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Jan

2021

Supreme Court decision hands lifeline to struggling businesses

Written by Emma Birch

The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on business and many businesses have struggled to stay afloat due to the restrictions placed on trading at various times by the Government. Ranging from closure orders to limiting the sale of...

Jan

2021

Neighbour disputes – sometimes only the Law can provide a resolution

Written by Sundeep Bilkhu

A thin line on a small property plan can represent a metre's width on the ground and that, sadly, is the source of a great many boundary disputes. However, as one case showed, where irreconcilable differences exist between neighbours, the law can...

Jan

2021

COVID-19 – Ruling underlines desperate impact on care home residents

Written by Tracy Creed

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, it is becoming increasingly hard to see where the balance of harm lies between the risk of exposing care home residents to a life-threatening virus and compromising their most basic quality of life. The Court of...

Jan

2021

Disabled school technician wins substantial damages after Unfair Dismissal

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Employees who are disabled and have suffered unfair workplace treatment as a result are entitled to be properly compensated. In a case on this point, a school technician who was suffering from arthritis, anxiety and depression when he was sacked...

Jan

2021

The Trade in Services under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)

Written by Baljit Chohan

The service sector accounts for around 80 percent of the UK economy and makes up more than 40 percent of the UK’s exports to the EU. It is unfortunate then that although the TCA makes some loud commitments to liberalising services the devil in the...

Dec

2020

Low-Paid Workers' Union Triumphs in COVID-19 Health and Safety Test Case

Written by Dean Parnell

Many low-paid workers who have an essential role in keeping the nation moving are at particularly high risk from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a ground-breaking decision, the High Court came to their aid in ruling that the Government is obliged under...

Dec

2020

The Furlough Scheme – Extended until 30 April 2021

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Rishi Sunak, announced today (17 December) that the furlough scheme is being extended for an extra month, until the end of April 2021. During the announcement he said that the government will continue to pay 80% of wages until the end of the Scheme...

Dec

2020

Business crushed by COVID-19? The Law can help so don't abandon hope

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Many otherwise thriving companies have been thrown into financial dire straits by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, company and insolvency lawyers are doing all they can to ensure an eventual return to prosperity and, as a High Court case showed,...

Dec

2020

Damning Inquiry into maternity deaths in Shropshire recommends nationwide action

Written by Adam Hodson

An independent inquiry investigating maternal and baby deaths at an NHS Trust in Shropshire has made damning findings in its initial report, and recommends “immediate and essential actions” nationwide to improve maternity services. The inquiry,...

Dec

2020

Using Self-Employed contractors without legal advice is a risky business

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Some businesses are persistent in engaging self-employed individuals without the benefit of professionally drafted contracts or taking the required advice. This is viewed as a needless expense. As a High Court case showed, however, such informal...

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Published Articles

Supreme Court decision hands lifeline to struggling businesses

Neighbour disputes – sometimes only the Law can provide a resolution

COVID-19 – Ruling underlines desperate impact on care home residents

Disabled school technician wins substantial damages after Unfair Dismissal

The Trade in Services under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)

Low-Paid Workers' Union Triumphs in COVID-19 Health and Safety Test Case

The Furlough Scheme – Extended until 30 April 2021

Business crushed by COVID-19? The Law can help so don't abandon hope

Damning Inquiry into maternity deaths in Shropshire recommends nationwide action

Using Self-Employed contractors without legal advice is a risky business

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