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ICO Guidance on Data Subject Access Requests
On 21 October 2020, the Information Commissioner's Office finally published what it called "detailed guidance" on Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR). Despite taking some 18 months to be released, the...
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Private Client Issues – February 2021
Welcome to this month’s edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan’s monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. It features insight and advice on developments affecting private...
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Whistleblowing for COVID-19 related issues
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact in the context of whistleblowing with a record number of concerns raised about health and safety issues and furlough fraud. With an...
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The use of Escrow accounts as building works enablers
The redevelopment of one part of a building poses obvious construction risks to the remaining parts. For example, basement excavations in expensive London enclaves, fancy penthouse conversions to the top...
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Dangerous cladding fund top up announced
The Government has today (10 Feb) announced a further £3.5bn in funding to remediate dangerous cladding across the country, which is a top up of the already £1.6bn pledged via...
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Gender pay gap reporting and the implications of furlough
Furlough has the potential to skew an organisation’s gender pay gap significantly. We consider what furlough might mean for organisations preparing their data ahead of the next gender pay gap...
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Understand IR35 and Off-payroll rules
Blake Morgan tax lawyer and partner Cathy Bryant examines all you need to know about IR35 and the Off-payroll rules. This article was first published in Business Matters Magazine on...
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Is formal public consultation required in hospital trust re-organisations?
We look at the recent judicial review case of Glatter v NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group [2021] EWHC 12 (Admin) where it was argued that decisions made by the local Clinical...
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Construction sector less adversarial than feared during pandemic
Initial fears of a construction Armageddon during COVID-19 have been allayed in a recent report. Blake Morgan Partner Dominic Jones has commented in an article in UK Construction Law regarding...
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Government reforms on leasehold home ownership
What will the Government reforms mean for leasehold homeowners? On 7 January 2021, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick released a statement confirming the Government's proposals to "make it easier and...
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The Battle of the Forms: the last shot doesn’t always win
The Battle of the Forms refers to the exchange of standard terms of business between two contracting parties and the 'winner' of that battle being the party whose terms are...
