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Food labelling address change requirements that were due to mean a UK Food Business Operator (FBO) must be listed on food imported from the EU or ‘UK’/’Non-UK’ identification of origin labelling, rather than EU/Non-EU, has been delayed from 1 October 2022 until 1 January 2024.

Green and sustainability claims are under increased scrutiny from regulators, enforcement bodies and consumer activists. An overview of the key themes from recent ASA adjudications highlights 4 critical areas to get right.

There are a range of restrictions on the promotion of certain specified foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) that will be coming into force.  Most notably restrictions on location both in-store and online within certain qualifying businesses from next month, 1 October 2022.

The three key questions that tribunals must answer when assessing the fairness of redundancy dismissals...

In an article for Laing Buisson’s Care Markets UK, partner and head of immigration, Alex Russell looks at immigration developments and the direction of travel and what this means for the care sector...

We look at some recent examples of enforcement of advertising rules in the life sciences sector in the context of online promotional activity.

A number of recent tribunal rulings have considered whether various “gender critical” beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010.  Each case turns on its own facts and specific context, with the tribunals emphasising that it is not their role to express views on the merits or correctness of particular beliefs...

On 28 July 2022 the Building Safety Fund re-opened for new applications.

The Serious Incident Framework from 2015 is to be replaced with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework . This is described as a fundamental shift in how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents. 

One of the final acts of the Boris Johnson Government before the Parliamentary summer recess was to publish the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.  It remains to be seen whether further changes will be proposed by the next prime minister, but the Bill builds on a number of earlier consultations...

We are starting to see more activity in the marketplace as landowners and land managers make ready for the preparation and delivery of off-site biodiversity gain sites, through agreements with developers, the offering of off-set units and investment in creating habitat enhancements.