Ebriefings

The report follows a detailed analysis of all stillbirths, neonatal deaths and brain injuries sustained during childbirth across the UK in 2015, tragically 1,136 babies. The analysis found that with […]

You would hope that anyone looking after the financial affairs of a friend or relative, or indeed, making any decision on behalf of another, would be motivated to make a […]

Once again it’s time for “rebasing” of the EU public procurement thresholds to the euro figures in the EU Procurement Directive. This happens every two years, and this time the thresholds have gone up.

Many are asking the same questions. In order to provide cost effective advice we are preparing a toolkit which will address the following Frequently Asked Questions: Who is affected by […]

The charities and social businesses we work with often run into difficulties when they engage external designers to produce logos.  They often fail to appreciate that where a self-employed consultant […]

Traditionally, a parent wishing to relocate to another part of the country could usually do so, unless “exceptional circumstances” existed. Where a parent wanted to relocate abroad, the consideration was […]

1. Overview Whilst the Housing White Paper provides a welcome shift in emphasis, away from solely focussing on home ownership, it is not as radical as expected and sometimes reads […]

PC Briggs was left in a minimally conscious state as a result of the serious, permanent brain damage he suffered as the victim of a road traffic accident. In a […]

We have received instructions from a number of RPs who have tower blocks that have failed the tests undertaken by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) for the Department for Communities […]

The Act largely consolidates existing legislation relating to industrial and provident societies (‘IPSs’), which is currently contained within a number of dusty pieces of primary and secondary legislation. Despite this, […]

We don’t expect any charity sets out with the intention of failing to pay the national minimum wage.  However, in our experience many charities do not have sufficiently clear parameters […]

In defined benefit pensions schemes, the risk that there are insufficient funds to meet the costs of paying a pension at a promised level to a retired staff member falls […]