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New law: Workers now protected from ‘detriment’ for steps they take to protect their health and safety at work
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- May 2021
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Employers must avoid subjecting workers (as well as employees) to a detriment if they take steps to protect themselves from work risks, based on a reasonable belief their health and safety is at risk, under new employment laws in force from 31 May 2021.
New Code: New Countryside Code for landowners in England and Wales to help protect them, their land and livestock, and the environment
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- May 2021
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Landowners in England and Wales will welcome a new Countryside Code governing how visitors to their land should behave in order to enjoy their visit while keeping their impact on the countryside and those who live and work there to a minimum.
New law: Businesses making white goods, electric cars and other energy products face new eco-design and labelling rules
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- May 2021
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Businesses making consumer products such as energy white goods and electric cars in the UK face new laws such as a legal right to repair, more stringent energy efficiency requirements and new energy labelling from summer 2021, subject to a (yet to be confirmed) transitional period.
New guidance: European Patent Office updates Guidelines on the patentability of databases
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- May 2021
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Businesses developing software which includes database management systems and information retrieval should review whether it is capable of being protected by a patent in the EU, following publication of an amended version of the European Patent Office (EPO) Guidelines for Examination.
New law: Government ends temporary relaxations
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- May 2021
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The government has ended its temporary relaxations on how a limited company’s shareholders can ‘meet’ to make decisions, initially introduced because of the COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings, and the extensions to certain time limits for filing information at Companies House.
New law: Planning law changes in England make it easier to change buildings from commercial, business and service use to residential
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- May 2021
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Developers, property owners and funders will welcome changes to planning laws that permit developments in England altering use of property from commercial business and service (Class E) to residential (Class C3), under a new Class MA (Mercantile to Abode), provided certain conditions are met.
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