Coronavirus - Flexible Furlough: Further Treasury Direction - UK
As we reported recently in our Alert on Flexible Furlough, new guidance to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Original Scheme) published on 12 June 202...
View ArticleLawbite: Does conclusive really mean conclusive?
Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2020] EWHC 1263 (Ch) Even where a lease stated that a landlord’s service charge certificate was “conclusive”, a tenant could still...
View ArticleInFocus: Summer 2020 Edition
Welcome to the Summer 2020 edition of InFocus from our Real Estate Dispute Resolution team. In this issue we look at: horizon scanning – what legal changes or updates you can expect to see over the...
View ArticleA positive change - Data centres and climate change
Data Centres could play an active role in Ireland’s decarbonisation solution through the use of Corporate PPAs The critical nature of the climate crisis is well known. The June 2019 Climate Action...
View ArticleAIFMD under review
On 10 June 2020 the European Commission published a 10 page report assessing one of the cornerstones of European financial regulation. This cornerstone, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers...
View ArticleHigh Pay Centre analysis of the first pay ratio reports: what conclusions...
The High Pay Centre has published analysis of the first 107 FTSE 350 pay ratio reports made between 1 January and 31 April 2020 under the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018. First...
View ArticleEducation briefing - Coronavirus - Flexible Furlough: Further Treasury...
As we reported recently in our briefing on Flexible Furlough, new guidance to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Original Scheme) published on 12 June 2020 (the Gu...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Private equity and the pandemic: Debt finance trends Global
Articles about Government-backed financial schemes have become as common as my daughter’s demands to recreate the Great British Bake Off during ‘break time’. So rather than regaling you with tales of...
View ArticleRecording Lessons learned for asset managers - UK
As we start to move out of the more stringent phase of the lockdown, it seems like a good time to take stock and see what we have learned from the pandemic and implementation of business continuity...
View ArticleCoronavirus CMA and General Pharmaceutical Councils letter over inflated...
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), together with the General Pharmaceutical Council, have published an open letter to pharmacy owners and superintendent pharmacists raising concerns over...
View ArticleCoronavirus The state of emergency is lifted: Are the Covid-19 employment...
Following the decision of the Parliament and the Government, the state of emergency ended in Hungary on 17 June 2020 at midnight. The Parliament adopted the Act LVIII of 2020 on the transitional rules...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Welcome Guidance by the DPC on the Return to Work Safely...
On 15 May we hosted a webinar focusing on the practical application of transitioning a workforce back into the workplace. In this webinar we considered the implications of the government’s “Return to...
View ArticleCoronavirus - NOW 2.0, extended state aid for employers - Netherlands
On 31 March 2020, the Dutch government published the Temporary Emergency Measure for Job Retention (in Dutch: Tijdelijke noodmaatregel overbrugging voor werkbehoud or “NOW 1.0”). On 22 June 2020, the...
View ArticleUpdate in relation to business interruption test case being brought by the...
Further to our update on 1 June 2020 we set out below the latest position in relation to the test case which the FCA is bringing on behalf of policyholders against various insurers in which it is...
View ArticleNew Fire Safety bill proposed by UK Government
The heat is rising! Organisations are encouraged to review their fire safety standards in lights of the Government’s proposal to introduce a new Fire Safety Bill (FSB). This is likely to see an...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 becomes law - UK
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill received Royal Assent on 25 June 2020, becoming the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA). The CIGA came into force generally on 26 June...
View ArticleCJEU judgement: Case C-231/19, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited...
The EU Court of Justice (“CJEU”) today gave its judgment in Case C-231/19, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs clarifying whether a...
View ArticleThe EU Taxonomy Regulation
Introduction A key element of recent EU measures designed to encourage environmentally sustainable investment decision making is the Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European...
View ArticleRecording - Logistics is the darling of the real estate sector - but is this...
Hear from our expert panel - including representation from Hickey & Associates, Segro and Savills and Eversheds Sutherland's Angus Ford - who discuss their experiences of the following: Ecommerce...
View ArticleCoronavirus Job retention scheme - UK
Updated 15.06.2020 On Friday 20 March 2020, the Chancellor announced a new “Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme” (the Scheme) to help pay people’s wages. NB This note relates to the form and operation of...
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