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For more than two years Northern Ireland has faced difficulties trading with the wider UK. The 2020 Northern Ireland Protocol established systems for trade in and out of Northern Ireland, but has led to a mass of practical difficulties both in the flow of goods across the Irish Sea, and legal compliance for businesses operating […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) has recently published for consultation draft guidance as to how competition laws apply to environmental sustainability agreements.
A new approach to the use of precision genetic technology in plants and animals has recently been introduced in England. This will make is easier to use advanced DNA editing methods like CRISPR-Cas9 in the agrifood sector.
Students from Oxford Brookes Business School demonstrated their entrepreneurial prowess by pitching their ideas for business ventures at an event inspired by the TV show Dragons’ Den.
Market confidence among housebuilders in the Thames Valley remains high, according to research recently carried out by law firm Blandy & Blandy.
Employers have legal obligations and regulations to maintain safety & health at work and to implement a safe and healthy work environment. The following strategies can be followed to protect employees from injuries and illnesses, which can be costly for both employees and employers. A safe and healt… Safety and health at work are […]
Accountancy specialist firm Whitley Stimpson has been shortlisted for a top property industry award.
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Universities and spin-out companies should be reviewing their general position in relation to intellectual property ownership in light of the court’s decision in the recent case of Oxford University Innovations v Oxford Nanoimaging 2022.
The B4 Better Business Ecosystem with Grant Hayward and Sam Kandiyali
The EU Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) 536/2014 (the CTR) became applicable on 31 January 2022. We asked our best friend firm in Germany, Graf von Westphalen, to give us an insight into how the CTR and the related Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) are bedding in.
Open-source software (OSS) is software that is free to redistribute, with the source code being distributed as well as the object code. It is widely acknowledged using OSS components in software development can help reduce time and effort being expended recreating functionality that already exists. Consequently, it can speed up innovation.
A recent ABPI report highlighted a decline in UK clinical trials. Improving the UK ecosystem for clinical research will involve a range of measures, and we look forward to publication of the O’Shaughnessy review. This sits alongside an ongoing substantial upgrade to UK clinical trials legislation and guidance, that forms the focus of this article.
The Windsor Framework has been greeted with widespread enthusiasm so far, and indicates the start of a warmer relationship between the EU and the UK. We consider what it means for life sciences both in Northern Ireland and the wider UK.
With more and more people becoming liable for inheritance tax (IHT), experts at Whitley Stimpson are urging families to consider using a little used loophole to reduce its impact.