Many employers are now focusing on how to manage a safe return to work and one of the questions being asked is the extent to which an employer can introduce workplace testing.

The EU-UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement ("TCA") is the 1,246-page end result of the trade deal finally reached between the UK and the EU on Christmas Eve 2020

Whilst the Act introduces a number of insolvency measures to seek to provide companies with the flexibility and breathing space they need to continue trading during the COVID-19 pandemic...

The UK is a major data hub accounting for 11.5% of global cross-border data flows compared to its 0.9 per cent of the global population. Within Northern Ireland

On 31 March 2020, a letter addressed to the UK construction sector was issued by The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Four years after the European Union (EU) referendum the UK left the EU and its Single Market on 31 December 2020.

Prompted by the easing of lockdown and the re-opening of businesses, the ICO has helpfully outlined 6 key steps that organisations need to consider when using personal data

Employers have an obligation to prevent illegal working in the UK. An employer commits a criminal offence if it knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that its employee does not have the right to work in the UK.

On 31st October the government announced that The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended for a month. On the same date, detailed information was published on the new Job

In the later stages of married life, it is increasingly common for couples to decide to separate. Whilst it is a difficult and emotional situation regardless of whose decision it is...

Four years of negotiation culminated in a post-Brexit deal on Christmas Eve 2020 known as the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (‘TCA'). In addition to the TCA, trade in Northern Ireland

It is difficult to envisage a return to "normality" in the old sense but with the relaxation of restrictions in other European countries, many UK employers are starting to consider

Consider the need to apply for a sponsor licence to the Home Office. This is a requirement for any business wishing to recruit from abroad to the UK. Over 32,000 companies in the UK already

In jurisdictions across the UK, parties can claim legal advice privilege to prevent communications with their lawyer from being disclosed to third parties.

The UK Government has announced a further financial scheme to assist business during the unprecedented coronavirus crisis – the Future Fund.

This article provides an update to an article written by Peter Moorhead in February 2021, which discussed the role of green finance in a green recovery in Northern Ireland

As discussed in previous articles from Joe Marley of our Commercial Real Estate team (view here) the Coronavirus Act 2020 introduced protection for tenants unable to pay their rent due

Following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in late January 2020, the UK Government and the EU Commission finally agreed the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the "TCA") on 24 December 2020.

The Home Office are to introduce a new Health and Care Visa which will come into effect from 4 August 2020 throughout the UK.

The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) is a new scheme introduced to help smaller businesses impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19)