There can be no escaping the caterpillar wars that are taking place in the High Court of England and Wales. Marks & Spencer has issued intellectual property claim alleging that Aldi has infringed its...

This year's increases in the limits for payments and awards to workers in employment rights cases in Northern Ireland have been confirmed. From 1 April 2021, the national living wage (NLW) will increase ...

There has been much coverage in recent weeks around the government's £3.5bn worth of funding to fix dangerous combustible cladding on highrises in England.

The main deadline to consider applying to the EU Settlement Scheme is 30 June 2021 for EU, EEA and Swiss nationals.

As anticipated, the HMRC Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) portal went live on 20 April 2020. Under the JRS employers can reclaim 80% of workers' wages

In an exclusive report in the Guardian this weekend it was indicated that the government may be planning to introduce a tax increase for the over-40s across the United Kingdom

The government has launched its test and trace scheme to help stop the spread of coronavirus. If an employee is contacted and advised to self-isolate for 14 days, are they entitled to receive full pay

As the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said many times, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been a lifeline for businesses and a staggering £27.4 billion

Employers have been expecting further guidance in relation to the Job Retention Scheme and on 4 April 2020, HMRC published updated Guidance.

Westminster has confirmed that the UK Home Office will create a new visa scheme for British National Overseas (BNO) passport holders and their dependants to relocate to the UK

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 protects employees from dismissal for exercising rights to leave the workplace and take steps to protect themselves where they reasonably believe there is...

The Home Office have published a further update on right to work checks on 12 May 2021 making a complete U-turn in expecting employers to obtain physical documents.

Temporary changes to the right to work checking process introduced at the end of March 2020 are coming to an end.

Over 4.9 million people have now applied to the EU Settlement Scheme according to the Home Office. This includes more than 4.4 million applications from England

A new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules was passed by Parliament on 14 May 2020 with great significance for British and Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland

There have been many updates and tweaks to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) over recent months.

As a commercial litigator, I fully understand how onerous and time consuming the discovery process can be, particularly when there are tight deadlines to be met and a significant volume...

When employers operate a restructuring or redundancy process it is important to consider suitable alternative roles before confirming any redundancies.

The High Court in England recently gave summary judgement to the landlord in Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbh v TFS Stores Ltd...

The Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme, led by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, will temporarily reinsure the credit risks of business-to-business