Recent Posts
Irwin Mitchell
Prior Approval - the legal intricacies of the lockdown
In August 2019, my colleague Nicola Gooch gave a very quick round-up of some recent case law from the Planning Court. This was further...
30/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and an EU-wide ventilator procurement scheme
The Times newspaper on 27 March 2020 reported on a "mix-up" over the UK's participation in an EU-wide ventilator procurement scheme set...
27/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Government explains how Coronavirus Job Retention scheme will work
Last night, the government published guidance on the Job Retention Scheme, announced last week by the Chancellor. Here's the detail. Who...
27/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, the Coronavirus Act 2020 and Human Rights
On 25 March 2020, the UK passed its Coronavirus Act 2020 which contains sweeping emergency powers to enable the UK Government to deal...
27/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: Chancellor announces new scheme to help self employed trade through coronavirus
The Chancellor has just announced a significant support package to help self employed workers: The government will provide a grant which...
26/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: temporary relaxation of drivers' rules
The Department for Transport (DfT) have announced that there will be a temporary and limited relaxation of the enforcement of drivers'...
26/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: how does it impact on sponsorship licences?
Our immigration specialist Philip Barth, considers how sponsorship licences are affected by the measures being taken in the UK to deal...
25/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and UK-EU cross-border pension schemes
Planning for the possibility that the UK and the EU might not reach a deal on their new relationship prior to the end of the transition...
25/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Carry On... Making those decisions...
But how? There is a lot of talk at present about how the Planning Appeals system will continue to make appeal decision during the...
25/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Silent Spring
In 1962, the American environmental scientist, Rachel Carson, published her seminal book "Silent Spring", which was principally about the...
24/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: which businesses can continue to operate?
Last night the Prime Minister announced a full lock-down of the UK in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. All non-essential...
24/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
(Coronavirus) Bills & Regulations
The pace of change in the last week alone as the country finds it's place in the world-wide reaction to the spread of coronavirus.~@ As...
23/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and data protection adequacy
Following Brexit on 31 January 2020 and the expiry of the transition period on 31 December 2020 and unless any other relevant...
23/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, coronavirus and the World Health Organisation
According to its website, the primary role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is "to direct and co-ordinate international health...
23/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, EU State Aid Rules and Mr Rishi Sunak's coronavirus bailout package
In recent days, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced a number of eye-watering measures to support UK...
23/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: FAQs about self isolation, pay and holidays
1. If staff are self-isolating during a pre-booked holiday, is this treated as holiday or absence and can they reclaim their holiday?...
23/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: FAQ’s about pregnancy and ‘high risk’ individuals
1. Can we ask a pregnant woman to start her maternity leave early? No – not unless she is absent from work on account of a pregnancy...
23/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: Government will pay up to 80% of 'furloughed' workers' wages
The Chancellor gave an extraordinary speech on Friday during which he announced a number of measures to help businesses keep afloat...
23/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and addressing thorny issues in the UK-EU trade and economic negotiations
Whilst political and media attention is focussed mainly on the coronavirus emergency at the moment, some interesting thought...
20/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus - new online 'isolation note' service
The government has today launched a new service employees can use to prove they have been advised to self-isolate due to coronavirus....
20/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus and education: Government publishes list of key workers
Schools and colleges are closing this afternoon to all children and students unless they are vulnerable or whose parents are critical to...
20/03/20
Nicola Gooch
Planning in Adversity: a Message of Hope
We are living in strange and interesting times. But in all this uncertainty, we can take some comfort in the fact that the planning...
20/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a House of Lords Debate
On 16 March 2020 , the House of Lords, acting through its EU Select Committee, exercised its statutory right under section 29 of the...
18/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus and cashflow: the difficult decisions about staffing during a crisis
Earlier this week, the government advised the population to socially distance themselves from others. We were told not to go to clubs,...
18/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: IR35 delayed for a year because of Coronavirus
Chief treasury secretary Steve Barclay has announced that the IR35 tax reforms due to come into force on Monday 6 April will be delayed...
17/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, Financial Services Equivalence and a rather formal exchange of letters
The new UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, have...
17/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Coronavirus update – Impact on the food and drink sector and other key industries
By Katherine East and Rob Coleridge On Monday 16 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK had entered the ‘fast...
17/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee
The title of this Article may well be a candidate for the "wooden spoon" of unimaginative titles but the European Scrutiny Committee of...
16/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: DfE update its education guidance
The Department for Education has today updated its guidance on Coronavirus. Despite many European countries shutting down education...
16/03/20
Joanne Moseley
What can you tell your staff if someone is diagnosed with Coronavirus? ICO wades in with some useful advice
Ordinarily employer's can't say very much to others about the health of a particular worker. Information about someone's health is...
16/03/20