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…
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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…
COVID-19 Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Bill
30 November 2021
The Government has recently outlined a new draft bill to Parliament which intends to deal with outstanding…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
Fire and rehire - is it lawful?
9 June 2021
When an employer wants to make a change to their employees' contracts, 'firing and re-hiring' has become the…
Covid-19: notice periods under residential tenancies to be reduced
13 May 2021
On 12 May 2021 the Government released a press release confirming that, subject to progress with the…
Covid-19: ban on commercial evictions extended to 30 June 2021
11 March 2021
On 10 March 2021 the Government announced that the current ban on evictions of commercial property is to be…
Vaccine or intervene? Vaccinating children and the Court’s approach
10 March 2021
In 2019, bookings looked rather different; perhaps you were excited about booking a holiday or a new…
Vaccination Policies: What employers need to consider
22 February 2021
When setting out a vaccination policy, employers should consider the scope of the policy (for example, will it…
Covid-19 - evictions delayed to 31 March 2021
15 February 2021
The Housing Secretary gave occupiers a Valentine's present this weekend by extending the date from which…
Covid-19 - Extension of Practice Direction 55C
11 February 2021
Last summer, Practice Direction 55C was introduced in order to provide new rules relating to the resumption of…
Workplace testing programme extended
9 February 2021
The National Workforce Testing programme was originally set up to run alongside NHS Test and Trace, with the…
Domestic Abuse Bill
1 February 2021
There are almost 2.4 million victims of domestic abuse a year; two-thirds of who are women and one-third are…
The IR35 regime will soon be upon us – are you prepared?
19 January 2021
It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…
Education newsletter - Spring Term 2021 edition
8 January 2021
Welcome to the spring edition 2021 of our newsletter for schools.
If you require advice following the…
If you require advice following the…
Christmas arrangements for the children and Covid-19
9 December 2020
Christmas can be a difficult time for separated parents and plans may be looking very different this year, in…
Vaccinations and testing in the workplace
7 December 2020
The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval last week of a vaccine, which it is hoped…
Concern over Care Quality Commission’s review into DNAR orders
4 December 2020
The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) review into the application of Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitate (DNAR) orders…
The new Treasury Direction on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: what you need to know
17 November 2020
This article was updated on 18 November 2020.
Further to our previous update on the extension to furlough, the…
Extension to Furlough: the Key Facts
12 November 2020
On 31 October 2020, the Prime Minister announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme would be extended…
They think it’s all over…is it?
3 November 2020
Just a few hours before the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was due to come to an end in favour of the…
Two for the price of one: the successors to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
13 October 2020
From either side of the political aisle, the reign of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been…
The COVID-19 App: issues for employers
7 October 2020
As a result of recent resurgence in cases of COVID-19, the last two weeks have seen two major developments in…
Out with the old, in with the new
28 September 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the replacement to the Coronavirus Job Retention…
Refusing to return to work
4 September 2020
While many employees remain working from home, this may not be viable or efficient in the longer term for a…
Covid-19 – a further extension of eviction notice periods
1 September 2020
As reported in our article on 28 August 2020 (here), on 21 August 2020 the government issued a press release…
Covid-19 – Government issues further extension to the moratorium on possession proceedings
28 August 2020
As reported in our article on 8 June 2020 (here), on 5 June 2020 the government's Civil Procedure Rule…
Coronavirus and Financial Agreements on Divorce: When finality may not be final
7 August 2020
At times it is hard to remember what life was like before the Coronavirus epidemic and before the Country was…
VIDEO: Property litigation in a COVID-19 world
5 August 2020
'Radcliffe talks Real Estate' is a series of short and informative webinars, offering a quick update on issues…
VIDEO: Signing and witnessing wills remotely by video link
30 July 2020
"The Wills Act 1837 has obviously been good law for some time. It's worth noting it survived the Spanish Flu…
Update: Signing wills by video link
29 July 2020
The government will shortly put in place legislation for signing wills by video link. This will be backdated to…
VIDEO: Update on UK residential property market
27 July 2020
Kate Penn, Associate Solicitor in the Residential Property Team and Alistair Lockhart, Commercial…
Government to pay employers a job retention bonus, and other key messages from its Plan for Jobs
22 July 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, confirmed in his summer statement on the 8 July 2020 that the…
IR35 has not gone away
22 July 2020
It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…
Details of flexible furlough scheme and ‘a plan for jobs’ released
21 July 2020
Details of the flexible furlough scheme including the new Treasury Direction have now been published and…
Summer Statement 2020 – Stamp Duty Land Tax changes
8 July 2020
As part of a number of measures to alleviate the impact of coronavirus on the economy, the Chancellor has…
Legal considerations prior to marriage
3 July 2020
This week, the government has announced measures to lift the current prohibition on wedding ceremonies in…
Coming Soon: Significant changes to UK planning laws
3 July 2020
This week the government announced sweeping changes to UK planning rules which will come into effect in…
Domestic violence cases heard in the courts increase 12% since last year
3 July 2020
New legislation will make it easier for victims to give evidence in court such as separate waiting rooms
The…Be careful what you claim for…
26 June 2020
In any government grant scheme as widely utilised as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), there will…
Family Law: Solving a legal and emotional dilemma
23 June 2020
Legal and emotional strategies to help families manage the stressful consequences of what has been a global…
Covid-19 – Government issues extension to the moratorium on possession proceedings
8 June 2020
As reported in our article on 30 March 2020 (here), on 27 March 2020 the Master of the Rolls and Lord…
Divorce through the Courts: is there another way?
3 June 2020
Relationship breakdown can be an enormously stressful and worrying experience and the legal system needs to…
Working in the property world – during and after lockdown
2 June 2020
In April, sales of UK residential properties hit their lowest level since records began - less than half the…
Update to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
2 June 2020
Prior to the late May bank holiday weekend, the Treasury issued a further direction on the operation of the…