Richard Nicholas

2 weeks ago | brownejacobson.com | David Hill |Richard Nicholas

At the time of writing, there is a 90 day pause on higher US tariffs, but a “universal 10%” baseline tariff remains in place for most countries. These tariffs (which are taxes charged on imported goods and products bought from other countries) will lead to an increase in the cost of those goods and products being sold to the US, which needs to be borne by either the seller (exporter), the buyer (importer), the end customer, or a combination of them.

Jan 6, 2025 | jscholarship.library.jhu.edu | Richard Nicholas

Roman history is traditionally divided between two periods: the Republic, which refers to the time from the ejection of the monarchy until the ascension of Augustus; and the Empire, which refers to the time from the ascension of Augustus to power. In the period of the Principate, the figure of the emperor developed and became central to the governing of the empire.

Nov 8, 2024 | brownejacobson.com | Richard Nicholas

In this newsletter we consider the most important recent developments from the perspective of a UK-based in-house lawyer, including:Changes brought in by the Employment Rights Bill (and what that means for existing and future recruitment strategies HR discussions you may be having)ESG best practice (something that we are finding is often added to the role of an in-house lawyer); andSome new developments in one sector in particular.

Oct 16, 2024 | jnnp.bmj.com | Richard Nicholas |Emma Clare Tallantyre |James Witts |Ruth Ann Marrie

DiscussionWe describe an algorithm to identify pwMS within a national routine data repository. We used a clinician-confirmed population-based cohort, and a self-declared previously validated12 cohort to validate the algorithm, confirming high sensitivity and specificity. We were able to demonstrate that the age at diagnosis calculated by the algorithm is similar to the age at diagnosis self-reported by patients and confirmed by clinicians within both validation cohorts.

May 23, 2024 | jnnp.bmj.com | Richard Nicholas |Emma Clare Tallantyre |James Witts |Ruth Ann Marrie

MethodsWe used a cross-sectional population-based cohort study to develop an algorithm to identify pwMS living in Wales, using SAIL. SAIL uses a trusted third party (NHS Wales) to implement a unique Anonymous Linking Field (ALF) as records are loaded into the repository.4 Users of SAIL are not allowed to use any method to identify patients within it. We used the following datasets:Individuals registered with Welsh GPs (https://data.sail.ukserp.ac.uk/Asset/View/20).