
On 15 March 2022 new regulations will come into force that will revoke the legal requirement for workers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (unless exempt) to work in a CQC regulated care home.

In our new article, Hetal Ruparelia takes a look at the 7 key takeaways Care Providers should be aware of in order to ensure their compliance with UK GDPR regulations and the Data Protection Act 2018 and minimise risk.

On 2 February 2022 the Government published its long anticipated Levelling Up White Paper which sets out the Government’s ambition to transform towns and cities across the country.

In recent years, the courts in England and Wales have exerted pressure on parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in respect of their proceedings. Typically, but not exclusively, this is a participation in consensual, but private, mediation. Indeed, in a speech last year, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, made clear compulsory mediation was on the judicial agenda.

On Monday (10 January 2022) Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, announced the Government’s latest strategy to address the building safety crisis.

One of the “known unknowns” about Brexit is the extent to which London courts will continue to be a forum for major commercial international dispute resolution. The London courts are recognised to have an independent judiciary, as well as a specialist commercial and business division used to dealing with international disputes and their effective and efficient disposal.

The eagerly anticipated Heat and Buildings Strategy 2021 has now, finally, been published (on 19 October 2021).

2021 has seen the relationship between chief executives and non-executive board members of “not for profit” entities under the spotlight.

The SHPS 2020 valuation results were not good news for participating employers who had hoped that, after paying increased deficit contributions from 2019, the deficit in the scheme would have decreased on this occasion.

You will no doubt have seen Homes England’s e-mail of 22/09/2021 concerning the “Shared Ownership Model Lease update”.