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Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the"Cobham" Take-over Bid

Even in these dog days of the EU-UK relationship, the legal complexities of that relationship continue to have some bite, at least in...

19/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and DAC6 (the EU Directive on Administrative Co-operation for certain tax purposes)

EU Directive on Administrative Co-operation 2018/822 (commonly known as "DAC6", being the latest amendment to the original EU Directive...

19/09/19
Joanne Moseley

Update: Brazel v The Harpur Trust

A number of our clients have asked us if the Court of Appeal’s decision in Brazel v The Harpur Trust is likely to be appealed.  That case...

19/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and an update on financial services regulation

On 16th September 2019, Andrew Bailey, the Chief Executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ( "FCA") , gave an important "state of...

17/09/19
Joanne Moseley

How should you react if an under performing member of staff you are thinking of dismissing raises whistleblowing allegations?

You know the scenario. A disgruntled member of staff who is put under pressure to improve, makes whistle-blowing allegations in an...

16/09/19
Joanne Moseley

Betfred criticised for failing to include overtime in holiday pay

The issue of paid holiday is back in the news today. A whistleblower employed by Betfred has said that, despite changes in the law, it...

16/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Data Protection

On 11th September 2019, the Information Commissioner's Office ("the ICO") , the UK public body responsible for monitoring and enforcing...

13/09/19
Joanne Moseley

Labour promise to ban zero hour contracts and increase the NMW for all ages to £10 an hour

Earlier this week, Jeremy Corbyn addressed the TUC conference and promised to introduce the 'biggest extension to worker's rights' if...

13/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and a Bridge over Troubled Waters

On 11th September 2019, "The Times" reported that the Civil Service had prepared plans for the UK Prime Minister to build a bridge...

12/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and some legal challenges

The last few days have seen some notable legal interventions in the Brexit saga. The "Humble Address" to the Crown, which was approved by...

11/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and some independent thoughts on a "no deal" outcome

On 6th September 2019, the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper entitled "A no-deal Brexit: the Johnson Government". This...

10/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

SDLT Rates for Grounds and/or Gardens of a Residential Dwelling

A recent case, Hyman v Revenue & Customs [2019] UKFTT 469 (TC), has brought clarity to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) rates for the purchase...

09/09/19
Stephanie Reeves

Financial services firms: take note (and keep a record!)

A high street bank has been ordered by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to compensate one of its customers after its records failed...

09/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Tenant Fees Act 2019 - landlords beware!

Overview The Tenant Fees Act 2019 (“Act”) came into force in England for all new or renewed tenancy agreements signed on or after 1 June...

06/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

A red mist descends on the Housing horizon.

It was pointed out in a recent Linkedin exchange that the first Minister to concede that we are in a full blown housing crisis was Nick...

06/09/19
Joanne Moseley

Update on the right to work checks you need to make in the event of a no deal Brexit

We still don't know if the UK will exit the EU on 31 October with or without a deal. Government ministers have talked about ending the...

06/09/19
Nicola Gooch

Walking The Development Viability Tightrope: MHCLG publishes new national guidance on CIL, s.106 & Viability

Monday was a potentially momentous day in the world of development finances. Not only did the latest set of CIL amendment regulations...

04/09/19
Joanne Moseley

SEN update for schools and colleges

There have been a number of important decisions regarding children with Special Educational Needs "SEN" likely to be of interest to...

02/09/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Privy Council

The Order in Council of the 28th August 2019 to suspend ( or "prorogue" ) the  UK Parliament from a day no earlier than 9th September...

30/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and France

On 28th August 2019 , Steve Barclay, the Brexit Secretary delivered a speech on Brexit  in Paris at the Summer conference of  MEDEF, the...

29/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the UK Legislative Timetable

The contest between the UK Parliament and the UK Government as to what legislation is needed to implement a "no deal " Brexit continues...

29/08/19
Nicola Gooch

A Good Day to Bury Planning News? MHCLG Releases Discussion Paper on 'The Day of BREXIT Headlines'

In what is either a case of really unfortunate timing, or extreme sneakiness,  yesterday the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

29/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Netherlands

On 26th August 2019 the "Brexit"  spotlight shone on the Netherlands with the announcement by the NFIA, the Netherlands Foreign...

27/08/19
Joanne Moseley

ICO stepping up plans to fine data controllers who've not registered or paid the correct fee

Are you a data controller? Have you registered and paid the correct fee? One aspect of data protection compliance in the UK that is often...

27/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and China

On 24th July 2019, Boris Johnson, the UK's new Prime Minster, was reported by "the Washington Examiner" as having given an interview to a...

23/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Irish Backstop (Again!)

With the holiday month of August moving towards its end, thoughts about the Irish Backstop and how to  address  it (to scrap or not to...

21/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the European Communities Act 1972

The European Communities Act 1972 (ECA) was the domestic UK legislation  that bound the UK to membership of  the EC (now the EU) with...

20/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Operation Yellowhammer

To the lexicon of Brexit jargon -  including "No deal"; "WTO rules"; "Transition period"; "Article 50"; "Another referendum" ; "Backstop"...

19/08/19
Joanne Moseley

FAQ’s: Holiday entitlement and pay of term-time and other part-year workers

Last week, the Court of Appeal ruled in Brazel v The Harpur Trust that employers can't pro-rate the holiday entitlement or pay of part...

15/08/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Electronic Commerce

There is a wealth of legislation dealing with e-commerce and so-called "Information Society Services" in the UK and much of it is...

15/08/19