Sydney Mitchell News

Jun

2020

Redundancy Fact Sheet and Guidelines

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Coronavirus is likely to have a profound effect on businesses and employees. There have been many announcements recently where companies are reducing their workforce as a result of reduced sales, work and contract cancellations caused by the impact...

Jun

2020

Retailer escapes Winding Up Petition in unique COVID19 ruling

Written by Leanne Schneide...

The COVID-19 crisis has heralded such an avalanche of emergency legislation that it cannot be passed into law quickly enough. In a unique insolvency case on point, the High Court blocked a commercial landlord from presenting a winding up petition...

May

2020

Furlough Scheme Extended until the end of October!

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Rishi Sunak has announced that the scheme is going to be extended for four months, until the end of October 2020. It is said that until the end of July, there will be no changes to the scheme, however from August to October 2020, the scheme will...

May

2020

Sydney Mitchell LLP announce senior promotions

Written by Karen Moores

Sydney Mitchell LLP, Top Tier Legal 500 Law Firm, is pleased to announce a number of senior promotions within the firm; rewarding hard work and determination. Karen Moores, Senior Partner, Sydney Mitchell LLP, commented: We are proud to announce...

Apr

2020

Coronavirus Chaos: Pause, Proceed or Pull out of property transactions?

Written by Shilpa Roopen U...

Our Lender, Seller, Buyer, Landlord and Tenant clients are being forced to make unexpected decisions in these “unprecedented times”. So, what thought processes are they following, and what decisions are they making as a result of Covid-19? Pausing,...

Apr

2020

Son entitled to share of Family Farm

Written by Dean Parnell

Many farmers understandably wish to keep their businesses in the family after they are gone but that can be very difficult to achieve. The point was powerfully made by a Court of Appeal ruling which, whilst seeking to resolve a bitter feud between a...

Apr

2020

Extension of Time Limits during Coronavirus Pandemic

Written by Sydney Mitchell

In light of the ongoing pandemic and the need to balance the administration of justice whilst ensuring public health, a new practice direction, namely PD 51ZA, has been created which supplements the Civil Procedure Rules and extends time limits...

Apr

2020

Easter on the horizon – chocolate fix at the ready…

Written by Karen Moores

At Sydney Mitchell we are all looking forward to the lifting of the lockdown, not least our dedicated teams that are working from home and those who are on furlough. To welcome everyone back to their desks, the Easter Bunny will have made a visit...

Mar

2020

Stay of Possession Claims in light of Coronavirus Pandemic

Written by Sydney Mitchell

To ensure the administration of justice during these unprecedented times, the Master of the Rolls, who is a judge of the court of appeal, has created a new Practice Direction which came into force on 27 March 2020. The new addition, PD 51Z, places a...

Mar

2020

Relaxation of Insolvency Rules to help businesses during coronavirus pandemic

Written by Leanne Schneide...

The government announced on Saturday 28 March a relaxation of the Insolvency Rules to assist struggling business during the coronavirus. Such measures will include changes to assist companies undergoing rescue or restructure to continue trading...

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Sydney Mitchell News

Redundancy Fact Sheet and Guidelines

Retailer escapes Winding Up Petition in unique COVID19 ruling

Furlough Scheme Extended until the end of October!

Sydney Mitchell LLP announce senior promotions

Coronavirus Chaos: Pause, Proceed or Pull out of property transactions?

Son entitled to share of Family Farm

Extension of Time Limits during Coronavirus Pandemic

Easter on the horizon – chocolate fix at the ready…

Stay of Possession Claims in light of Coronavirus Pandemic

Relaxation of Insolvency Rules to help businesses during coronavirus pandemic

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