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30 April

What is an Advanced Decision? Also known as "advanced directives" and "living wills", Advanced Decisions (ADs) are, very simply, an instruction as to what medical treatment a person wishes, or... Read More

29 April

The Home Office has published guidance on how employers may conduct right to work checks, given the guidance for workers to stay at home. It remains an offence to knowingly... Read More

29 April

If you are hiring workers from outside of the UK from 2021 onwards, have you got your sponsor licence? The Government published a high level policy statement back in February... Read More

28 April

Restrictive covenants will often be incorporated into a shareholders' agreement to prevent the relevant party from acting in a way that might cause damage to the business. Companies are justifiably... Read More

28 April

In employment restrictive covenant cases, the claimant, the former employer, will often seek to bring a claim against the former employee's new employer for inducing a breach of contract. In... Read More

27 April

Public bodies should pay close attention to the Procurement Policy Note (PPN 02/20) that has been released by the Government or risk suppliers bringing legal action against them. On 20... Read More

27 April

A recent tribunal case on the stamp duty land tax treatment of a transfer in return for an annuity deals with market value rules which apply both for the transfer... Read More

27 April

Employment partner Paula Kathrens looks at how businesses can be supported during the coronavirus pandemic in an article first published in Insider Media on 6 April. She considers how businesses... Read More

27 April

We look at an injury to feelings compensation award that was first published in Personnel Today on 7 April. Ms Giwa-Amu, who worked for the Department for Work and Pensions,... Read More

24 April

On Thursday evening the Government announced further measures to limit the ability of landlords to take action against commercial tenants for non-payment of rent. These new measures supplement provisions introduced... Read More

24 April

First things first - talk to your lender You may already have heard from your lender setting out the kinds of things they can help with. Many have already announced... Read More