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FinTech By Prakash Kerai What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing By Tim Ryan The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
Data Protection Commission publishes Guidance on Data Security as UK Data Regulator fines company for insufficient Data Security Measures By Charlotte Burke The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently published guidance for data controllers and processors outlining appropriate security measures to be implemented in relation to data subjects’ personal data.
Working around Covid-19 remotely The effects of the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak have had far reaching effects on global businesses, offices and public services. While current restrictions have disrupted the business continuity of the Courts, we have seen other areas, such as…
Update from the Courts Service in light of Covid-19 Pandemic as of 8 April 2020 By Charlotte Burke In response to the current outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, the Courts Service has introduced a number of measures to scale back the work of the courts. This will result in a huge decrease in the amount of hearings across all court jurisdictions.
Legal Professional Privilege: regulator not entitled to view privileged documents By Charlotte Burke In the recent English Court of Appeal decision in Sports Direct International Plc (“ Sports Direct ”) v The Financial Reporting Council (“ FRC ”) the Court overturned the High Court's decision that Sports Direct was required to hand over its…
Emergency Permitted Development Rights Order to enable the NHS and Local Authorities respond to COVID-19 By Christopher Stanwell One of the key resources for the NHS and other public authorities in meeting the additional demands of COVID-19 response is buildings and land. The London Nightingale Hospital has been a trailblazer for the repurposing of land in this way and many…
COVID-19 - Forfeiture Moratorium By Gwyneth Barton A note for landlords to ensure that they are acting in the spirit of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (“the Act”).
Update on HSE Chief Executive's report, HSE business plan and coronavirus guidance By Sally Roff In advance of the publication of the HSE’s Business Plan for 2020/21, we summarise below the report of the HSE’s Chief Executive in March which highlights recent HSE activities and provides a valuable insight into the strategies and priorities of…
Vicarious liability considered by the Supreme Court – have its elastic boundaries been flexed again? By Andrea Ward On 1 April 2020, the Supreme Court handed down its judgments in two important cases on vicarious liability, each case considering one limb of the two-stage test previously considered in Cox v Ministry of Justice and Mohamud v Wm Morrisons…
The rise of the integrated care system By Anne Crofts How are health systems managing the transition to formal integrated care systems? Mark Gould talks to Anne Crofts to discuss the challenges of organising and integrating a vast number of large and complex organisations.
Managing Change Safely The impact of globalisation, political uncertainty, increased use of technology and the emergence of Covid-19 means that even sophisticated organisations with change management protocols and crisis plans are likely to have had to adapt them to…
