At 8pm on 23rd March 2020 Boris Johnson addressed the public to announce an unprecedented lockdown across England (Wales and Scotland announced similar restrictions). The laws implementing the announcement (The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions)...
COVID-19 and its effects on employment With the current crisis in full flow, the government has introduced a number of emergency measures to help businesses and employees through this crisis. Extension of Statutory Sick Pay Employees who are sick...
Furlough leave and what this means for employers The Government has announced extraordinary measures to help keep businesses afloat during the global COVID-19 pandemic. One of these measures is the ‘Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ which...
LEGALESE: “NOTWITHSTANDING” “Notwithstanding”. It’s a bit of a mouthful. When used in a contract the term indicates that what is being said in a clause (Clause 2) takes priority over the contents of another clause (Clause...
LEGALESE: “ WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ” “Without prejudice to”. Whilst it sounds like a strange phrase, you will often find it written in contracts. The term indicates to a reader that what is being said in a clause (Clause 1)...