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Irwin Mitchell
Permission to appeal granted on five grounds in New Look CVA challenges
- Jurisdiction and unfair prejudice open to review on appeal First instance decision Landlords on 10th May lost their legal challenge at...
17/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over: Company Directors And Dissolution – A New Chapter
- Directors of dissolved companies will be capable of disqualification under s6 CDDA, whether or not the company in question ever became...
17/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Nominee found in breach of duties in successful Regis’ CVA challenge and CVA revoked: a warning shot across the bows of accountancy firms
The legal challenge (Carraway Guildford (Nominee A) Limited and Others v Regis UK Limited and Others, No. 8276 of 2018) by landlords...
17/05/21
Jane Anderson
Ignore Court Judgments At Your Peril
It has been widely reported in the press that a default judgment for £535 has been entered and registered against Boris Johnson. On...
17/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Business rates – whose place is it anyway?
Hurstwood Properties (A) Ltd v Rossendale BC [2021] UKSC 16 Business rates have been a bone of contention for a long time, which has led...
17/05/21
David Shirt
Court fines Tesco £7.5 million for selling out of date food and calls its defence “an affront to common sense”
By Katherine East and Craig Weston. District Judge Qureshi handed down a damning guilty verdict in the Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on...
17/05/21
Danielle Parsons
Mental Health Awareness Week – Working through the Pandemic
By Sacha Sokhi, Solicitor in the London Employment & Professional Discipline Team While the UK raises awareness this week of mental...
14/05/21
Joanne Moseley
New rules on face masks - another health and safety landmine for schools and colleges to navigate
Earlier this week, the government announced that a number of restrictions will be lifted on Monday 17 May, in line with 'step three' of...
14/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Everyone's invited: what's the best way for schools and colleges to respond to allegations against members of staff?
Allegations that many schools, colleges and universities have a 'rape culture' have dominated news headlines. The website everyone's...
14/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Why menopause is a business issue
Last night, Channel 4 aired a documentary - Sex, Myths and the Menopause, presented by Davina McColl. It revealed that many women...
13/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Right to work checks - COVID flexibility now due to end on 20 June
A few weeks ago we informed you that the temporary right to work checks in force during the COVID-19 pandemic would end on 16 May....
12/05/21
Danielle Parsons
How soon is now? The time was right: reform is long overdue
The lack of any mention of the Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech yesterday means the wait for long overdue reform continues, almost...
12/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Virgin Active restructuring plan sanctioned
The restructuring plans put forward by gym chain Virgin Active have today been sanctioned Virgin Active’s plans are the first contested...
12/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Queen's Speech: what are the implications for employment law?
In short, not very much. Despite the government's promises to protect and enhance worker rights, this Queen's Speech made no mention of...
12/05/21
Danielle Parsons
5 Top Tips for Whistleblowers: Things to think about before saying something when you see something
These days we're seeing more media coverage about employers who have misused the furlough scheme and committed fraud, as well as those...
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Joanne Moseley
Workplace conflict costs UK employers £28.5 billion each year
Anyone who's been embroiled in a workplace dispute will tell you how stressful and time consuming the process is. And, if the matter...
11/05/21
Nicola Gooch
The Queen's Speech: Planning, Promises, and Priorities
The fact that planning reform was going to feature in the Queen's Speech was hardly a surprise to anyone who listened to the news, or...
11/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
High Court rules against New Look CVA challenges
Landlords have lost their legal challenge against fashion retailer New Look’s use of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) it put in...
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Joanne Moseley
EU settlement scheme: what options do your staff have if they miss the deadline?
Under the new immigration rules, all EU citizens who want to remain here must have been on UK soil by 11pm on 31 December 2020 and have...
10/05/21
David Shirt
Solent Freeport set to make waves: what we know so far about the Freeport
Louis Archer and Poppy Ford from law firm Irwin Mitchell discuss the opportunities offered by Freeports. What links Bremerhaven, Germany...
06/05/21
Joanne Moseley
ACAS publish advice on long COVID
ACAS have recently published advice for employers and employees on long COVID. Anyone hoping for detailed guidance about how to manage...
05/05/21
Nicola Gooch
Treasury Opens Consultation on Design of Residential Developer Tax & Other News
It seems fitting that my first blog post of the new financial year* is about tax. On 29 April, the Treasury launched a consultation...
04/05/21
Nicola Gooch
Back to Reality: High Court rules against Virtual Committees
Yesterday, the High Court laid to rest our last hope of virtual committee meetings being able to continue past 7 May 2021, when it handed...
29/04/21
Danielle Parsons
WFH: Working from Home from Away
Remote working is now the new normal for many employees, and it’s hard to imagine that everyone will want to make a full-time return to...
28/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Covid-19: summer schools programme now open
Schools in England can now register to offer a summer school to help secondary aged children catch up some of the learning they have lost...
27/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
Part 26A challenge costs: to be determined following Virgin Active sanction
A balancing act Creditors with legitimate grounds to challenge scheme or restructuring plan proposals and who assist the court in so...
23/04/21
Elizabeth Thomson
Budget 2021: What’s in it for real estate?
Stuart Tym, Claire Petricca‑Riding and Paul Henson consider the Chancellor’s Budget delivered on 3 March. Energy The March Budget...
22/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Right to work checks - Covid flexibility due to end on 16 May
This week the government updated its guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19): right to work checks. During the pandemic, organisations could...
22/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Holidays abroad - employers' questions answered
Earlier this month, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said that people can 'start to think about foreign travel' again. He didn't...
22/04/21
Jane Anderson
Weddings in a pandemic – where are we now as we come out of coronavirus lockdown ?
By Katherine East, a solicitor at Irwin Mitchell It’s been a year, almost to the day, since Katherine East wrote an article about the...
21/04/21