Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The government has published its full response to its 2019 consultation on “Corporate Transparency and Register Reform”.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final guidance on care contracts’ consumer law compliance and consumer law obligations in November 2018 (Guidance).
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund (“Fund”) was set up in May 2020 to support adult social care providers to reduce the rate of Covid-19 transmissions – particularly relating to reducing the need for movement of staff between different sites.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
Royds Withy King, a leading provider of legal services to the social care sector, has advised on the sale of an ‘outstanding’ CQC-rated care home in Bristol.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The Chartered Governance Institute (“ICSA”) has recently published new guidance on directors’ general duties under the Companies Act 2006 (“Act”). ICSA provides guidance for governance professionals across all sectors and whilst aspects of this new guidance applies to publicly owned, listed companies, many of the recommendations have practical application for privately owned companies and their directors should take note.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final guidance on consumer law advice for care providers back in November 2018.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
Succession planning is critical for any company. In the unfortunate event that a director dies, often the surviving directors are able to step in and run the company, sharing out the responsibilities of the deceased director between them. But what happens if a sole company director dies and the company’s articles of association do not set out a procedure for what happens next?
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
Barchester Healthcare Limited (Barchester) is potentially facing a £12 million liability in respect of their residents’ contracts breaching consumer law.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The government has announced today that, under new powers proposed to be given to the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA), businesses in breach of consumer law could be directly fined by the CMA without them having to go through the courts.
Posted by Zoe Pettigrew, Solicitor
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued court proceedings against Care UK for their failure to agree to refund their residents for a “compulsory upfront ‘administration’ fee”.