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Victoria Hordern writes for Privacy Laws & Business: The breadth and complexities of health data

Victoria Hordern, Partner and Head of our Data Privacy team has recently written an article for Privacy Laws & Business. In this article, Victoria discusses the conditions most likely to be relevant for the processing of health data, and any additional safeguards needed.
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Legacies: holding the line in 1975 Act cases and why charities shouldn’t feel pressurised into settling

Charities play a crucial role in our society. Yet they have never been under so much pressure, facing both reduced income and increased public scrutiny all at a time when their services and support are more needed than ever. We act for many charities, which come to us for help when they find themselves involved …
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Alex Jameson writes on the EDPB’s updated guidance on consent under GDPR

Alex Jameson, Associate in our Data Privacy team has written an article for September 2020’s Privacy & Data Protection Journal . In the article, Alex takes a look at the latest guidance from the European Data Protection Board, and in particular the regulators’ approach to ‘cookie walls’ and ‘scrolling and swiping’ as methods of obtaining …
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5 top tips for navigating the UK’s new ‘quarantine’ rules

As of yesterday, 8 June, most travellers arriving in the UK are required to provide contact information before travelling and self-isolate for 14 days on arrival. Below are our top tips for navigating these new rules, for those travelling to the UK and those supporting employees or others to come to the UK. Work out …
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Philanthropy Impact: Oliver Scutt and Phillippa Holland on COVID-19 – a catalyst for investing in stakeholder capitalism?

Oliver Scutt and Phillippa Holland have recently written for Philanthropy Impact on how the impact of COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented global shutdown as governments raced to halt the spread of the virus, save lives and keep their economies afloat. As the pandemic shockwaves will have a myriad of consequences for years to come, …
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Charity payments overseas – HMRC investigates

Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in the number of investigations being carried out by HMRC in relation to charities making payments overseas. Augustus Della-Porta and Stephanie Biden draw on their experience of advising on HMRC investigations to explain what is involved.
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Victoria Hordern contributes to Global Data Review analysis of European Data Protection Board (EDPB) report

Following the publication of the EDPB’s latest report on the GDPR, Victoria Hordern, Partner & Head of Data Privacy, provided her thoughts to Global Data Review on the key insights that can be drawn from the report’s conclusions. Nothing how it is “perhaps unsurprising” that the EDPB has assumed such a positive view of the …
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Brexit – what’s next for charities and social enterprises?

On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union finally came to an end. So, what happens now? Abbie Rumbold explores the certainties and uncertainties for charities and social enterprises.
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Stephen Lloyd Awards reopens to both existing and new applicants

The Awards are pleased to unlock a short application window considering both existing applications and new applications. In the wake of Covid-19, the Stephen Lloyd Awards have had to temporarily halt their 2020 Awards process.  In endeavouring to meet social need by continuing to support systemic change-makers, the Awards are pleased to unlock a short …
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Could a ‘hardship fund’ help provide critical support to your employees during the current crisis?

As a result of COVID-19 many people are facing increased financial hardship and are at risk of falling into, or have already fallen into, poverty. We have recently received a number of enquiries from individuals, companies and charities asking how they might be able to support employees and former employees in financial need, as well …
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New insolvency and meetings guidance for Not for Profits and Social Enterprise

In conjunction with The Chartered Governance Institute, today we have published guidance around the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 that provides advice to charities, social enterprises and mutuals about insolvency. A separate piece of guidance about holding meetings during the current pandemic has also been published. Louise Thomson, Head of Policy (Not for Profit) …
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Bates Wells advises the shareholders of DPO Group on the sale of DPO Group to Network International Holdings Plc for USD288m

Bates Wells’ corporate team advised the shareholders of DPO Group, the leading, high-growth online commerce platform and payments provider in Africa, on the conditional sale of DPO Group to Network International Holdings Plc, a FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange plc. DPO Group is the largest online commerce platform operating at scale …
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