The legal issues affecting your business.

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May



• 20.05.13 - Consultation on Guidance: Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition Regulations - an opportunity to comment on the practical application of new law
  
• 17.05.13 - The ICO gives marks out of ten for your privacy policy
  
• 17.05.13 - New rights for trustees in the Takeover Code
  
• 17.05.13 - To certify or not to certify? It's a big question
  
• 16.05.13 - Protecting consumers from the rising cost of food: the European Commission continues to scrutinise the food sector within the European Union
  
• 16.05.13 - Workplace pension reform checklist - an employer's guide
  
• 15.05.13 - Employment tribunal user fees are nigh!
  
• 13.05.13 - Second funding statement urges trustees to look at the bigger picture
  
• 10.05.13 - Developers - keep building but don't run out of money!
  
• 10.05.13 - Employment law reform jigsaw update: more pieces emerge as two major Bills receive royal assent
  
• 10.05.13 - Cold comfort: how latest case law demonstrates the limitations of comfort letters
  
• 08.05.13 - An introduction to UK employment law - part two
  
• 01.05.13 - Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill to become law in June
  
• 01.05.13 - Review and appeal of affordable housing viability under planning obligations
  

April



• 30.04.13 - Property update - March/April 2013
  
• 29.04.13 - Consumer credit - what the future holds for consumer credit firms post 1 April 2014
  
• 26.04.13 - Stronger protection for designers following changes to copyright law
  
• 25.04.13 - Amendment to Late Payment Regulations
  
• 24.04.13 - Finance Litigation Briefing: report and review on the latest cases and issues
  
• 23.04.13 - An introduction to UK employment law - part one
  
• 22.04.13 - Planning guidance on shale gas exploration
  
• 22.04.13 - NHS, beware! Government puts forward case for compulsory data protection audit powers over NHS organisations
  
• 18.04.13 - The Newspaper Licensing Agency v Meltwater: an internet copyright case with "implications for many millions"
  
• 17.04.13 - Is this evidence of real value? Yes/No - Further guidance on consumer evidence in trade mark disputes from the Court of Appeal
  
• 12.04.13 - Workplace pension reform - is simplification on its way?
  
• 11.04.13 - Getting consultation right – the impact of Unison v Capita Business Services Ltd
  
• 09.04.13 - Private equity update
  
• 02.04.13 - Workplace pension reform update - changes to earnings thresholds
  
• 02.04.13 - Clawing back bonuses
  

March



• 28.03.13 - Beware! Consultant on the hook for decline in development value