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It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…

Monday 18 January marks the beginning of Family Mediation Week. The purpose of this short article is to provide…

Graham Coy (Family Law Partner, Wilsons Solicitors LLP) and Ashley Palmer (Child Inclusive Family Mediator,…

Welcome to the spring edition 2021 of our newsletter for schools. 
 
If you require advice following the…

Further to the Government announcement yesterday evening which imposes another national lockdown, the immediate…

The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval and start of a vaccine roll-out, which it…

Many schools will have been aware of the template letter being circulated by the Unions which staff could use…

Although the UK left the EU at midnight on 31 January 2020, we didn't feel the impact of our departure because…

Internal investigations are important signifiers of how effective a school is in its sensitivity towards…

The Charity Governance Code sets out the principles of governance and standards of best practice which apply to…

The Autumn Term 2020 saw a number of SEND issues in the news and courts, ranging from the need to make…

One of the most important pieces of statutory guidance for schools is 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'…

"Out with the old and in with the new?"

At 23:01 on New Year's Eve, Thursday 31 December, when the Transition…

The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval last week of a vaccine, which it is hoped…

Before a Deputyship application is made to the Court of Protection, we must first obtain a capacity assessment…

The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) review into the application of Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitate (DNAR) orders…

Welcome 
 
A lot has happened in the world since our last update so we start this edition with an overview of…

This webinar was recorded on 26 November 2020.

In this video our Employment team discuss the challenges of…

From Peter Bourke, Senior Partner

As part of my extracurricular activity I am the current chairman of the…

There has been significant press coverage recently surrounding the developing area of digital assets and the…

This article was updated on 18 November 2020.

Further to our previous update on the extension to furlough, the…

On 31 October 2020, the Prime Minister announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme would be extended…

Just a few hours before the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was due to come to an end in favour of the…

The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 is now only 9 weeks away.

Coronavirus has stolen…

As we approach the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, businesses which currently employ, or plan…

During the referendum campaign along with ‘Get Brexit Done’ what we heard a lot of was the introduction of new…

When should parents be looking elsewhere and not to Judges when they cannot agree upon arrangements for their…

From either side of the political aisle, the reign of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been…

As a result of recent resurgence in cases of COVID-19, the last two weeks have seen two major developments in…

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the replacement to the Coronavirus Job Retention…

This article was first published in the September 2020 Charity News Review from The Association of Charitable…

Welcome back!

For some of you it will have been a short break over the summer before preparations for…

The Department for Education (DfE) issued a flurry of new and updated guidance at the end of last week. The…

We have collected some of the most important issues and recent headlines which schools should be aware of to…

The new KCSIE guidance was published on 1 September 2020 and is available here. Part 1 for all school staff is…

Preparations for September 2020 were likely to have started earlier than usual as more pupils are welcomed back…

As reported in our article on 28 August 2020 (here), on 21 August 2020 the government issued a press release…

The Chancellor has, very recently, asked The Office for Tax Simplification to undertake a review of Capital…

As reported in our article on 8 June 2020 (here), on 5 June 2020 the government's Civil Procedure Rule…

It is usually the capital assets that are at the forefront of people's minds when parties are deciding how to…

The first-tier tribunal has recently ruled on whether a transaction would qualify for multiple dwellings relief…

That is the question which immediately comes to mind when reading the very recent decision of the Family…