Ebriefings

This quarter the key highlights are: 1. Charity Commission announces changes to the annual return The changes will apply from the 2015 financial year end and will include three new […]

[media id=714] Court Fees Back in January 2015 we outlined the Government’s plan to increase fees at the County Court. The MoJ has now published the Government’s Response to the […]

The provisions caused great controversy in the last stages of debating the Bill before it was enacted, and particular provisions have now been included in relation to the potential for […]

It was originally expected that the final regulations would be published this summer and come into force on 1 October 2016. However, the GEO now envisages that the regulations will […]

I lead the court of protection team, which specialises in property and finance, and health and welfare court of protection work, as well as mental health. Our clients are privately and publicly funded. It was the […]

Naturally, everyone is horrified and concerned about the tragic events surrounding the Grenfell Tower fire. In light of the recent event, the CQC itself will be scrutinised and will be […]

Providers will be hoping that the Government’s acceptance that previous guidance was misleading, as per the 26 July 2017 announcement, means that they will not need to repay alleged before […]

Under the UK legislation, a worker must not be treated detrimentally by their employer because they’ve blown the whistle, ie. made a protected disclosure.  If the employee is dismissed because […]

A local authority must put an asset on the list as being of community value if: there has been a valid nomination; the site is in the Council’s area; there […]

Ms Stephens was employed at Croydon College in 2001 and, as a part-time teacher, she was not automatically a member of the TPS.  She chose to join the TPS.  In […]

This clever trading arrangement only worked because of another less well-known feature: the funding of the business by members. Co-operative retailing could not start until impoverished individuals had saved sufficient […]

The decision means that there is now little room for doubt that commission and overtime, both guaranteed and non-guaranteed (where it forms part of normal remuneration and where the worker […]