Legal Article
04 Aug 2020
As most public sector organisations will be aware, the Government has been considering a cap on public sector exit payments of £95,000 since 2015. In April 2019, the government launched a further consultation on draft Regulations to introduce the cap and the consultation closed on 3 July 2019. The…
Public Sector
Legal Article
31 Jul 2020
The unprecedented circumstances brought by the global Covid-19 pandemic has meant that processes and procedures across all sectors have had to change in some way, shape or form, to address the challenges presented. Inevitably, many businesses have embraced these changes quickly to ensure business…
Commercial Property
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced this morning (Thursday 30 July 2020) that it is bringing in a new law to ensure that all furloughed employees will receive Statutory Redundancy Payments calculated based on 100% of their normal pay, rather than their furlough…
Employment & HR
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
The government is introducing temporary legislation in September to allow the witnessing of Wills in England and Wales by video conferencing software such as Facetime, Zoom and Skype. Any Will witnessed by video technology will be valid, on the proviso that the quality of the sound and video was…
Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
On the 1st July 2020, the HSE released the annual figures for 2019/20 for workplace fatal injuries reportable under RIDDOR and falling within their jurisdiction as enforcement authority. The figures as yet are provisional and will be finalised in July 2021. What are the Key trends shown by the…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
What duty is owed to a person voluntarily involved in a fun recreational activity, by the organisers of that activity? This was the main question in a case where Forbes recently successfully acted for the operators of a fun activity centre, where participants carried out activities on various large…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
During the previous months of lockdown we have understandably noticed a delay in the progression of tree root related subsidence claims. However, as we come out of the lockdown and head towards the autumnal months we would expect to see an increase in claims activity. Historically, the dryer late Spring…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
At this time of year many of us enjoy and use our Council run green spaces, whether they might be city parks, suburban recreational areas or larger green areas further out from the centre of our Towns and Cities. These green spaces come in many different shapes, sizes and location types but ordinarily…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
The Government Actuary's Department published the 8th edition of the Ogden Tables on the 17 July 2020. The Ogden Tables, used to calculate future losses in personal injury and fatal accident cases in the UK, have been updated and the explanatory notes have been completely rewritten in this 8th…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
In the case of R (on the application of Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738, The Court of Appeal has ruled that the state's investigative obligations under Article 2 ECHR do not arise where someone lacking capacity and deprived of their liberty (who we will…
Insurance
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