The ‘person skilled in the art’ is a hypothetical person who is uninventive but skilled in the area of technology to which the patent is directed; they are taken to have an ordinary level of skill, rather than being super-skilled.

A person in respect of whom a registered shareholder in a UK offeree has made a nomination pursuant to CA 2006, s 146 for that person to receive a copy of all communications that the offeree sends to its shareholders generally or to any class of its shareholders that includes the registered shareholder making the nomination.

A gift made to an individual by a particular name or description.

A new system of personal pension savings accounts (similar to the National Pension Savings Scheme) proposed by Lord Turner's Pensions Commission, introduced from 2012 and now known as National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). All employers will be required to offer auto-enrolment in the scheme to their employees unless they have a more generous occupational pension scheme which already enrols employees automatically.

Local Government analysis: The Court of Appeal clarified the limits of personalised housing plans under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 (HA 1996), holding that they cannot include steps directed towards securing allocation of social housing under HA 1996, Pt VI. The court emphasised the statutory distinction between homelessness functions and housing allocation schemes, confirming that allocation decisions must be governed exclusively by the authority’s HA 1996, Pt VI allocation scheme. While advisory or practical assistance connected to HA 1996, Pt VI applications may in some cases fall within HA 1996, Pt VII duties, authorities are not required to include steps aimed at obtaining or prioritising social housing. The decision provides important guidance on the lawful scope and content of personalised housing plans for housing practitioners and local authorities. Produced in partnership with Clive Adams, partner and Zach Plunkett, graduate solicitor apprentice at Birketts LLP.

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This year’s annual round-up reviews some of the most significant developments of 2017 and previews what is on the horizon for 2018. Key personal injury/clinical negligence developments this year included Liz Truss’ announcement in February that the discount rate was going to be reduced from 2.5% to –0.75%. There have been a number of key cases addressing the issues surrounding fundamental dishonesty and Qualified One Way Costs Shifting, as well as the Supreme Court decision of Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60 on the scope of vicarious liability. In this review we also include updates on LexisNexis®’s content, including news of exciting developments from the past year and what is coming up in the next 12 months. Reviewing 2017 Damages What happened? The discount rate is a percentage used by lawyers to calculate future losses in personal injury and clinical negligence claims. It is designed to discount a lump sum for future losses on

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 30 January 2024, marking the first review of trusts law in Scotland in over 100 years since the principal legislation, the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921, was passed. The trusts provisions require secondary legislation from Scottish Ministers to be brought into force whereas some provisions relating to succession law came into effect on 30 April 2024. The main changes to modernise the law are summarised in News Analysis: Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill passed. Practice Notes on areas of Scottish trusts and succession law will be updated further to reflect this new legislation. What is a Personal Injury (‘PI’) trust? A PI trust is: • any form of legal trust structure • holding payments received in consequence of a personal injury by an injured person • for the benefit of that injured person The PI trust derives its identity from the source of the trust property and the beneficiary. It follows that a trust holding payments in consequence

This is the amount of an individual's pre-A Day rights registered with HMRC for protection from the imposition of a lifetime allowance charge.

An amount that an individual can earn in a tax year before being subject to income tax.

The rule which prevents a person from maintaining that which they previously denied or the reverse.

A written undertaking, without security, to pay a debt or perform an obligation.

Your personal brand needs to consistently reflect who you really are and what you stand for. This self-assessment and action plan can be used to capture key information about yourself to help you build a strong and authentic brand. Through this process, actions or areas for further development may be identified. 1 What are your core aims? What do you want to achieve? [Insert details of what you are trying to achieve, eg to achieve partnership by December 2027] 2 What is your product, eg you? What are your core values? [Insert details of what values or beliefs are really important to you as a person and drive how you make decisions, behave and act] What qualifications do you have? [Insert details] What are your key