Blog archive

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called for the Government to work with the CQC to ensure there is “stringent oversight” of how care providers implement safeguards to protect the human rights of care users...

With rising student expectations and the increasing number of educational providers, the Higher Education sector has faced a number of challenges over the last few years to enhance the student experience and consumer offerings...

Why radical veganism was held not to be a protected belief...

The Supreme Court has confirmed that the Working Time Regulations do not entitle an employer to reduce the leave entitlement of part-year employees so that it is proportional to other workers...

The arrival of A plan for digital health and social care is the ninth strategic NHS document to follow the publication of the NHS Data strategy in June 2022...

The Government has responded to the recommendations of the Menopause Taskforce...

Building the Right Support Action Plan brings together commitments across government and other public services to ensure there is suitable community support available for people with learning disability and autistic people to live in their own home and have the right support in place to live an ordinary life...

Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE is the newly appointed independent patient safety commissioner for England, helping to drive improvements in safety of medicines and medical devices...

The Queen’s Speech in May 2022 announced the Government’s intention to introduce a Modern Slavery Bill to strengthen the existing Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Adult social care providers will be required to provide data in three key areas from 31 July 2022...

Stuart Pemble's thoughts on Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2022] EWCA, and Coulson LJ's robust decision that most collateral warranties are likely to be construction contracts.

A housing association has won a landmark cladding claim against a building contractor in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in the first High Court trial on external wall systems (EWS) since the Grenfell Tower fire