‘In this blog, employment barristers Michael Sprack and Amrit Bachu identify the obligations on employers to ensure the safety of their workers, particularly workers returning to work during Covid-19, and consider practical steps that workers can take.’
1MCB Chambers, 19th May 2020
Source: 1mcb.com
‘The time litigants have to wait to reach trial in civil claims reached record lengths even before the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic hit, new government figures have revealed.’
Litigation Futures, 4th June 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘This post, written by a member of the Doughty Street Chambers’ Children’s Rights Group, raises questions about the necessity and proportionality of the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. It suggests that the Regulations are likely to breach the UK’s international human rights commitments at a time when children need such protections more than ever.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 19th May 2020
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, the chair of the independent Civil Justice Council and Head of Civil Justice, has welcomed the Civil Justice Council’s rapid review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the civil justice system, particularly the swift expansion of the use of remote hearings. The review, conducted with the support of the Legal Education Foundation, launched on 1 May 2020 and concluded on 15 May 2020. It was particularly aimed at court users whose hearings took place between 1 May and 7 May 2020.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th June 2020
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Thousands of tenants who have struggled to pay rent during the pandemic lockdown face the prospect of losing their home from the end of the month when the government’s temporary ban on evictions ends, housing campaigners have warned.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
A group of senior former judges and legal academics has called for an acceleration in the take-up of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the face of commercial contract disputes arising from Covid-19.
Litigation Futures, 4th June 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘With employees starting to return to work (be that on a part-time basis or otherwise) and employers continuing to assess the viability of their businesses as going concerns, how might employers make changes to an employees’ contractual terms lawfully in order to avoid redundancies, for instance agreeing a reduction in wages?’
3PB, 2nd June 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘The guidance is aimed at acquiring authorities. However, it is equally important for those on the other side to know the changing expectations. The most notable change is in respect of forthcoming Compulsory Purchase Orders (‘CPOs’). This article provides a summary of and commentary on the latest guidance.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 29th May 2020
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to the economy and to businesses, many of whom are now facing significant financial difficulty. The Government presented the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill to Parliament on 20 May 2020 (“the Bill”). The Bill includes several provisions designed to guard against a deluge of insolvencies during this period and, if enacted, will operate retrospectively.’
3 Hare Court, 2nd June 2020
Source: www.3harecourt.com
‘Simon Randle, Vivienne Sedgley and Katharine Elliot analyse government measures to restart the housing market and how they impact on the planning system.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 29th May 2020
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘Marcus Pilgerstorfer QC has co-authored an article considering liability issues arising in relation to the production of medical products in response to the coronavirus pandemic.’
11KBW, 21st May 2020
Source: www.11kbw.com
‘With plans across the world to gradually lift some lockdown restrictions we can expect to uncover a new wave of corporate criminal activity and organised crime at home and abroad. Criminal defence specialists Simon Pentol QC and Duncan Jones of 25 Bedford Row examine the likely trends and the focus of investigation by the authorities.’
25 Bedford Row, 27th May 2020
Source: www.25bedfordrow.com
‘The law governing limitation periods is critical in managing a dispute; a failure to commence proceedings within the required limitation period is usually nothing less than fatal to a claim. This article considers the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on limitation periods affecting international civil litigation in the courts of England and Wales (henceforth, with apologies, the English courts). The focus of this article is on statutory limitation periods, but it is important to note that some claims may also be subject to contractually agreed limitation periods which require separate and careful consideration.’
Blackstone Chambers, 29th May 2020
‘What can we take away from the judgment in this recent Covid-19 related remote hearing case?’
Broadway House Chambers, 29th May 2020
Source: broadwayhouse.co.uk
‘This piece analyses the UK government’s performance against ten policy objectives published by WHO Europe. It seeks to shed light on why there have been an estimated 22,000 ‘excess deaths’ in care homes, and why it is still not too late for the government to act.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 1st June 2020
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expecting the High Court to hear its test cases on whether business interruption (BI) insurance policies cover Covid-19 in the second half of July.’
Litigation Futures, 1 June 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Even before the current Covid-19 outbreak, non-domestic rates were a critical concern for landlords and tenants of business premises alike. This crisis, and subsequent lockdown, has provoked even closer focus on the issue, and led to some major changes to the rates regime.’
Falcon Chambers, May 2020
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘Solidarity protests against the death of George Floyd in the US are continuing to take place in the UK – but are they actually legal given the coronavirus lockdown?’
BBC News, 3rd June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider a Court of Appeal case on the meaning of exempt waste operations, a new report on financing energy efficient buildings and the impact of COVID-19 on the aqueous environment.’
Six Pump Court, 26th May 2020
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘It is far from new for the conduct of Dominic Cummings to be a matter of political controversy. The man who is Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s current chief adviser was the Campaign Director of Vote Leave during the 2016 Brexit referendum, an organisation which was subsequently investigated by the Electoral Commission and fined for breaking electoral spending limits. Cummings has been held in contempt of Parliament, for refusing to attend a session of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee into ‘Disinformation and “Fake News”’, examining issues raised during the referendum campaign about data use and targeted political advertising. And he is widely believed to have been a key architect of the Prime Minister’s unlawful attempt to prorogue Parliament for five weeks in September 2019, in an undemocratic attempt to subvert an intransigent and hostile legislature at a key moment in the planned process of exiting the EU.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd June 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
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