Recent Posts
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
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a game of Tig and Tag
Enid Blyton, the famous children's writer, wrote a short story about Tig and Tag, two quarrelsome goblins,who spent so much time...
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Joanne Moseley
Supreme Court restores sanity to the scope of vicarious liability
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court handed down two important judgments which clarify how far an organisation can be made legally...
16/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: Pensions Regulator eases up on compliance
At long last the Pensions Regulator has announced some further easements – relaxations that it will apply at least until 30 June 2020 in...
16/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: Furloughing staff - payroll date changes
The government has today updated its guidance on Coronavirus: The Job Retention Scheme for the fourth time. The key thing to note is...
15/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and new EU proposals and consultations that may impact on UK company law in the light of Covid-19 and climate change
The title to this blog is particularly wordy. The explanation is that urgent Covid-19 and separate environmental concerns have inspired...
15/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Latest pensions guidance from The Pensions Regulator on auto-enrolment compliance and the coronavirus
Last week, our pensions expert, Penny Cogher looked at the key issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to...
14/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Furlough scheme - government updates guidance (again)
On Thursday 8 April, long after most of us had logged off for the Easter weekend, the government updated its guidance on the Coronavirus:...
14/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Government updates guidance on social distancing in the workplace
Last week, the government published new guidance on social distancing in workplaces that remain open during the Coronavirus pandemic. It...
14/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 to make rules of court in England and Wales for the...
14/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Chinese Walls Come Tumbling Down - A v B [2020] EWHC 809 (TCC)
It is well established that an expert acting in a dispute owes a duty to the tribunal to provide evidence that is impartial and...
14/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the ozone Layer
Brexit has many faces and its environmental profile could be particularly significant. As a marker perhaps of this, on 7 April 2020 a...
14/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Anglo-French perspectives on Covid-19
A major theme for the new UK- EU relationship post-Brexit is what sort of civil society rights citizens and foreign nationals will enjoy...
14/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the UK Financial Conduct Authority
On 7 April 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Business Plan for 2020/21. Whilst much of the business plan...
14/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and an €540bn EU financial rescue package for Coronavirus- hit EU member states
Late on 9 April 2020, the Eurogroup of 19 Eurozone countries announced an EU - supported €540bn financial rescue package for countries...
14/04/20