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Recent focus has been on pensions for doctors in terms of the Government’s radical plans to abolish the Lifetime Allowance...

The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) has brought about sweeping changes to the scope of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA) and, importantly, to limitation.

Healthier future inspires major NHS suppliers to step-up net zero ambitions...

Learning points from a panel discussion on flexible working at the CBI's future of work conference...

The Chancellor’s 2023 spring Budget included a number of reforms and spending promises designed to improve the planning system in England. This included greater support for nutrient neutrality in response to nutrient pollution which is “a major barrier to the government’s ambition of delivering 300,000 homes per year”.

We look at new draft guidance on how competition law applies to environmental sustainability agreements between businesses, and how this applies in the life sciences sector.

Everything you need to know about Data Subject Access Requests...

In 2015 the Competition and Markets Authority issued guidance to the higher education sector and took the position that undergraduate students are “consumers”...

Clarity on thresholds and use of precautonary labelling would assist food producers and consumers alike.  There should be options for proportionate use of precautionary labelling to ensure safety and consistency. The FSA is due to provide a review of international guidelines for allergen thresholds by the end of 2023, the Grocer publication is informed, after industry writes an open letter to demand a more 'robust' system following the coroner's inquest of Celia Marsh last year.

Food & Agri Update Friday 17 March - Happy St Patrick's Day! A look at the Budget and how it affects food and hospitality in particular, especially re energy and alcohol. Food statistics published: What are the 10 key concerns of consumers? ASA looks at health claims in flu season and claims that imply preventing, curing or treating disease. Industry demands clarity on precautionary labelling #PAL after the coroner's report into Celia Marsh #allergens. Easter egg recall for allergens not translated and an update on Project Hawk the National Crime Unit's investigation into beef sold as 'Best of British' and nothing of the sort. This underlines the premium of origin labelling. Finally, what's happening in the CBD and novel foods sector?

A recent Court of Protection case raises the interesting question of whether protection of the general public, as well as the patient, is an issue that should be addressed by the current deprivation of liberty system...

Why the abolition of the lifetime allowance is a mixed blessing for employers...