News & insights

• Bentley Motors loses trade mark dispute against family-run business
  Posted: 21/11/2019
  A long-running High Court trade mark dispute could result in luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors having to rethink its approach to branded clothing......>>
• From tiny acorns to mighty oaks: how the property community can satisfy the spinouts’ needs
  Posted: 18/11/2019
  Funding of more than £700 million has been delivered to 24 Oxford University startups in the last year. This remarkable investment is over £100 million more than Cambridge and £150 million more than King’s College London......>>
• NHS hospital performance at worst-ever level since target waiting times introduced
  Posted: 15/11/2019
  The latest monthly figures that report on treatment waiting times in the NHS demonstrate that key targets for cancer, hospital care and A&E continue to be missed and have not been met since at least 2016. More worryingly, waiting times in these critical areas are becoming longer......>>
• Christmas child contact can be better than double sprouts: ten tips for a peaceful Christmas
  Posted: 15/11/2019
  One of the toughest times for the children of separated parents is Christmas. Family law solicitors like us often see disputes over which parent is going to have the children over the festive season......>>
• Birth injury investigations – should you consider making a claim and what does it involve?
  Posted: 14/11/2019
  Although only a small percentage of births each year involve medical negligence resulting in a birth injury, it can cause permanent damage and changes lives when it does happen. If an injury at birth could have been prevented with the exercise of reasonable medical care, the child involved may have been spared a permanent brain injury......>>

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Publications

E-Bulletins

• India update - November 2019
  In this issue: Firstly, for many years you have known us as Penningtons Manches, a full service law firm in the heart of London with strong regional offices.

• Employment alert - 14 November 2019
  In this issue: In a recent case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has provided useful guidance on an employer’s ability to monitor staff activities covertly.

• Regulatory review - November 2019
  This is our latest regulatory review. Once again we have a compilation of articles, produced by members of our expert regulatory team and covering a range of regulatory issues highlighted by recent cases or announcements.

• Employment alert - 7 November 2019
  In this issue: In a battle which has taken 13 years to conclude, the Supreme Court has decided that a former Unilever employee’s invention was ‘outstanding’ and that he was entitled to £2 million in statutory compensation.

• Employment alert - 22 October 2019
  In this issue: A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision highlights some important principles in managing disciplinary cases.

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Brochures & factsheets

• Academic spinouts - a report on the funding of UK spinouts 2016-2017
  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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