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A number of recent tribunal rulings have considered whether various “gender critical” beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010.  Each case turns on its own facts and specific context, with the tribunals emphasising that it is not their role to express views on the merits or correctness of particular beliefs...

On 28 July 2022 the Building Safety Fund re-opened for new applications.

The Serious Incident Framework from 2015 is to be replaced with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework . This is described as a fundamental shift in how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents. 

One of the final acts of the Boris Johnson Government before the Parliamentary summer recess was to publish the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.  It remains to be seen whether further changes will be proposed by the next prime minister, but the Bill builds on a number of earlier consultations...

We are starting to see more activity in the marketplace as landowners and land managers make ready for the preparation and delivery of off-site biodiversity gain sites, through agreements with developers, the offering of off-set units and investment in creating habitat enhancements.

On 21 July the government’s consultation on higher-risk buildings closed. Higher-risk buildings is a concept set out in the Building Safety Act, and to which large parts of the Act apply. 

The Building Safety Act received Royal Assent in April 2022.  Much of it will come into force by way of secondary legislation. Look out for our regular blogs on the Act and building safety generally.

Why an employer's contribution to an employee's legal costs is normally taxable...

We need a transformative approach to children’s social care in this country and we need to look at what children’s homes need to provide, from the perspective of the child, says the Children’s Commissioner in a new report on reforming children’s homes...

Changes are planned to the current system for approving public sector exit payments...

Updated Mental Capacity Act factsheet details seven important reasons for all health and social care staff to use the MCA in practice from saving lives to meeting CQC standards to maintaining professional registration...