The government has extended the UK furlough scheme until the end of March 2021. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the extension in Parliament, saying it was intended to ‘give people and businesses the certainty they need over what will be a difficult winter’. The furlough scheme,
Contact arrangements between children in care and their parents often raise vexed issues, but all the more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a case concerning a mother who was denied skin-to-skin contact with her newborn baby, however, the High Court bent every sinew to
Those who preside over workplace disciplinary proceedings are performing a quasi-judicial role and no judge would find an employee guilty of misconduct on the basis of a mere possibility. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) made that point in ruling that a teacher was unfairly dismissed
Many businesspeople lead peripatetic lives of constant international travel and the crucial question of whether they are settled in the UK for tax purposes can be very difficult to answer. A First-tier Tribunal (FTT) ruling, however, revealed the lengths to which HM Revenue and Customs
Wherever in the world maritime collisions occur, Admiralty judges in London have an unrivalled expertise in discerning where responsibility for them lies. The point was made by a case concerning a series of domino-like collisions between three merchant vessels as they made their way through
A breadwinner’s death as a result of another’s negligence can represent a severe financial blow to his or her dependants for which they are entitled to be compensated. As a High Court case showed, however, calculating such awards is no easy matter and can be
Some businesses persist in engaging self-employed individuals without the benefit of professionally drafted contracts, viewing them as a needless expense. As a High Court case showed, however, such informal arrangements are never free from hazard and can have serious and unforeseen consequences if a dispute
Identifying what is or is not a true redundancy situation can be no easy matter. That was certainly so in one case where what was described as a redundancy exercise resulted in an increase, rather than a reduction, in staff numbers. The case concerned a
If your neighbours have obtained planning permission for building works to which you object, you may think that is the end of the matter. However, as one case strikingly showed, with the right legal advice you can still win the day. A company obtained planning
Before signing up to a commercial lease, tenants should always take expert legal advice to ensure they truly understand the obligations they are taking on. The point was powerfully made by a case in which the insurance provisions of a lease became the focus of
