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With the easing of some lockdown restrictions from 12 April and new care home visiting arrangements, the Department updated its guidance, Mental Capacity Act/ Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards during the coronavirus pandemic on 27 April for those looking after people who lack mental capacity in hospitals and care homes...

Regular readers who have been following the back and forth of the section 117 ordinary residence dispute between Worcestershire and Swindon may be interested to know that the Secretary of State has lodged an application for leave to appeal and is waiting to hear from the Court of Appeal whether this has been granted...

One of the trends likely to occur in sci-tech real estate is the re-purposing of commercial spaces like offices, retail and warehouse units, to lab space...

Our Real estate team has launched ‘Mapping the FutuRE’, an interactive map giving a vision for the future of Real Estate.  From their broad experience working with clients across the sector, the team share views on trends evolving in a new and ever changing landscape...

This week saw the publication of long-expected draft EU legislation aimed at regulating artificial intelligence systems of all kinds. These broad proposals indicate a willingness to take an...

As explained in DEFRA’s supporting documents, GMOs generally involve the introduction of genetic material into an organism. The classic example is lifting DNA from one species and inserting into a...

This week the EU Commission published its legislative proposals for regulating artificial intelligence...

Earlier this year Samuel Ash Croft blogged about the Chancery Lane Climate Contract Playbook, third edition...

Mr Justice Williams, in the Court of Protection, has ruled on the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a young woman following a suicide attempt that left her in a vegetative state...

The issue of NHS service reconfiguration and the duty to involve the public has once again come before the High Court...

In a significant recent decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that workers are not entitled to payment on termination for annual leave which has been taken but not paid for in previous years...

Charities that supply services to public sector bodies, as well as those that find themselves subject to the procurement rules, should be aware that PPN 07/20, which relates to taking account of a bidder’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contracts, is now in force...