News & insights

• Penningtons Manches Cooper announces 2020 promotions
  Posted: 01/04/2020
  Penningtons Manches Cooper is delighted to announce three new partner and two new associate director promotions with effect from 1 April 2019. The total number of partners within the firm is now 135...…>>
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: understanding symptoms and improving diagnoses
  Posted: 31/03/2020
  March 2020 is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and over the course of the month, charities have been campaigning to raise the profile of ovarian cancer, increase awareness amongst women and GPs of the typical signs and symptoms, and train GPs in early diagnosis as well as fundraising for life-saving treatment and research...…>>
• St George’s cardiac surgery unit: independent panel identifies historic care failings between 2013 and 2018
  Posted: 31/03/2020
  The independent panel appointed by NHS Improvement in January 2019 to review the deaths of patients who underwent heart surgery at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, between April 2013 and December 2018, has now published its findings...…>>
• Covid-19 tax assistance: emergency support in response to the pandemic
  Posted: 31/03/2020
  Less than a month ago, the Chancellor announced a number of tax measures as part of the Budget. This was naturally dominated by initiatives to tackle the coronavirus outbreak and, since the Budget, a further raft of tax measures have been announced as part of the emergency programme put in place to help both businesses and individuals......>>
• Coronavirus: employment considerations for education institutions
  Posted: 31/03/2020
  Numerous measures have been put in place in recent days to seek to contain the virus and assist employers and employees during this unprecedented time. Some of these have particular implications for schools, colleges and universities.

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Publications

E-Bulletins

• Employment alert - 31 March 2020
  The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is one of the most ambitious support packages announced by the chancellor to provide assistance to employers and employees during this unprecedented period of uncertainty.

• Regulatory review - March 2020
  When compiling this spring edition of our regulatory review, which incorporates our individual articles published during the last quarter, we didn’t anticipate the current effects of the Covid-19 crisis..

• Employment alert - 18 March 2020
  Government delays changes to IR35. The UK Government has announced that the changes to IR35 in the private sector which were due to come into force on 6 April 2020 will now be delayed until 6 April 2021, as part of the emergency measures put in place to help businesses in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Employment alert - 17 March 2020
  It is no exaggeration to say that the coronavirus is a crisis that is evolving daily and putting immense pressure on business. We have put together a list of frequently asked questions to provide initial guidance on the main concerns.

• Employment alert - 10 March 2020
  The Government has concluded its review into the introduction of the IR35 off-payroll worker rules (OPW rules) in the private sector. It has also confirmed that the legislation extending the rules to the private sector will be published in final form on 19 March 2020, and will come into force on 6 April 2020 as planned.

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Brochures & factsheets

• Academic spinouts - a report on the funding of UK spinouts
  This report from Penningtons Manches builds on work begun in Financing Growth in Innovative Firms, the consultation published as part of the Patient Capital Review. That report identified growing levels of investment into spinouts in the UK in the context of a perceived dearth of capital available on patient terms.
• Charity legacy report 2017 - bridging the gap?
  The charities team at Penningtons Manches saw an increasing need to better understand some of the challenges for charities and probate practitioners when dealing with the specialist area of legacies to charities.
• Data protection survey - Spring 2015
  Earlier this year, the Penningtons Manches data protection team sent an online questionnaire to data protection lawyers in Multilaw firms around Europe to gather and share insight into the current trends and perceptions about data protection regulation across Europe.
• Banking and finance fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches' banking and finance team: we provide clear, practical advice to guide our clients through transactions and issues to help them achieve their goals. We work closely with every client to gain a thorough understanding of their objectives.
• Clinical negligence and personal injury fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches’ clinical negligence and personal injury team: our clinical negligence and personal injury practice is one of the largest in the UK providing nationwide coverage from our offices in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Hampshire and Surrey.
• Commercial fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches' commercial team: our commercial team drafts, reviews and negotiates commercial agreements of all types and at all stages in the development and supply chain.

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