Recent Posts
Nicola Gooch
What's in the Easter Basket? a selection box of recent cases from the Planning Court
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...
09/04/20
Joanne Moseley
FAQs: Furloughing agency staff
Many of our clients are concerned about what will happen to their agency workers during the lock down. We've answered the most frequently...
09/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Holiday and furlough ... the plot thickens
Last week we discussed the questions that remained unanswered regarding holiday and furlough. For those that missed it, the blog is...
09/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus - rights of skilled workers volunteering to help emergency response
The Coronavirus Act 2020 sets out provisions allowing certain workers to take unpaid statutory emergency volunteering leave (“EVL”) to...
09/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Does the Coronavirus Act allow the government to change any laws relating to special educational needs?
On Monday 23 March, the Prime Minister imposed a lock down throughout the UK. Schools and colleges and other providers were asked to...
09/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and an article from the House of Lords Library
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,...
09/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: the volunteer army
The NHS have asked for a volunteer army to help vulnerable people stay safe and well at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The...
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Joanne Moseley
Employment law changes in force from 6 April 2020
Coronavirus had dominated the headlines for the last few weeks and, unfortunately, looks set to stay there for the foreseeable future....
09/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: new safeguarding rules for schools and colleges
The Government has published new guidance on safeguarding during school closures which applies to all schools (including academies and...
09/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and two small business grant funding schemes
Attention is drawn to the Small Business Grant Fund (SMBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF) set up for...
08/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: furlough scheme expected to open on 20 April
Representatives from HMRC have today told a Parliamentary Select Committee that the online portal being built to process the payments of...
08/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Pensions and furloughing - key issues for employers
Pensions expert, Penny Cogher takes a look at the issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to furloughed...
08/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and EU approval of UK Government State Aid packages in the era of coronavirus
The European Commission issued a press release on 6 April 2020, confirming that it had approved, under EU state aid rules, a £50 billion...
07/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Directors rights and responsibilities under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
On 4 April, the government published new guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Up until then, there has been much...
07/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: new guidance on right to work checks
Our immigration specialist Philip Barth explains how organisations can carry out right to work checks at a time when many workplaces are...
07/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
On 2 April 2020, EIOPA , one of the EU's financial supervisory authorities, issued a press announcement urging insurance insurers and...
06/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and moves to extend the Transition Period
Article 132 of the UK-EU Brexit- related Withdrawal Agreement permits the UK-EU Joint Committee established under that Agreement to...
06/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Updated furlough guidance answers some questions but important ones are still unclear
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the government updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The first version...
06/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Holiday and furlough - the unanswered questions
On Monday the government published employer and employee guidance on its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Since then lawyers, HR...
03/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and joining up the dots on Covid-19
On 1 April 2020, the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee published a report summarising the EU's policy and legal measures in...
03/04/20
Nicola Gooch
Virtual Reality: Government publishes regulations enabling planning committees to be held remotely
If nothing else, our current circumstances have certainly proven that the UK's legislative draftsman are a genuinely exceptional and...
02/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Can I get that pint to takeaway, mate?
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...
02/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European Court of Justice - an interesting court case
On 2 April 2020, The Times newspaper reported on the UK Supreme Court decision announced the previous day in Zipvit Limited v HMRC, a...
02/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Joint Committee
The Joint Committee, set up under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement to monitor and supervise implementation of that Agreement, met for the...
01/04/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the administration of Justice
On 27 March 2020, the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee published a short progress report on key Justice-related issues in the...
31/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Workers affected by coronavirus can carry over holiday into the next two leave years
On Friday, the government published Regulations which amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 and allow up to four weeks leave to be...
31/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Trade Bill
A Trade Bill was re-introduced into the UK Parliament on 19 March 2020 (the earlier one having lapsed with the expiry of the previous...
30/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, Company Law and meeting the challenge of Covid-19
The coronavirus and the illness that it causes , Covid-19, are posing challenges to Company Law as well as to many other sectors of...
30/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and changing times
On 29th March 2020, The Sunday Times reported that officials in London and Brussels have said that there is "zero" prospect of the UK and...
30/03/20
Nicola Gooch
We Need to Talk: s.106 Agreements, CIL Payments & Stalled Sites
There is a lot for developers to think about right now. Everything from the availability of building supplies, to force majeure clauses...
30/03/20