Ebriefings

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 […]

The testatrix, Mrs. Coulter, was domiciled in Jersey and died there. Her estate, at the date of her death, included assets in the United Kingdom with a probate value of […]

As you will remember charities promoting sport and physical activity must comply with the Code to be eligible for Sport England funding.  We covered this in our e-briefing late last […]

A consultation on the revised VFM Standard was issued last week, which will inform revisions on the Standard, which it is proposed will come into force from April 2018.

Recent research by the BBC found that 1 in 8 patients experience delays in handover by ambulance crews on arrival to hospital, with many patients then waiting in corridors or […]

If the pledge  finds its way into policy and legislation in the new Government it does raise the question though of “what if?” For all Housing Associations Seemingly associations will […]