In accordance with the terms of Imperial’s Financial Regulations, you must not enter into any contract with an external legal adviser without the prior approval of the Legal & Regulatory Affairs team. The Legal & Regulatory Affairs team manages a panel of approved external advisers; it will source the most appropriate external advice for the matter and maintain oversight of the advice to ensure Imperial receives the highest quality advice and value for money.
Our Legal and Regulatory Affairs team is unable to provide legal advice to individuals regarding personal matters. We provide legal support to the University, along with advice upon key regulatory matters with which Imperial must comply. Examples of some matters upon which we advise are listed below.
We advise on:
- Academic freedom
- Charitable and corporate governance matters
- Competition & Markets Authority law and guidance
- Complaints and discipline cases (staff and students)
- Consumer law
- Contracts with particular legal complexity
- Copyright law
- Coronial matters
- Data Protection and Subject Access Requests
- Drafting policies, guidance and Regulations
- Employment law
- Equality legislation
- Fitness to Practise
- Freedom of Information
- Freedom of Speech
- Health & Safety
- Imperial’s brand protection
- Imperial Global
- Intellectual Property
- International collaborations
- Licensing
- OfS Conditions of Registration
- Prepare, Protect and Prevent duties
- Property law
- Public Inquiries
- Regulatory matters
- Safeguarding
- Trademarks
- Venture Fund matters
If unsure on where your case falls, contact us (legal@imperial.ac.uk) and we can direct you as to the most appropriate next steps.