It's all in the detail: An update on the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill By Rhian Greaves, , Louise Bloomfield, Anne-Marie Gregory, Nicola Fairbairn, Following the publication of the draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill in May 2023, the…
A question of public benefit By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, In this article we look at the recent Supreme Court judgment in Merton LBC v Nuffield Health …
Changes to charity legislation and guidance By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, This article reviews the second set of changes being introduced by the Charities Act 2022, which…
Charities update - July 2023 By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, In this edition of our newsletter we look at a number of recent developments impacting charities,…
Challenging charity registration By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, In a recent case , the charity Mermaids sought to challenge the decision of the Charity Commission…
Protect Duty Draft Legislation Published: What You Need to Know By Rhian Greaves, Duncan Strachan, Nicola Fairbairn, Louise Bloomfield, Anne-Marie Gregory, Julitta Yates On 2 May 2023, the hotly anticipated Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, known as Martyn’s…
Proposed Protect Duty: how might it impact the health and social care sector? By Anne-Marie Gregory, Stan Campbell This month marks the first anniversary of the Liverpool Women's Hospital attack, which killed the…
Charity annual returns to become more onerous? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Completing your charity’s annual return is potentially going to be harder work from next year, with…
Latest on legislative changes and code of practice updates for charities By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As reported in our article published on 11 May 2022, the first tranche of provisions of the…
Is your charity reporting serious incidents as it should? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission’s recently published annual report for 2021-22 saw a 20% reduction in the…
Trustee duties on bullying and harassment By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory In August the Charity Commission clarified the responsibilities of trustees in preventing and…
Recent Charity Commission inquiry: what can your charity learn? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Charity Commission inquiry reports continue to give real life examples of the Charity Commission’s…
Charities update - September 2022 By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory More changes are afoot for charities and, in this edition of our newsletter, we focus on important…
Ethical investment - latest for charities on striking the right balance By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory How should charity trustees approach the thorny issue of avoiding investments that conflict with…
How anti-corruption compliant is your charity? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, compliance focus has been (understandably) dominated…
Update on Charity Commission inquiries By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, Alistair Robertson Over the last three months there have been a number of Charity Commission inquiry reports…
Charities Update - May 2022 By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As ever, there has been lots happening in the world of charity law and regulation and, in this…
Virtual meetings - does your charity’s governing document allow them? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission has recently removed the flexibility it applied during the pandemic for…
Charities Act 2022 - when will the changes happen? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As reported in our last Charities Update the Charities Bill received Royal Assent on 24 February…
Health and Care Act 2022: Preventing modern slavery in NHS supply chains By Katherine Calder, Anne-Marie Gregory Shortly before the Health and Care Bill 2021 (‘the Bill’) was given Royal Assent on 28 April 2022…
Charities Update By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As life begins to return to normal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes are afoot for the…
Charity mergers on the rise? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As charities think strategically about how to adapt for their future in the wake of the Covid-19…
Charities Bill receives Royal Assent By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charities Bill received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022 and has now passed into law as the…
Kids Company inquiry - what your charity needs to know By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission’s recently published inquiry report into the running of ‘Kids Company’ prior…
Trustees in the frame over death at charity-run home - what can other charities learn? By Corinne Slingo, Alistair Robertson, Tracey Longfield, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission has recently published its findings regarding a charity which provides care…
Health and Care Bill 2021: Place-based partnerships - the engine room of an ICS By Charlotte Burnett, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory, Hamza Drabu, Sarah Foster The Health and Care Bill 2021 (“Bill”) is first and foremost concerned with legislating for changes…
Health and Care Bill 2021 : the role of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in an ICS By Anne-Marie Gregory, Alistair Robertson, Louise Watson-Jones In this briefing we consider the Integrated Care System (“ICS”) “implementation guidance on…
Health and Care Bill 2021: Implications for social care providers By Anna Hart, Hamza Drabu, Anne-Marie Gregory Continuing our series of briefings about the Health and Care Bill 2021, we focus here on the impact…
Health and Care Bill 2021: the latest on provider collaboratives By Hamza Drabu, Alistair Robertson, Charlotte Burnett, Anne-Marie Gregory Continuing our series of briefings on the Health and Care Bill (‘the Bill’), we look beyond the…
Health and Care Bill 2021: meeting the triple aim duty By Hamza Drabu, Alistair Robertson, Charlotte Burnett, Anne-Marie Gregory In this briefing, we focus in on the “triple aim” to which NHS England, Integrated Care Boards…
Health and Care Bill 2021 - initial key questions for systems By Hamza Drabu, Charlotte Burnett, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Our ‘Health and Care Bill Insights’ series is designed to focus on the implications of the Bill and…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: streamlined governance to respond to an emergency By Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As the NHS moves into the next phase of Covid-19 recovery, governance arrangements and system…
Charity Commission makes use of new regulatory powers By Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As charities will be aware, the Charity Commission makes use of new regulatory powersmade numerous…
Regulating NHS provider-owned companies – NHS Improvement issues updated guidance By Hamza Drabu, Anne Crofts, Alistair Robertson, Louise Watson-Jones, Anne-Marie Gregory NHSI has now issued guidance (the “ Guidance ”) which is effective from 26 November 2018 …
Anti-corruption lessons for MedTech companies following first conviction for failing to prevent bribery By Alison McAdams, Anne-Marie Gregory Life science and MedTech companies of all sizes should review their anti-corruption procedures…