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Joanne Moseley

Furlough, agencies and public funding - more details on eligibility in the education sector

Background The Government announced its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 20 March. Initially, there was no suggestion that the public...

20/05/20
Joanne Moseley

HMRC receive nearly 800 reports of organisations defrauding the UK furlough scheme

According to a report in the Guardian newspaper, the government has already received nearly 800 reports of suspected fraud of its...

20/05/20
Jane Anderson

COVID-19: Insurance cover and the current pandemic

By Robert Parks (Robert.parks@irwinmitchell.com) Businesses are being significantly impacted by the current pandemic with offices being...

19/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Re-opening schools and colleges - employers questions answered

The government has asked schools and FE colleges to start to re-open from 1 June for some students and has published guidance to support...

19/05/20
Elizabeth Thomson

The practicalities of real estate transactions in the lockdown, a new business as usual

By Vanessa Horn, Practice Development Lawyer The stay at home measures implemented by the government in response to the spread of...

15/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Government explains how holiday entitlement and pay operates during Covid-19

The government has published guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (Covid-19) and it includes sections on furloughed...

15/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Covid-19: FAQ's about immigration

Our business immigration team provides answers to some of the trickier questions they've been asked by employers.  1. Can we still apply...

14/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Coronavirus: FAQs returning to work

On Sunday evening the Prime Minister "actively encouraged" those people who couldn't work from home to return to work if their workplace...

14/05/20
Irwin Mitchell

The impact of Covid-19 on supply chains: Time for a reformation

In this excellent article by Martin Thomsen (CEO of Rubix) (see the link below), he rightly points out (in my view) that the traditional...

13/05/20
Nicola Gooch

Planning & Covid 19: MHCLG to allow CIL Deferrals and Electronic Consultation

Late last night,* MHCLG announced its plan to re-open the housing market. Hidden at the bottom of the press release, underneath the...

13/05/20
Jane Anderson

Government guidance on responsible contractual behaviour

Following our recent commentary on contractual obligations during the Covid-19 emergency, this note considers guidance produced by the...

13/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Furlough scheme extended until end of October but employers will have to contribute to cost

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has just announced that the Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme will be extended by a further four months to...

12/05/20
Joanne Moseley

New government guidance to get England back to work

Yesterday evening the government published guidance designed to "make workplaces as safe as possible and give people confidence to go...

12/05/20
Jane Anderson

Funding commercial disputes when times are hard

As a result of the lockdown and Government restrictions, many businesses and individuals have faced, and are facing, significant problems...

11/05/20
Irwin Mitchell

s.106 & CIL - an updated Q&A in response to Viability.

It's now almost six weeks since Nicola put her thoughts on what was likely to happen with s.106 & CIL in light of the lockdown together;...

11/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Law Commission recommends changes to employment tribunal system

The Law Commission has recently published its detailed report into the ways in which employees can bring employment claims in the...

06/05/20
Joanne Moseley

When will the furlough scheme end?

Last night, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he won't impose a 'cliff edge' to end the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which allows...

05/05/20
Joanne Moseley

Government's plans to ease lockdown revealed

According to online new site, BuzzFeed, the government has produced seven guidance documents designed to help some businesses get back to...

04/05/20
Jane Anderson

COVID-19 - How can I properly vary, cancel or terminate my contractual obligations as a result of COVID-19?

The word “unprecedented” has to be one of the most appropriate and frequently used words during the coronavirus outbreak. As result of...

04/05/20
Nicola Gooch

A New Hope: Can Planning Reinvigorate our High Streets? - the Star Wars edition.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away*.... the British high street was thriving, footfall was high and, for most of us, a trip into...

04/05/20
Joanne Moseley

FAQs: Furloughed staff and redundancy

The Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme is due to last until the end of June, and may be extended to some businesses/sectors beyond that...

01/05/20
Joanne Moseley

TUC sets out strategy to get the UK back to work

At some point in the coming weeks or months, a significant proportion of the UK workforce who are currently either working from home, or...

30/04/20
Joanne Moseley

Furloughing staff: House of Commons looks at the inconsistencies between government guidance and Treasury Direction

As regular readers of this blog will know, there are significant inconsistencies between government guidance about the scope of the...

30/04/20
David Shirt

Government support in response to COVID-19

By Andrew Walker at Irwin Mitchell Measures the government has introduced to support businesses, particularly those in the hospitality...

30/04/20
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and a little controversy over a proposed permanent EU delegation office in Northern Ireland

On 27 April 2020, Penny Mordaunt, the UK Government Paymaster- General and the alternate UK Co-Chair of UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint...

29/04/20
Elizabeth Thomson

A life-line for High Street businesses - but could the measures do more to assist landlords?

By Real Estates Disputes partner, Tim Rayner Much has been written in the legal, property and general press about the difficulties...

29/04/20
Nicola Gooch

Room to swing a cat: the challenges and controversies of virtual planning committees

It has been less than a month since Parliament passed the regulations authorising councils to hold virtual planning committees, and they...

29/04/20
Joanne Moseley

Impact of coronavirus: early signs that employment disputes are increasing

Have the numbers of employment disputes increased during the coronavirus pandemic? We asked our employment team for a snapshot as they...

29/04/20
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Boris Johnson

"The Times" of 27 April 2020 reports that  on coming back to work on that day after recovering from Covid-19, Boris Johnson will take...

28/04/20
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Lugano Convention 2007

On 8 April 2020, the UK applied to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and and the recognition and enforcement of...

28/04/20