Employment Insight – Autumn Statement 2022
18 November 2022
It has been a rollercoaster 2 months in the UK, with tax cuts announced, tax cuts abandoned, the crash of…
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Ex Gratia Payments – Hold the Front Page
27 October 2022
The Charities Act 2022 provided for useful modernising changes to the ex gratia framework.
Stamp Duty Land Tax – planning restriction contributes to rejected application of multiple dwellings relief
22 September 2022
In the recent decision of Dower v HMRC [2022], the first-tier tribunal ruled that HMRC were correct to deny the…
Employment Insight: What’s next?
22 September 2022
What might employers expect from this Friday's emergency mini budget and from pledges the new PM, Liz Truss, has made?
Employment Insight: Government issues new employment status guidance for employers and workers
27 July 2022
The guidance results from calls for clarity around employment status "rules" and rights following a…
Employment Insight: Holiday update
25 July 2022
Holiday update: Supreme Court issues judgment on Harpur Trust v Brazel
The Trust Registration Service and the Trust Register
21 July 2022
HMRC's Trust Register has now been extended and requires virtually all trusts to register on its service before…
Employment Insight: Managing COVID-19 in the workplace
20 July 2022
Whilst today's news is full of the extreme temperatures and the race to be the new Prime Minister, in the…
Justice with Joy
15 June 2022
Whilst the pride celebrations continue to strive forward and look towards the future, it is important to look…
Companies with a sole director: The case of Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing
10 June 2022
The High Court has recently handed down judgment in the case of Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing which has implications…
Employment Insight: Public Holidays and the Queen’s Jubilee
20 May 2022
At the start of June, the country celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. An extra public holiday has been…
Employment Insight - What does ‘living with Covid’ mean for employers?
3 March 2022
The government has announced the next phase of its response to Covid, ‘Living with Covid’. We take a closer…
Employment Insight - Holiday pay developments
16 February 2022
Continuing the trend of recent years, there have been some further developments relating to the right to paid…
Employment Insight - Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees due to coronavirus
31 January 2022
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme, which allows employers to claim back SSP for employees off…
No Fault Divorce
31 January 2022
There has been a lot in the press in the last year or so concerning the changes which we are expecting to our…
Government Vouchers worth £500 to help with family mediation
21 January 2022
Today marks the end of Family Mediation Week and the Government has just announced an additional £1.3 million…
Drastic changes to stamp duty land tax reliefs on the horizon?
20 January 2022
HMRC have opened a consultation regarding possible important changes to stamp duty land tax (SDLT).
Should a dynastic family business be shared on separation?
20 January 2022
Some might say such a business should not be shared at all, ever. Jennifer Williamson looks at how the family…
The importance of mediation
17 January 2022
Today, Monday 17 January 2021, marks the first day of Family Mediation Week.
Graham Coy, Partner in the…
Education newsletter - Spring Term 2022 edition
6 January 2022
Welcome to the Spring 2022 edition of our newsletter for schools.
This time last year schools in England…
This time last year schools in England…
Maximising school fees debt recovery
6 January 2022
All fee-paying schools will have experienced some problem with school fees debts at one time or another. It may…
Conducting disciplinary and grievance investigations
6 January 2022
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, conducting a grievance or disciplinary investigation is a task which…
Information law update
6 January 2022
The last year has seen the High Court handling a large number of data protection and privacy cases and two of…
HM Land Registry: The 2030 Goal of ‘Comprehensive Registration’
6 January 2022
If your school has unregistered land on-site or in your portfolio, perhaps 2022 is the year to consider…
Changes in sickness absence requirements
21 December 2021
Employees who are off sick between 10 December 2021 and 26 January 2022 can now self-certify their absence for…
Our Family Law team and collaborative practice
20 December 2021
Following Good Divorce Week 2021, the newly expanded Family Law team at Wilsons reflect on the positive results…
“There is often a better way…”
4 November 2021
The recent Judgement in the case of Crowther v Crowther [2021] EWFC 88 and [2021] 10 WLUK 407 handed down on…
COVID-19 Business Insolvency Measures
30 September 2021
The COVID-19 legislation enacted by the Government in response to the pandemic has impacted on many areas of…
Mental health and wellbeing in schools (Independent Insight)
3 September 2021
What should schools be doing to improve pupil resilience and emotional wellbeing?
Vicky Wilson reports in an…
Education newsletter - Autumn Term 2021 edition
19 August 2021
Welcome to the Autumn 2021 edition of our Education newsletter. We hope you have managed to enjoy a break over…
COVID-19 vaccination for 16-17 year olds – tackling the immediate issues
19 August 2021
COVID-19 vaccination for 16-17 year olds – tackling the immediate issues
The government has adopted the JCVI's…
Mental health and wellbeing in schools – a safeguarding perspective
19 August 2021
Mental health and wellbeing has been in the spotlight since the reopening of schools in March 2021 and there is…
The new Academy Trust Handbook 2021
19 August 2021
The Academy Trust Handbook 2021, which replaces the Academies Financial Handbook, comes into effect on 1…
Data Protection – Brexit fall-out
19 August 2021
We have three matters to report relating to the impact of Brexit and a CJEU (the Court of Justice of the…
When will a failure to furlough staff make a dismissal unfair?
10 August 2021
The Employment Tribunal has decided, in the case of Mhindurwa v Lovingangels Care Limited, that a failure to…
Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace: legislation due for employers
30 July 2021
The government has announced it intends to introduce a duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment in the…
Britney Spears’ conservatorship from an English law perspective
14 July 2021
As a typical girl growing up in the 1990s, obsessed with all things pop culture, I was (and unashamedly still…
Probate Fees – Update
14 July 2021
In a year of great upheaval and change, Her Majesty's Court & Tribunal Service (HMCTS) want to continue to roll…
Considerations for employers following lifting of Covid-19 restrictions
8 July 2021
With the Prime Minister announcing this week that a large swathe of the Covid-19 restrictions we have become…
Collecting information about employees’ vaccination status
8 July 2021
With Covid-19 restrictions expected to be lifted on 19 July and employers planning to reopen their workplaces,…
Commercial landlords and tenants: The ban on forfeiture and CRAR extended
7 July 2021
Wilsons' Senior Partner, Peter Bourke, has been featured in the press commenting on the recent government…
Employment update - working from home and employee monitoring
22 June 2021
Introduction
The Coronavirus pandemic has brought with it many changes to our personal and professional lives,…
The Coronavirus pandemic has brought with it many changes to our personal and professional lives,…
Charity Law and Governance e-alert - Summer 2021
10 June 2021
Welcome
In this Summer edition we start with a detailed summary of the recent High Court's judgment in the…
How to wind up a solvent charitable company
9 June 2021
Thankfully, so far at least, we have not seen an especially high number of charities finding it necessary to…
The new Charities Bill – what will it cover?
9 June 2021
On 22 March, the government published its response to the Law Commission's 2017 Report, Technical Issues in…
New HMRC guidance – claiming Gift Aid on waived refunds and loan repayments
9 June 2021
Last month, HMRC updated its Gift Aid guidance to confirm that the tax relief can now be claimed on refunds and…
