News & insights

• First Do No Harm: an independent review of the safety of medicines and medical devices
  Posted: 10/07/2020
  First, do no harm: one of the most iconic, fundamental and prevailing maxims of the medical profession. We know only too well, particularly in the midst of the current healthcare crisis, that the majority of individuals enter the healthcare profession with the sole intention of helping those in need...…>>
• Penningtons Manches Cooper acts for PQShield on £5.5 million seed funding
  Posted: 10/07/2020
  The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Oxford University spin-out PQShield on a £5.5 million seed funding raise......>>
• Penningtons Manches Cooper advises global consultancy firm Elixirr in relation to its AIM listing
  Posted: 09/07/2020
  The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Elixirr International PLC on its pre IPO reorganisation, working closely with Elixirr’s other IPO advisers......>>
• SDLT update: the key points in the Chancellor’s summer statement
  Posted: 09/07/2020
  On 8 July 2020 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the nil rate threshold for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) - that is, that part of the consideration at which no SDLT is paid - would be increased from £125,000 to £500,000 for purchases between 8 July 2020 and 31 March 2021......>>
• Ofgem’s Supplier Licensing Review: ongoing requirements and exit arrangements
  Posted: 08/07/2020
  Between 2014 and 2019, the number of active domestic energy suppliers in the GB market more than doubled, from 27 to 64. During the same period, the proportion of customers served by small and medium sized suppliers grew to around 30%. However, the period has also seen an increase in the number of supplier failures...…>>

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E-Bulletins

• Employment alert - 01 July 2020
  Whistleblowing actions can lead to very significant financial awards. It is a common misconception that dismissal damages in whistleblowing claims can only be awarded against the employing company and not against individual employees.

• Regulatory review - June 2020
  As we tentatively tippy-toe out of lockdown, we’re delighted to deliver the latest regulatory review, spanning arguably the most challenging quarter in our history since World War II..

• Employment alert - 15 June 2020
  The Government has updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, confirming that from 1 July 2020 employers will be able to operate “flexible furlough”, permitting part-time work and part-time furlough leave.

• Employment alert - 12 May 2020
  This week there have been two important announcements for UK employers in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.

• Employment alert - 29 April 2020
  There is currently a plethora of press coverage discussing when lockdown restrictions may be relaxed. It is clear that, at the point the restrictions are relaxed, this will initially be a limited relaxation in order to guard against a second peak in infection.

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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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