Is Life looking so Golden? The taxation of payments on termination of employment – A snapshot of the status quo and future trends
Introduction Payments on the termination of employment, also known as severance payments or more popularly in the commercial world referred to as: Golden Parachutes, Golden Handshakes or Golden Goodbyes can take various forms. In non-litigious cases; taken at the lowest level they can be in the form of statutory redundancy payments as defined under the
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Latest Eviction News for Local Landlords!
It has been three weeks since the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, put the ‘Cat amongst the pigeons’ for landlords by extending the moratorium on possession orders which in turn has led to the implementation of Practice Direction 55C (PD55C) in order to assist with the transition between the stay of possession claims and the resumption
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Reaching the Age of Maturity – the New Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
Don’t think that we are currently going through times of re-building and re-setting only. Parliament has speedily enacted a new, though long-awaited law providing for clear splits and cuts: the new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. We have explored its wider context to answer some questions that may spring to our reader’s minds:
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The Case of 2020: FCA Brings Test Case for Business Interruption Policies
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected businesses of all shapes and sizes in almost every industry. As a result, there are a substantial number of claims being made to insurers under the terms of business interruption (BI) insurance policies.
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PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL FOR DEBT CLAIMS
In light of the manifold issues that businesses, sole traders and industry professionals are currently facing with regards to credit control and recoupment of monies owed by clients, customers and those that may be owed to the supply chain; now is the time to peer into the protocol for debt recovery. What do the courts
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Redundancy – Deep Diving into choppy waters
In this, the third in our series of articles on Redundancy, we deep dive into the processes and procedures that employers must engage in order to successfully navigate the murky waters of redundancy.
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The Joys and Pains of the Right to Privacy – St (A minor) v Primary School
In April 2020, the High Court rendered an interesting judgement in the context of Data Protection and Privacy. The two claimants, a child having the Down Syndrome and the child’s mother, succeeded in proceedings against their former primary school for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998), breach of the Human Rights Act
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Environmental Impacts and the Law
As for any other human cause, the law has also developed various and ever-evolving strategies to manage and mitigate impacts on the environment. Finding ourselves in the Covid-19 lockdown, undeniably benefits the environment, while exposing vulnerabilities of our human nature: In Delhi, fine particles and gas nitrogen fell by more than 70%; in Punjab, people
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COVID-19 – The impact of coronavirus on Courts and Tribunals It will not be business as usual then…
The day to day operation of the Courts and Tribunal services has drastically changed. This sharp turnaround comes just weeks after the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCT) apprised the public of their intentions to keep on with business as usual. The spread of COVID- 19 has
Read MoreCOVID-19 The Legal Effects on Employers
COVID-19 doesn’t only affect stock levels in high street stores, it will also affect employers’ obligations with respect to their most vulnerable resource – employees. Are there any additional workplace safety health and safety measures that employers may need to take? How early do employers have to notify their employees about any policy changes? Will
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