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The risk of large backdated claims for statutory holiday pay has been with us for some years. In our latest article, we explain some recent developments which could help employers assess their risk more accurately...

Earlier this year, we held an online webinar looking at the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement where we discussed some of the changes proposed to the public procurement regime in the UK...

As the Chinese life sciences market continues to grow and develop, the Chinese government continues to de-regulate or streamline its regulatory pathways (such as its drug approval regimes). And as Chinese parties seek to exploit foreign technologies...

Estates teams in the HE sector have faced a raft of challenges during 2020/2021...

The Queen’s Speech on 11th May listed a number of new government bills to support pandemic recovery...

Last month this three page Position Statement was published for those working in health and care systems. It starts with a reminder of the Triple Aim duty to “deliver high quality care and put quality, including safety, at the forefront of planning an decision making”...

Is the future for learning, teaching and collaboration online or will students, staff and stakeholders all be back to “normal” on campus soon? 

In February, we wrote about the latest on cladding at that time. Since then there have been a number of further developments relating to cladding and fire safety generally...

A recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal involving a worker diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome offers new guidance on the correct approach to assessing whether workers with neurological impairments are protected by the Equality Act...

As part of the Governments' Obesity Strategy a new bill was laid before parliament that will require large businesses with 250 or more employees in England, including cafes, restaurants and takeaways, to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drink items that are prepared for customers on menus and food labels from April 2022....

On 12 May 2021 the UK government published an Action Plan for Animal Welfare proposing measures to further protect the treatment of animals in the UK and abroad...

Christine de Ferrars Green talks to Euan Hall, chief executive of the Land Trust, about the management of green spaces for communities...