Posted by James Sage, Partner
Partner and head of Health & Social Care James Sage explains the latest guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care on vaccine exemptions.
Posted by James Worrall, Partner
Pageant Media, a global business information provider, last week announced the acquisition of Savvy Investor, a leading thought-leadership platform for institutional investors, for an undisclosed sum.
Posted by Malcolm Gregory, Partner
According to a recent survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), there has been a 7% rise in incidents of violence and abuse against shop workers compared to the previous year.
Posted by Catherine Hawkes, Solicitor
Contributing authors: Bharti Moore
Posted by James Sage, Partner
The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) Guidance on mandatory vaccination provides some useful guidance for providers but leaves a number of key questions unanswered. We consider these below and call on the DHSC to urgently provide further guidance to support providers.
Posted by Fran Tremeer,
Contributing authors: Tom Llewellyn
The High Court has recently handed down judgment in the case of Darren Lee Warren v DSG Retail Limited [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB), a decision that may reduce the growing number of data breach litigation by claims management companies (“CMCs”).
Posted by Charlotte Ebbutt, Associate
At the end of the Brexit transition period [31.12.20] the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) automatically created comparable UK rights for all registered EU trade marks. However, where EU applications were pending on the 1st January 2021, applicants were required to file a separate UK application if they wanted to protect their mark in the UK. Applicants were given a period of nine months to file a UK trade mark application if they wanted to claim any priority filing date from the pending EU application.
Posted by Kate Benefer, Partner
Contributing authors: Alex Kuklenko
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing an £87.9 million tax bill for incorrect determination of the IR35 status of its contractors. This is despite the fact that the DWP used the HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) system to check the status..
The bill concerns missing tax and national insurance contributions owed to HMRC from between 2017 and 2021.
Posted by Malcolm Gregory, Partner
Contributing authors: Charlotte Kilcar
Prior to March 2020 the term ‘furlough’ was little understood. Over the last 18 months it has become a well known device used to save thousands of employees from losing their jobs.
Posted by Irene Trubbiani Montagnac,
Mermaids, a charity which supports children, young people, and their families in relation to gender non-conformity, has been fined £25,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after personal information relating to 550 people, including children, was available online for almost three years.
Posted by Gemma Ospedale, Partner
Contributing authors: Rachel Levine
Protection from sexual harassment has been included in the UK’s equalities law for several decades, yet unfortunately harassment in the workplace remains a significant issue. We welcome the government’s recent announcement, via its recently published consultation, that it is looking to widen and increase the protection afforded to people in the workplace against sexual harassment.
Posted by James Sage, Partner
On 22 July 2021, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the “Regulations”) became law, introducing a requirement for all care home staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
