Blog archive

Next in our series of blogs on the NHS White Paper we review new proposals on safety and quality. Annex A of the White Paper sets out four themes one of which is called (rather uninspiringly and without giving much away) “Additional Proposals”...

This next in our series of blogs on the NHS White Paper we focus on the new proposals around discharging patients...

In the first of series of blogs on the NHS White Paper, we consider the new proposals for service reconfigurations...

This next in our series of blogs on the White Paper focuses on CTOs...

Freedom of speech in England is currently protected by a range of legal measures: by the common law, by the European Convention on Human Rights and by domestic legislation. Section 43 (1) of the Education (No 2) Act 1986 provides as follows...

Brexit Update New paperwork and systems for exporters continue to lead to delays...

Charity employers are probably aware that the Government has recently expanded support for workplace testing for coronavirus, which is now available to employers with more than 50 employees...

In this our fourth blog on Reforming the Mental Health Act White Paper, here we look at some of the proposals around treatment...

The European Commission has now published draft data adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK, under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Law Enforcement Directive...

In a new Court of Protection decision, the second on the issue of Covid-19 vaccinations, Mr Justice Hayden returns to the subject to provide a reminder of the importance of upholding a person’s wishes and feelings...

Currently, transfers of personal data from the EEA to the UK are protected on a transitional basis only until 30 June 2021 under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed at the end of last December as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU...

The Government has recently announced further proposed measures for addressing cladding issues...