Posts from April 2020
Joanne Moseley
TUC sets out strategy to get the UK back to work
At some point in the coming weeks or months, a significant proportion of the UK workforce who are currently either working from home, or...
30/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Furloughing staff: House of Commons looks at the inconsistencies between government guidance and Treasury Direction
As regular readers of this blog will know, there are significant inconsistencies between government guidance about the scope of the...
30/04/20
David Shirt
Government support in response to COVID-19
By Andrew Walker at Irwin Mitchell Measures the government has introduced to support businesses, particularly those in the hospitality...
30/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a little controversy over a proposed permanent EU delegation office in Northern Ireland
On 27 April 2020, Penny Mordaunt, the UK Government Paymaster- General and the alternate UK Co-Chair of UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint...
29/04/20
Elizabeth Thomson
A life-line for High Street businesses - but could the measures do more to assist landlords?
By Real Estates Disputes partner, Tim Rayner Much has been written in the legal, property and general press about the difficulties...
29/04/20
Nicola Gooch
Room to swing a cat: the challenges and controversies of virtual planning committees
It has been less than a month since Parliament passed the regulations authorising councils to hold virtual planning committees, and they...
29/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Impact of coronavirus: early signs that employment disputes are increasing
Have the numbers of employment disputes increased during the coronavirus pandemic? We asked our employment team for a snapshot as they...
29/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Boris Johnson
"The Times" of 27 April 2020 reports that on coming back to work on that day after recovering from Covid-19, Boris Johnson will take...
28/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Lugano Convention 2007
On 8 April 2020, the UK applied to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and and the recognition and enforcement of...
28/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
COVID-19: Safeguarding contracts and dealing with uncertainty
By Jessica-Anne Johnson, Jon-Paul Casati and Rob Coleridge In these unprecedented times, businesses are making important decisions in...
28/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European (Arrest) Warrant
Within the EU, the European (Arrest) Warrant applies, which facilitates the arrest and extradition of alleged offenders between EU member...
27/04/20
Stephanie Reeves
Resolving commercial disputes from your front room?
The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the personal and professional lives of people worldwide. In such an uncertain...
27/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the guidance role of HM Customs & Excise in the import and export of goods
The importance of exporters and importers of goods between the UK and the EU of looking at UK/EU trade-related tax guidance from HMRC...
27/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the outcome of the second round of UK-EU negotiations
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...
27/04/20
Nicola Gooch
Air Quality, Emissions & Lockdown: Could Covid-19 help resolve Air Quality concerns in the longer term?
As I mentioned last week, one of the potential silver linings to our current situation appears to be a significant reduction in vehicle...
24/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit , EU Procurement Schemes and the Transition Period
The storm continues to brew about who you knew what and from whom about the joint EU ventilator and personal protection equipment (PPE)...
23/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and opposition to extending the transition period
Growing voices have been heard in recent weeks arguing for an extension to the Brexit transition period beyond its current expiry date of...
22/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a House of Commons Library Research paper
On 20 April 2020, the House of Commons published a research paper under the title: "Coronavirus: Is it possible to extend the Brexit...
21/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: eight tips to support staff working from home
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...
21/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Furlough scheme extended to end of June
Following the government's announcement that the UK will be locked down for at least a further three weeks, the Chancellor has said the...
20/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, Sweden and Covid-19
Sweden, a constitutional monarchy with a strong democratic tradition, does seem like the UK in many ways but there are significant...
20/04/20
Joanne Moseley
SSP scheme extended to cover the extremely vulnerable
On Thursday 16 April, the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 were amended. Now, individuals...
20/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and contingency planning
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 EU tie...
20/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, controlling borders and Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown up some apparent inconsistencies in the UK Government's Brexit objectives and policies. A major...
20/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Furlough and holiday - government breaks its silence
Over the weekend the government updated its Employee Guidance on the Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme. Big fanfare - it includes some...
20/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Furlough portal is open: this is what you need to make a claim
The Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme claim line opened this morning. You need to sign in via the Government Gateway and then answer a...
20/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Coronavirus - immunity [from Enforcement]
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....
20/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Covexit
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...
17/04/20
Nicola Gooch
Isolation Innovation: How Planning is adapting to life in lockdown.
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...
17/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Furloughing staff: Official rules published
Earlier this week, the government published a Direction to HMRC to explain how it should administer the Coronavirus: Job Retention...
17/04/20