One year ago, the UK Government announced that the changes to the off-payroll working rules (also known as IR35) (the “Rules”) would enter into force on 6 April 2021 rather than 6 April 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19...more
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to Business Crime, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement from the last three months. Please contact us if you would like to discuss any of these...more
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The announcements this week about the closure of 125 Frankie and Benny’s outlets, 35 Monsoon Accessorize shops, and the thousands of resulting job losses highlight the difficulties facing businesses in the wake of the...more
English courts have been busy passing judgment on UK companies that have allegedly violated business and human rights (BHR) obligations overseas. UK businesses (or large corporations with a presence in the UK) with operations...more
Insolvency intersected with the UK government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in an application to the High Court by the administrators of restaurant chain Carluccio’s. Considering the government’s Coronavirus Job...more
On 23 March 2020, Boris Johnson announced that the UK would effectively be going into “lockdown” for a period of at least three weeks, in order to tackle the spread of coronavirus. This means closing all non-essential shops...more
In the UK Government’s latest Budget, delivered on 11 March 2020, it was announced that the changes to the off-payroll working rules (also known as IR35) previously announced at Budget 2018 would apply to the private sector...more