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The impact of COVID-19 on finance arrangements
On Thursday 7 May, Blake Morgan hosted a webinar on the impact COVID-19 is having on finance arrangements.
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Health & Welfare LPA or Advanced Decision?
If you have been looking into your future medical treatment, should there come a time where you lack the capacity to make the decision yourself, you have probably come across...
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Advanced Decisions
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...
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Right to work checks during COVID-19
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...
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New immigration system
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...
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Restrictive covenants in shareholders’ agreements
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...
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Inducing a breach of contract – guidance on employer’s liability
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...
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COVID-19 – supplier relief under a new Procurement Policy Note
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...
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Charities newsletter – April 2020
We hope that you and all of those close to you are safe and well in these difficult times we find ourselves in. We know that many charity leaders, whether...
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SDLT: Tribunal decision in M & M Builders (Norfolk) Ltd v HMRC
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...
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How can businesses be supported during the coronavirus pandemic?
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...
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Large compensation for injury to feelings
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,...
