A legal assistant from our Banner Cross office is dedicating all of her free time – and some of her working hours – to St John Ambulance, to support the Covid vaccination roll out. Helen Hardy, who works fulltime in the probate team, is doing a further 20-30 hours a Read more…
The ban on evicting residential tenants has been in place for almost a year now. This month, Anna Pettinger looks ahead to when it might end… As we are heading out of lockdown, can I start the process of evicting my tenant? On several occasions in the last 12 months, Read more…
The government is introducing a Debt Respite Scheme, to give someone with a problem debt legal protection – much to the frustration of landlords. This month, Anna Pettinger outlines how this may affect tenants… I’ve heard the government is increasing its support to people in debt due to the coronavirus Read more…
Just before Christmas the government introduced a temporary ban on evictions in the UK. This month, Anna Pettinger discusses what this means for landlords… My tenants haven’t paid rent since October. Can I have them evicted? Tenants falling behind on their rent has been a hugely worrying outcome of Covid-19. Read more…
There have been many legislative changes this year to do with Coronavirus (“Covid-19”), however, it would be fair to say that these have come, gone and changed so frequently that it would not be helpful to detail them all here. As such, below is a summary of the key ones Read more…
Covid-19 is new to everyone, this includes social services and the Court, and everyone has had to adapt to a new way of life because of the virus. With more time being spent at home, for many this has meant being able to spend more time with their children and Read more…
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant and detrimental impact on small and medium businesses with many suffering losses as a result of not being able to open their premises or operate effectively for extended periods of time following the first lockdown in March 2020. The Government has offered an Read more…
The recent publication from the Office for National Statistics dated 17 November 2020 sadly shows that there has been a significant increase in opposite and same sex couples getting divorced in 2019. Over 100,000 marriages were ended legally in 2019. Have the UK Government made it easier for couples to Read more…
Following the government’s announcement that a new form of lock-down was to commence on 5 November 2020, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) scheme would be extended and remain open until 31 March 2021. The updated guidance setting out how the CJRS will operate Read more…
Is an employer able to lawfully dismiss or discipline an employee that refuses to attend work because they believe that it is unsafe to do so because of Coronavirus? Whilst many businesses have been required to close down during this second lockdown period, there are still a number of businesses Read more…