Ebriefings

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has published its annual update of the Academies Financial Handbook, which became effective on 1 September 2018.

A coroner has issued a Rule 28 Regulation Report calling for hospital practices to be reviewed in order to prevent future deaths, following a fatal clinical negligence case.

Ann Houghton and Rankeshwar Batta were involved in a landmark case this year which addressed parental responsibility to supervise a child injured in a road accident caused by another person. […]

“what exactly needs to be included in our board minutes?”

Government has confirmed it will take forward the ban on use of combustible materials on external walls of high-rise residential buildings, hospitals, care homes and student accommodation above 18m.

A recent review has brought into question the position regarding donations made by for-profit subsidiary companies to their parent charities.

A new National Framework for Continuing Health Care (CHC) and other NHS funding for health and social care services came into effect on 1 October 2018.

Sadly, neonatal deaths and injuries in the UK remain at a high level. The inquiry underway at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust only serves to highlight that sometimes errors are made.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that where a TUPE transfer has taken place, subsequent changes to employees’ terms and conditions may not be invalid…

The Pensions Ombudsman has introduced fixed awards for distress and inconvenience (or “non-financial injustice”) caused by maladministration in the management of pension schemes.

The Government has now published its “no deal notice” for public procurement.

Employer contribution rates for unfunded public sector pension schemes are likely to rise more steeply than anticipated from April 2019.