8 June 2021 Blog UK’s data adequacy status: what next? Charities that transfer data from the EEA to the United Kingdom may have breathed a small sigh of relief when the EU Commission published draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK earlier this year... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 June 2021 Blog Private Member's Bill on assisted dying At the end of May, a Private Member's Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords which sets in motion the first debate on prospective legislation for more than five years... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
7 June 2021 Blog What has happened to the Employment Bill? The Government has now offered an explanation for the absence of an Employment Bill in the 2021 Queen’s Speech... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 June 2021 Blog Offer of amends cannot cure fundamental breach The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that once an employer has committed a fundamental breach of contract, the employee does not have to accept an offer to make amends, but remains entitled to rely on the breach and bring a claim for constructive unfair dismissal... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 June 2021 Blog Regulator’s new 2021 strategy for the health and care sector Care Quality Commission aims for a ‘dynamic and flexible’ approach to regulation. The CQC’s new strategy commits to adopt a more proportionate and risk-based approach to regulation... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
6 June 2021 Blog The 2021 ABPI Code takes effect soon The UK pharma sector is readying itself for the introduction of the new ABPI Code, bringing in extensive changes to the industry's self-regulatory system. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
6 June 2021 Blog Plans for a multilateral pharmaceutical merger task force The aim is to identify concrete and actionable steps to review and update the analysis of pharmaceutical mergers, and address perceived harms around price increases and anti-competitive conduct. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
4 June 2021 Blog Two consultations launched on use of force in mental health units The Department of Health and Social Care has published two consultations seeking views on draft guidance in respect of the use of force in mental health units... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
31 May 2021 Blog The UK's data privacy adequacy assessment hangs in the balance The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
26 May 2021 Blog May Update - Food & Agri News Restrictions in promotions of HFSS foods from April 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 8 min read
24 May 2021 Blog EU Parliament calls for review of UK's data privacy regime The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
24 May 2021 Blog Bumps in the road for the UK's data privacy adequacy assessment The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read