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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...

Nov

2020

Health and Safety is all about realism and context – High Court Guidance

Written by Mike Sutton

Discerning whether an employer has breached its health and safety duties following a workplace accident is no mechanistic process and is all about realism and context. The High Court made that point in the case of an engineering technician who broke...

Nov

2020

Supreme Court Rules on Standard of Proof in Inquests

Written by Adam Hodson

The Supreme Court has handed down its long-awaited ruling which impacts upon the standard of proof to be used at inquests. In 2018 Mr Maughan’s brother brought a judicial review claim, raising the question of whether a coroner or jury may lawfully...

Nov

2020

Insolvency proceedings catch up with corporate 'Citizen of Nowhere'

Written by Leanne Schneide...

It is often critical in insolvency proceedings to locate a company's centre of main interests (COMI). As a High Court case strikingly showed, that can pose a major challenge in an online age where many businesses operate in the ether and shift from...

Nov

2020

Salesman stricken by paranoid delusions 'Not Disabled'

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

A physical or mental impairment can only amount to a disability in employment law terms if its ill effects have lasted, or are likely to last, for at least 12 months. That principle was the focus of an unusual case concerning a sales executive who...

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Published Articles

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

Health and Safety is all about realism and context – High Court Guidance

Supreme Court Rules on Standard of Proof in Inquests

Insolvency proceedings catch up with corporate 'Citizen of Nowhere'

Salesman stricken by paranoid delusions 'Not Disabled'

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