The UK Supreme Court reinstated an injunction preventing Tesco from using "fire and rehire" to remove a contractual entitlement to Retained Pay (RP). The ruling emphasizes that dismissals cannot be used to defeat permanent benefits. This landmark decision highlights careful contractual drafting and anticipates future legislation to regulate such practices.

Until publishing this revised guidance, the ICO's position had been that the month's timescale go comply with a DSAR begins on the day after the DSAR is received.

Good leadership and safeguarding at SCIE starts by "having good and well-understood policies and procedures in place and creating a diverse, ‘values-led' leadership team where co-production...

As charities provide more health and social care services, their leadership and governance will come under increasing scrutiny from regulators.

The recent case of Ark Shipping Co LLC v Silverburn Shipping (IoM) Ltd (M/V ‘ARCTIC') [2019] EWCA Civ 1161 caused the court to consider when a contractual

It is widely accepted that there is a £6 billion maintenance backlog for our NHS estates, £3 billion of which is safety critical. This backlog arises as a result of years of austerity;

For all the apparently bad news, there is evidence of innovation. Sir Robert points to his old workplace: "The nearly £300 million phase 4 development currently under construction at UCLH

It has been a long time coming, but doctors are finally about to have a clearer legal steer on when they should be reporting deaths to the Coroner

1. The decision in Classic Maritime Inc v Limbungan Makmur SDN BHD [2019] EWCA Civ 1102, 2019 WL 02617095 has implications for parties drafting and negotiating force majeure and exceptions clauses.

Technology will blur the boundaries between real estate and construction. The emerging landscape is one of new techniques, new collaborations and new business models.

On the 6th April 2020 amendments to Practice Direction 16 (PD16) of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) come into force which impose a number of mandatory requirements for cases involving credit hire

1. In the Queen's speeches in October and December 2019, government aims for domestic reform were laid out, to "level up" opportunities across the UK through better infrastructure

NHS leaders say that they want to play a significant role in developing a new capital and estates strategy for the NHS.

What does the CQC's recently published annual report tell us about the direction of travel for health and social care regulation?

In the run up to electing a new leader, the Government have been busy publishing consultation responses and setting out more proposals for change in further consultations

Scottish Courts must now impose a surcharge where a person is convicted of an offence and where that person is fined.

Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan [available here], the NHS has now published its Interim NHS People Plan which you can view here

We are still seeing a high number of Japanese knotweed claims against surveyors.

The role that charities play in supporting the physical and mental health needs of individuals is increasingly important, particularly when it comes to more personalised care,...

Ahead of finalised figures due in the Autumn the HSE, has published provisional annual figures for work-related deaths in the year 2018-19, to the alarm of workplace safety campaigners in Scotland.