Incontinence is the unintentional passage of urine and is a condition affecting approximately 34 of women in the UK. It is also a condition that is

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are frequently used to enable the sharing of confidential information in the context of Intellectual Property (IP)

Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) enable pharmaceutical companies to extend their patent protection by a further 5 years to take the

Sometimes, according to a recent Court of Appeal case.The employee, a live-in domestic worker, did not have a visa for the entirety of her employment

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Casio Electronic £3.7 million for breaking competition law by preventing downstream retailers

Rebecca Dziobon and Gemma Reading of the firm’s family department recentIy submitted a legal update to New Law Journal highlighting the recent changes

Early onset Group B Streptococcus (Group B Strep) infection poses serious health risks, especially for newborn babies, and continual efforts are

The case of Commerzbank AG v Rajput reminds employers to take care that employment decisions are not taken on the basis of stereotypical assumptions

July 2019 saw the UK Government commit to strengthening section 54 (transparency in supply chains requirements) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA)

The Government has recently released news that the majority of landlords hoped or assumed would never come; section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 will be

On 5 July 2019, the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) published its second report 'Simplifying the design of inheritance tax'. Penningtons Manches

Water industry regulator Ofwat recently landed Southern Water (SW) with a penalty and redress package of £126 million following wastewater spillages

The Daily Telegraph recently reported that Mandy Gray, a significantly wealthy divorcee, had obtained an order to serve court papers via WhatsApp on

Regulating the online world is a huge challenge, particularly when it comes to protecting children. For its part, the Information Commissioner’s

Clients like to think a deal is effectively done when heads of terms are signed, and many agents encourage their clients to enter into such a

The ever-increasing use of technology has become an integral part of business operations within the shipping sector resulting in systems of greater

A sword of Damocles that disgruntled former employees sometimes hang over the heads of their old employers is the threat that, not only will they sue

The Annual Fraud Indicator published by Experian found that housing tenancy fraud cost local government £1.83 billion in 2017. However, with budget

Over the years we have seen a growing number of claims being raised against employers by employees for alleged disability discrimination, including

Since we last covered decisions under the new Electronic Communications Code back in January, we have had four new decisions from the Upper Tribunal