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The Environment Act 2021 introduced provisions to make it illegal for larger businesses operating in the UK to use forest-risk commodities.  Marie Bernard, principle associate in our agriculture team, examines this further.

As the name suggests, a Pre-Construction Services Agreement is a contract to perform services before a formal building contract is entered into to. Usually, the main contractor who enters into the building contract is the same as the one who has entered into the PCSA, although this is not always the case.

Cast your minds back to 2015 in which 194 states plus the European Union signed the Paris Agreement at the COP21 summit in Paris in order to pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels”. 

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a review into the statutory duty of candour for health and social care providers in England...

A walk through the Care Quality Commission’s cancellation procedures and the circumstances in which the regulator might urgently cancel a provider’s registration...

COP28’s Gender Day focussed on raising awareness on the importance of gender responsive climate policy and action and women’s contribution and leadership in climate action.

As financial pressure continues, we are advising universities on Voluntary Severance (“VS”) schemes to help reduce overheads...

Why workforce consultation in small-scale redundancies can be key requirement of fair process...

Government reveals new plans to cut inward migration...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out the latest findings and the next steps in its ongoing review of the groceries sector. This shows a number of low margin food sectors had been highlighted for scrutiny, but that the CMA will continue its work by concentrating on infant formula, unit pricing and loyalty schemes. 

Food importers of prepacked foods from Europe (EU) into Great Britain (GB) should ensure there is a GB based Food Business Operator (FBO) and address on their labelling ahead of 1st January 2024.

COP 26 saw leaders agreeing to the Glasgow Climate Pact, countries committing to limiting global warming to 1.5°, enhancing climate finance for developing nations and setting a framework for addressing the damage caused by climate change. There were also agreements on deforestation, methane reduction and phasing down coal.