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The ASA ruled that ads for food supplements claiming to treat joint problems breached the CAP Code as they contained misleading and unlawful health claims. It did not matter that the ads did not attribute the claims to a specific product as the ads linked to the website where the food supplement was sold. Furthermore, the alleged testimonials from a ‘leading’ doctor breached the CAP Code as health claims referring to the recommendation of an individual health professional are not acceptable in marketing communications for food including supplements.

Changes to the 2024 Premises Costs Directions provide further clarity to GP tenants...

With many new provisions within the 2024 Premises Costs Directions, we consider what this means for the development and improvement of GP premises...

The importance of implementing proper access controls for documents containing personal data cannot be overstated...

Over the past few months, students and staff, along with third parties, have established encampments at various universities in protest of the killings and suffering in Gaza.

Reflections on the role and approach of public prosecutors...

Why there is no "temporal" restriction on employee complaints that can be waived in a settlement agreement...

Richard Sykes shares thoughts on the updated requirements for registered higher education providers' freedom of speech code of practice.

In this blog, Hugh Thompson discusses the potential for the Court of Appeal to review existing law on SPCs which can extend patent protection for a pharmaceutical product in certain circumstances.

A guide to the Court of Protection and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards for care home managers..

A decision to serve notice upon a care home resident, particularly a vulnerable adult can be a difficult decision to make for care home managers...

An update on the Government's planned review of CQC's new inspection methodology...