At some point in the coming weeks or months, a significant proportion of the UK workforce who are currently either working from home, or...

As regular readers of this blog will know, there are significant inconsistencies between government guidance about the scope of the...

Loans and guarantees

The government have pledged to provide unlimited loans and guarantees to support firms and help them manage cash...

On 27 April 2020, Penny Mordaunt, the UK Government Paymaster- General and the alternate UK Co-Chair of UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint...

Much has been written in the legal, property and general press about the difficulties surrounding the issue of commercial rents; the...

It has been less than a month since Parliament passed the regulations authorising councils to hold virtual planning committees, and they...

Have the numbers of employment disputes increased during the coronavirus pandemic? We asked our employment team for a snapshot as they...

"The Times" of 27 April 2020 reports that  on coming back to work on that day after recovering from Covid-19, Boris Johnson will...

On 8 April 2020, the UK applied to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and and the recognition and enforcement of...

By Jessica-Anne Johnson, Jon-Paul Casati and Rob Coleridge

In these unprecedented times, businesses are making important decisions in...

Within the EU, the European (Arrest) Warrant applies, which facilitates the arrest and extradition of alleged offenders between EU member...

The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the personal and professional lives of people worldwide. In such an uncertain...

The importance of exporters  and importers of goods between the UK and the EU of looking at UK/EU trade-related tax guidance from...

You can read what you want to read into the separate statements published on 24 April 2020  by the UK and the EU sides at the end of...

As I mentioned last week, one of the potential silver linings to our current situation appears to be a significant reduction in...

The storm continues to brew about who you knew what  and from whom about the joint EU ventilator and personal protection equipment...

Growing voices have been heard in recent weeks arguing for an extension to the Brexit transition period beyond its current expiry date of...

On 20 April 2020, the House of Commons published a research paper under the title: "Coronavirus: Is it possible to extend the Brexit...

Since the lock down, anyone who could work from home has been expected to do so. Many of us are now into our fourth or fifth week of...

Following the government's announcement that the UK will be locked down for at least a further three weeks, the Chancellor has said the...

Sweden, a constitutional monarchy with a  strong democratic tradition, does seem like the UK in many ways but there are significant...

On Thursday 16 April, the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 were amended. Now, individuals...

In The Times  of Friday 17 April 2020, Ed Conway, Economics Editor of Sky News, wrote an article under the headline "Why do we let...

The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown up some apparent inconsistencies in the UK Government's Brexit objectives and policies.

A major objective...

Over the weekend the government updated its Employee Guidance on the Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme. Big fanfare - it includes some...

The Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme claim line opened this morning. You need to sign in via the Government Gateway and then answer a...

The clever science boffins are still rushing to create a vaccine and/or a cure for the coronavirus which is bringing the world to a halt....

The naming of names is very important and can be related back to Adam's actions in Genesis in naming the land animals, even before Eve...

We have just completed our first three weeks in lockdown. As we have at least another three to go, I thought it would be nice to take a...

Earlier this week, the government published a Direction to HMRC to explain how it should administer the Coronavirus: Job Retention...

Enid Blyton, the famous children's writer,  wrote a short story about Tig and Tag, two quarrelsome goblins,who spent so much time...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court handed down two important judgments which clarify how far an organisation can be made legally...

At long last the Pensions Regulator has announced some further easements – relaxations that it will apply at least until 30 June 2020 in...

The government has today updated its guidance on Coronavirus: The Job Retention Scheme for the fourth time. 

The key thing to note is...

The title to this blog is particularly wordy.

The explanation is that urgent  Covid-19 and  separate environmental concerns have...

Last week, our pensions expert, Penny Cogher looked at the key issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to...

On Thursday 8 April, long after most of us had logged off for the Easter weekend, the government updated its guidance on the Coronavirus:...

Last week, the government published new guidance on social distancing in workplaces that remain open during the Coronavirus pandemic. It...

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 to make rules of court in England and Wales for the...

It is well established that an expert acting in a dispute owes a duty to the tribunal to provide evidence that is impartial and...

Brexit has many faces and its environmental profile could be particularly significant.

As a marker perhaps of this, on 7 April 2020 a...

A major theme for the new UK- EU relationship post-Brexit is what sort of civil society rights citizens and foreign nationals will enjoy...

On 7 April 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Business Plan for 2020/21.

Whilst much of the business plan...

Late on 9 April 2020,  the Eurogroup of 19 Eurozone countries announced an EU - supported €540bn financial rescue package for...

The sun is shining and we are on the verge of a Bank Holiday weekend. As I am feeling somewhat festive, we are taking a break from...

Many of our clients are concerned about what will happen to their agency workers during the lock down. We've answered the most frequently...

Last week we discussed the questions that remained unanswered regarding holiday and furlough. For those that missed it, the blog is...

The Coronavirus Act 2020 sets out provisions allowing certain workers to take unpaid statutory emergency volunteering leave (“EVL”) to...

On Monday 23 March, the Prime Minister imposed a lock down throughout the UK. 

Schools and colleges and other providers were asked to

Brexit has not gone away, even though Covid-19 seems determined to chase it down the track and out of the public eye!

On 7 April 2020, the...

The NHS have asked for a volunteer army to help vulnerable people stay safe and well at home during the coronavirus pandemic. 

The...

Coronavirus had dominated the headlines for the last few weeks and, unfortunately, looks set to stay there for the foreseeable future....

The Government has published new guidance on safeguarding during school closures which applies to all schools (including academies and...

Attention is drawn to the Small  Business Grant Fund (SMBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF) set up for...

Representatives from HMRC have today told a Parliamentary Select Committee that the online portal being built to process the payments of...

Pensions expert, Penny Cogher takes a look at the issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to furloughed...

The European Commission issued a press release on 6 April 2020, confirming that it had approved, under EU state aid rules, a £50 billion...

On 4 April, the government published new guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).  Up until then, there has been...

Our immigration specialist Philip Barth explains how organisations can carry out right to work checks at a time when many workplaces are...

On 2 April 2020, EIOPA , one of the EU's financial supervisory authorities, issued a press announcement urging insurance insurers and...

Article 132 of the UK-EU Brexit- related Withdrawal Agreement permits the UK-EU  Joint Committee established under that Agreement to...

In the early hours of Saturday morning, the government updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The first version...

On Monday the government published employer and employee guidance on its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Since then lawyers, HR...

On 1 April 2020, the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee published a report summarising the EU's policy and legal measures in...

If nothing else, our current circumstances have certainly proven that the UK's legislative draftsman are a genuinely exceptional and...

In our team chat this last week I discovered that some of the southerners in my team have their local Boozers on deliveroo.@^ Now they...

On 2 April 2020, The Times newspaper reported on the UK  Supreme Court decision announced the previous day in Zipvit Limited v...

The Joint Committee, set up under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement to monitor and supervise implementation of that Agreement, met for the...