News & insights

• World Heart Day 2020: using heart to beat heart disease
  Posted: 29/09/2020
  World Heart Day occurs every year on 29 September. It is a global campaign that aims to draw attention to heart disease, stroke and the range of health issues associated with these conditions. World Heart Day was created by the World Heart Federation (WHF) in 2000. Each year, there is a different theme...…>>
• Back of the net: Messi scores definitive victory in a nine-year legal dispute over his trade mark
  Posted: 28/09/2020
  We wrote previously about Lionel Messi's success against Massi, the famous Spanish cycling brand, back in 2018, when the General Court of the European Union ruled that the world-famous footballer could finally register his name as a trade mark. The decision came after a lengthy dispute in which Massi opposed the trade mark application...…>>
• Urology Awareness Month: potential urological consequences following Cauda Equina Syndrome
  Posted: 28/09/2020
  September is Urology Awareness Month, which is a yearly event created by The Urology Foundation in order to raise awareness of urological conditions. The charity also helps fund vital research, which is required in order to understand more about these conditions and improve the lives of patients...…>>
• The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 and the Commercial Lease
  Posted: 25/09/2020
  Following yesterday’s announcement that a number of the temporary measures brought in by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (CIGA) to ease pressures on companies most at risk of insolvency during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis are to be extended, we look here at some of the key questions...…>>
• Government response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation
  Posted: 24/09/2020
  The Government has finally released its response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation. Long-awaited by the trans community and those advocating on their behalf, it has no doubt caused widespread disappointment, even though one of the key points – that plans for self-identification have been dropped – was expected following a leak earlier this summer...…>>

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E-Bulletins

• Employment alert - 24 September 2020
  The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined the Government’s latest plans to support employers beyond the end of the furlough scheme on 31 October 2020. The Government’s view is that this level of continued support is necessary due to the extension of the more general Covid-19 restrictions across the country and is an attempt to avoid, or at least slow down, the waves of redundancies that have been predicted when Government furlough assistance for employers ends.

• Employment alert - 7 September 2020
  As the furlough scheme comes to an end, businesses affected by Covid-19 may have difficult decisions to take in preparing for the “new tomorrow”. Unfortunately, many employers will need to consider compulsory redundancies. Redundancy is a potentially fair reason to end employment and here are some key things to think about when considering changes.

• Employment alert - 28 August 2020
  Employers should be careful to consider regularly the reasons why there are pay differentials between male and female employees, following the Court of Appeal’s decision in August 2020 in the case of Walker v Co-operative Group Limited & Pennycook.

• Employment alert - 21 August 2020
  Where an employee is dismissed and brings an internal appeal, which results in their re-instatement, they should be treated as if the employment relationship had remained in existence throughout the appeal process.

• Employment alert - 13 August 2020
  The difference between the ‘fairness’ of a dismissal (for the purposes of unfair dismissal) and whether a dismissal can be ‘justified’ for the purposes of disability discrimination has been highlighted in a recent case in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).

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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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