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ARTICLE · 22 OCTOBER 2019

Employment Law – October 2019

Herrington Carmichael LLP
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We are pleased to provide you with the Herrington Carmichael employment law update for October 2019.

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We are pleased to provide you with the Herrington Carmichael employment law update for October 2019.

This is a key note summary of some of the main developments in employment law in the last month.

1. A win for HMRC in the latest IR35 case:

Ahead of the major changes to the IR35 regime due to come into effect in April 2020, we are seeing a more publicity around cases coming through the courts against individuals providing services to the public sector. Tim Willcox, David Eades and Joanna Gosling have been the latest presenters to be targeted by HMRC. This judgement follows a number of defeats against HMRC including claims against ITV presenter, Lorraine Kelly and Talksport radio host, Paul Hawksbee earlier this year.

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