11 February 2021 Blog “Stale” training insufficient to establish reasonable steps defence to harassment claim The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision to reject an employer’s defence to a racial harassment claim, based on training which had been delivered several years before the events in question and was “clearly stale”... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 February 2021 Blog Reforming the Mental Health Act, what does it mean for mental health providers, commissioners, and patients? In 2018, the Independent Review of the Mental Health published their final report which included over 150 recommendations to help modernise the Act, address the rising number of detentions and the disparity in use of the Act on people from BAME backgrounds... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
10 February 2021 Blog Don’t delay making your Court of Protection applications In a recent decision, the Court of Protection granted a declaration that it was lawful and in the best interests of a mentally incapacitious person to be given anti-hypertensive medication covertly... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
10 February 2021 Blog Post-Brexit review of workers’ rights cancelled After giving mixed messages last month about a planned review of workers’ rights, the new Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has now conceded that the review “is no longer happening” in his department... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
9 February 2021 Blog White Paper reforms for BAME communities A number of inequalities around access to mental health services have been identified showing that black people are over four times more likely to be detained than white British people and over ten times more likely to be subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) under the Mental Health Act 1983 (the Act)... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
5 February 2021 Blog Some popular posts and useful resources in relation to charity trusteeship Some questions about charity trustees come up time and time again... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 February 2021 Blog Employment law: what should charities look out for in 2021? Last year was not what anyone was expecting, and it is hard to know what 2021 might bring... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 February 2021 Blog The NEC launches its Facilities Management Contract (part 2) Following my blog on the NEC Facilities Management (FM) contract earlier this week, this blog deals with Z clauses for the FM contract... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
3 February 2021 Blog The NEC launches its Facilities Management Contract (part 1) The NEC has added a facilities management contract to its stable... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
3 February 2021 Blog Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission: Planning Proposals A series of proposals to local planning policies have been announced by the Housing Secretary, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP following a report by the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
2 February 2021 Blog Update – Covid-19 and Business Interruption Insurance Further to my blog post back in September, the Supreme Court has handed down judgment relating to certain business insurance policies... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 February 2021 Blog The new look Mental Health Tribunal The recent White Paper on Reforming the Mental Health Act (MHA) makes a number of proposals, which will expand the powers of the Mental Health Tribunal (MHT).... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read