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Coronavirus

Advice on the legal issues faced by commercial tenants during the pandemic

Government policy to manage the COVID- 19 crisis and a desire for businesses to trade responsibly by protecting their employees and customers has affected virtually all businesses operating from commercial property in the past few months.

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Posted in: Commercial Property Coronavirus

The benefits of virtual mediation during a pandemic

As the pandemic dictates how we run our day to day business and the UK continues to adhere to the social distancing rules, the use of technology-based solutions to resolve disputes are on the rise, one of these being virtual mediation.

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Posted in: Commercial Disputes Coronavirus

Supporting employee mental health during lockdown

With COVID-19 (coronavirus) creating a new and challenging landscape, it is becoming more important to consider the mental health and wellbeing of your staff.

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Posted in: Employment Law Coronavirus

Getting ready for the return to work: FAQs on how to keep employees safe

As the UK economy begins its recovery from the Covid-19 crisis and as we see businesses preparing to re-open, the Government is encouraging employers to safely welcome staff back to the workplace.

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Posted in: Employment Law Coronavirus

A message from our Managing Partner, Lee Bramley

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an effect on all businesses in one way or another with some having to temporarily close based on the government guidelines, others choosing to ‘mothball’ their business and others operating from home where possible. The response from the public and private sectors, key workers and individuals has been a source […]

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Posted in: News & PR Coronavirus

Director decision making during the Covid-19 lockdown

Social distancing and the ‘new normal’ that COVID-19 has ushered in has meant that companies may face challenges in making decisions necessary where these were typically made in a face to face meeting. Below we answer a few questions about how a board of directors can pass resolutions they need to without the need for […]

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Posted in: Corporate / commercial updates Coronavirus

Increased Protection for Commercial Tenants during the Coronavirus Pandemic

In addition to the measures announced in the Coronavirus Act 2020, to protect commercial tenants, the Government has announced further plans to allow for even greater safeguards.

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Posted in: Commercial Property Coronavirus

Covid-19 and its impact on restructuring and insolvency

The COVID-19 outbreak created uncertainty for all businesses – things like basic trading performance, the availability of capital and the effect of the Government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Posted in: News & PR Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Coronavirus

How to calculate maternity and parental payments for furloughed employees

During the flurry of furlough, we had several queries from our clients in respect of how to calculate statutory maternity pay (SMP) for employees who were on maternity leave but had been furloughed.

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Posted in: Employment Law Coronavirus

Team delivers online sessions to help local businesses understand the staff retention scheme (furlough)

Teesside’s commercial law firm, The Endeavour Partnership, has organised the events to give local businesses the opportunity to ask partner and head of employment law, Stephen Elliott, questions about the job retention scheme and furloughing employees.

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Posted in: Coronavirus News & PR