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK earlier this year... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 June 2021 Blog Private Member's Bill on assisted dying At the end of May, a Private Member's Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords which sets in motion the first debate on prospective legislation for more than five years... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
7 June 2021 Blog What has happened to the Employment Bill? The Government has now offered an explanation for the absence of an Employment Bill in the 2021 Queen’s Speech... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 June 2021 Blog Offer of amends cannot cure fundamental breach The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that once an employer has committed a fundamental breach of contract, the employee does not have to accept an offer to make amends, but remains entitled to rely on the breach and bring a claim for constructive unfair dismissal... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 June 2021 Blog Regulator’s new 2021 strategy for the health and care sector Care Quality Commission aims for a ‘dynamic and flexible’ approach to regulation. The CQC’s new strategy commits to adopt a more proportionate and risk-based approach to regulation... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
6 June 2021 Blog The 2021 ABPI Code takes effect soon The UK pharma sector is readying itself for the introduction of the new ABPI Code, bringing in extensive changes to the industry's self-regulatory system. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read