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IPO temporary fee changes
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced temporary fee changes to support customers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Balancing exercise needed when considering discrimination arising from disability
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in the case of the Department of Work and Pensions v Boyers established that although a dismissal may be unfair under the Employment...
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Blake Morgan signs the Race at Work Charter
Blake Morgan has signed the Race at Work Charter, an initiative designed to improve outcomes for BAME employees in the UK.
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Could a new rail link be the ‘shovel ready’ project to help Britain’s economic recovery?
Blake Morgan Construction and Development partner Richard Wade has written a piece looking at a proposed rail link from the west of Britain to Heathrow.
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New HMRC powers under the Finance Bill 2020
The draft Finance Bill 2020 is currently passing through Parliament and is now in the Report stage. Should the Finance Bill be passed in its current form, HMRC will be...
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Frustration and summary judgment
The High Court has recently considered whether a defence of frustration can be struck out or summary judgment given. In Natixis & Anr v Famfa Oil Ltd, the High Court...
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Case Summary – General Pharmaceutical Council v Kellett and Gamble [2020] 6 WLUK 456
Last week's ruling sets out the principles to apply in applications to extend interim orders and serves as a warning that interim orders will not be extended without good reason....
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New Measures Introduced to Help Protect Charities from Insolvency
We are now beginning to see a progressive easing of the government's lockdown that began back in March. At the time, the government acknowledged the potential governance and financial issues...
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Will paperless processes kill off cheques?
With so many processes moving online during the COVID-19 pandemic, could paperwork, cheques and 'wet-ink' signatures be on their way out for good? Paperless probate Even pre-COVID, the Court and...
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Adjudication ‘Boost’ for Liquidators: The Supreme Court Rules Against ‘Futility’ in Bresco v Lonsdale
Bresco Electrical Services Ltd (In Liquidation) (Appellant/Cross-Respondent) v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Ltd (Respondent/Cross-Appellant) [2020] UKSC 25. On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 27 The long awaited judgment determining the...
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Contact tracing revisited: whatever happened to the UK’s smartphone app?
This blog was originally published in Business Matters magazine on the 23rd June 2020. In my column on 4 May in Business Matters magazine, I reported that the UK government...
