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Currently, transfers of personal data from the EEA to the UK are protected on a transitional basis only until 30 June 2021 under last December's post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement. However, the situation after that is currently uncertain.

Freedom of speech in England is currently protected by a range of legal measures: by the common law, by the European Convention on Human Rights and by domestic legislation. Section 43 (1) of the Education (No 2) Act 1986 provides as follows...

According to recent reports in several media outlets, HMRC is preparing to inform as many as 200 academics in UK universities that they are being investigated for potential breaches of export control rules.

Our employment experts have prepared a review of the key developments of 2020 and reflect on their continued significance into 2021...

In her letter to higher education providers of Friday 14 January 2021, the Director of Regulation at the Office for Students has set out the regulator’s expectations of HE providers in this period of coronavirus induced lockdown.

Yesterday, on 4 January 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a third national lockdown for England.

In August 2020, the Office for Students lost on appeal in a judicial review of its decision to refuse registration to the Bloomsbury Institute.

On 24 December, the UK and the EU reached an agreement on the terms of their future trading relationship before the expiry of the transition period on 31 December 2020.

This week the Cabinet Office published a Green Paper on significant proposed reforms of the public procurement regime, with 10 March 2021 the deadline for responses. 

The regulator of higher education in England, the Office for Students, published its annual review on 3 December 2020.

The review follows a commitment by the Conservative party in their 2019 manifesto to 'update' administrative law to 'ensure that there is a proper balance between the rights of individuals and effective government' and...

The changes to individual and organisational behaviour resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic leave a number of questions about what the long term consequences might be across many areas.