News & insights

• Non-financial misconduct within financial services - no room for unwanted "love and affection" in a firm’s culture
  Posted: 12/08/2022
  Jan Skarbek, one of the most high-profile dealmakers at Citigroup, who had worked for Citi for decades, is currently being investigated after allegedly telling a female analyst that he needed “love and affection” while on a work trip in Barcelona. He was suspended and an investigation into his conduct was commenced......>>
• The TCC delivers guidance on claims surrounding fire safety of buildings
  Posted: 12/08/2022
  Since the tragedy at Grenfell in June 2017, claims surrounding fire safety of buildings have become commonplace. For this reason, the TCC’s judgment in Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd – the first decision of its kind since Grenfell to address fire safety defects - was highly anticipated......>>
• Family law guidance for athletes - how assets are divided upon divorce
  Posted: 11/08/2022
  This is the third in a series of articles exploring key family law issues facing athletes over the course of their careers. It explores the process of divorce and separation in England and Wales and its financial implications, including the options available if you and your partner cannot come to an agreement on how to divide your assets......>>
• Sepsis – making a clinical negligence claim
  Posted: 11/08/2022
  Our recent article on sepsis in children explained that sepsis is a dangerous complication of infection. Sometimes, death or serious injury from sepsis could have been avoided with quicker or different treatment. In these cases, the patient or their family may decide to investigate what happened by making a clinical negligence claim......>>
• Facial paralysis: why it occurs in newborn children, and how it should be treated
  Posted: 11/08/2022
  Facial paralysis means nerve damage that causes loss of movement in the face. It has many causes, but this summary focuses on facial paralysis in newborn children, when the nerves that control the facial muscles are inflamed or damaged during birth. It is also known as ‘facial palsy’ and one of the primary causes is birth trauma......>>

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Publications

E-Bulletins

• PennTech update – Summer 2022
  Welcome to our summer edition of the PennTech update. In this edition, we look back on our recent involvement in London Tech Week, which included hosting our hybrid NFTs readiness event, releasing our cyber security and data protection toolkit and launching a new immigration-focused podcast featuring Russ Shaw CBE..

• Social housing newsletter - 30 May 2022
  Welcome to the latest edition of our social housing newsletter. In this edition, we remind you about The New Homes Quality Code and the actions you need to take before the end of 2022. Find out how the Code might affect you in Linda Storey and Ben Robinson's article. In our second article, we learn about the consequences of delays when landlords receive a request to assign a lease. Lucy Norton looks at a case that was featured in the national press earlier this year and how its outcome has implications for social housing landlords.

• BioBrief - May 2022
  Welcome to the spring edition of BioBrief. We start this edition with an article I wrote recently for OBN Connect magazine which covers the challenges faced by Biotech founders on spin-out and the career change it requires. This is something that I am familiar with as I changed my career from project manager of global clinical trials for IQVIA to being an IP lawyer.

• Finance Focus - May 2022
  In our February Finance Focus we highlighted the likely sanctions that would result from a Russian invasion or incursion into Ukraine. The devastating military action that followed has meant that many of those sanctions predictions are now in place and likely to remain so for some time ahead......>

• Charity sector update - May 2022
  We are delighted to share a round-up of recent articles published by members of our charity sector team. These insights include: Charity law news, Reporting serious incidents to the Charity Commission, Charities and the inheritance of property, When running a small charity becomes too expensive, Employment law update, Legal training and professional development for the charities sector. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your usual Penningtons Manches Cooper contact, or any of the team below, if you have any questions in relation to these topics.

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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.
• From the Golden Gate to the Golden Triangle - a report on US investment into UK companies
  There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in the technology industry and its impressive pace of change. Whether you’re in Cambridge or California, innovation clusters across the globe are nurturing ground-breaking technologies and creating world-leading businesses.
• 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.
• Construction fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches' construction team: we are involved with projects from the outset and work with clients to shape their procurement and contracting strategies.

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