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Joanne Moseley
The shielding programme has been expanded - what this means for employers
The government has announced that 1.7 million additional people in England will be asked to shield. Academics have conducted a COVID-19...
17/02/21
Spencer Bailey
The Role of Statements in Open Court in the Duke of Sussex’s Settled Libel Claim Against Associated Newspapers
The Duke of Sussex has accepted an apology and “substantial damages” from Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and...
16/02/21
Joanne Moseley
Treasury scraps £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments
Last year the government hastily implemented Regulations that imposed a £95,000 cap on the amount public sector bodies could pay to an...
16/02/21
Joanne Moseley
HR and employment news in brief – February 2021
Our round up of HR and employment law issues. SME’s can apply for free Covid tests If you employ 50 or more people who can’t work from...
16/02/21
Joanne Moseley
What's the best way for schools and colleges to manage their reputation against unfair or inflammatory public posts?
Since the pandemic began, it’s been an inescapable reality that school and college leaders have been (and still are) facing multiple...
12/02/21
Irwin Mitchell
Electronic Communications Code: the gift that keeps on giving
By Ben Gildea, Associate, Real Estate Disputes Summary The Government has launched a consultation on changes to the Electronic...
12/02/21
David Shirt
How to respond if you are stopped by a police officer
Writing in the British Dental Journal Tina Lakhani, a Senior Associate with Irwin Mitchell, explains the process and what actions to...
11/02/21
Nicola Gooch
You have no authority here, Kitty Weaver! The state of virtual planning in 2021
When it comes to virtual meeting mishaps, February has certainly been an eventful month! The month started with the viral sensation...
11/02/21
David Shirt
The Duchess of Sussex succeeds in landmark privacy claim
The Duchess of Sussex has today succeeded in her privacy claim against Associated Newspapers (publishers of the Mail on Sunday) in...
11/02/21
Elizabeth Thomson
Dancing in the Street: What will 2021 bring to the hospitality sector?
The hospitality sector is having to adapt to an ever-evolving regulatory regime in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jennifer Ayris and...
10/02/21
Joanne Moseley
Employer loses race discrimination case because it's equality training was 'stale'
An employer can avoid liability for harassment/discrimination carried out by its own employees if it can show it took all reasonable...
10/02/21
David Shirt
Do you need an external investigator?
By Helen Dyke, Senior Associate Solicitor, Irwin Mitchell Issues of dishonesty, fraud and malpractice have, of course, continued...
10/02/21
Joanne Moseley
Government encourages SMEs to start testing staff for COVID-19
Many small and medium sized businesses will now be able to ask the government to supply lateral flow tests to enable them to identify...
08/02/21
David Shirt
What will the office of the future look like?
The office has been changing for some time but the pace has certainly accelerated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Laura Jones...
04/02/21
Joanne Moseley
Who is claiming furlough? HMRC publishes its first list
HMRC has recently published a list of over 741,000 businesses who have made furlough claims in December 2020. These include household...
04/02/21
Joanne Moseley
Seven things to consider if your employee wants to work from home (and home is outside the UK)
Working from home has become the norm for many employees and it's difficult to envisage that everyone who, pre-Covid, worked in an office...
03/02/21
Nicola Gooch
When One consultation Closes, Another One Opens: MHCLG launches consultation on changes to NPPF and National Design Codes
Just two days after the Class E to Resi PD Consultation closed*; MHCLG opened another one. This latest consultation, which launched on...
02/02/21
Amy Au
BrewDog’s recipe for success
What herbs and spices did Colonel Sanders use to create KFC? Will we ever learn the secret recipe of Coca-Cola? How did Barr develop the...
02/02/21
Joanne Moseley
Furlough: new rules for calculating the pay of variable hours workers
The government has recently published another Treasury Direction modifying the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and updated its more user...
29/01/21
Joanne Moseley
Is the government planning to amend the Working Time Regulations?
Earlier this month, the Financial Times recently reported that the government was planning to 'rip up' worker protections enshrined in...
29/01/21
David Shirt
The benefits of litigation funding options in an uncertain world
Steve Beahan, Commercial Dispute Resolution partner at Irwin Mitchell, explains why now might be the right time for businesses to...
29/01/21
Liam Salt
Notice to Norton Motorbike’s Floating Charge holder not required for valid Administration
Nazmul Miah, Restructuring & Insolvency Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell, comments on the case of Re NMUL Realisations Limited. Deputy ICC...
28/01/21
Liam Salt
The law swings in favour of innocent recipients in Bankruptcy Post Petition Dispositions
by Tarnia Bleasdale - Solicitor, Restructuring & Insolvency Property dispositions in individual insolvencies The recent case of Darren...
27/01/21
Irwin Mitchell
Finding Fault - When can a landlord refuse to renew a lease under the 1954 Act?
By Hayley Crombleholme, Solicitor, Real Estate Disputes In the recent case of Kent v Guest [2021] EWHC 51 (Ch) the High Court has...
27/01/21
Joanne Moseley
Changes to IR35 are coming - eight tips to help you prepare
From Tuesday 6 April 2021, organisations in the private sector that engage “off-payroll” workers will become responsible for determining...
26/01/21
Nicola Gooch
Make do and amend: more case law on the variation of planning conditions
The scope and limitations of local authority powers to amend or vary conditions has attracted more than its fair share of judicial...
25/01/21
Jane Anderson
Damage based agreements - clarity from the Court of Appeal
On 15 January 20201 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment on the case of Zuberi –v- Lexlaw Limited (Bar Council of England and Wales...
21/01/21
Joanne Moseley
DfE tells schools and colleges to stop daily lateral flow tests
Last week, we reported that the government was under pressure to make a statement about Covid testing in schools and colleges, after the...
20/01/21
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and rugby in the UK – the impact on EU players and staff
By Ted Powell, Tom Barnard and Naomi Findlay On 31 December 2020, the final whistle was blown on the UK’s membership of the European...
20/01/21
David Shirt
Staff pensions in troubled times
By Martin Jenkins, Irwin Mitchell's National Head of Pensions. Manufacturing businesses spent 2020 grappling with the twin monsters –...
19/01/21