General

03 Mar 2021

A Hospitality Budget

Today the Chancellor has spoken and has delivered his Budget to take the country out of the Pandemic and into 2021,it would appear that he heard many of the requests made by the Hospitality industry with the continuation of many of the support veh...

26 Feb 2021

New Consultation | Protect Duty - Martyn's Law

The Home Office have today launched a new consultation entitled ‘Protect Duty’ but may more commonly be known as Martyn’s law. Martyn Hett was amongst those who tragically died following a terrorist attack at the Manchester Aren...

25 Feb 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - FCA Policy Checker

Following the ruling on Business Interruption Insurance by the High Court in January the FCA have created a useful Policy checker tool. The tool, which can be found online here, is a general guide to help policy holders to check if their policy w...

23 Feb 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Scotland Announce Road Map

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, has this afternoon (Tuesday 23rd February) announced Scotland’s road map for exiting Covid19 restrictions. A phased return of Scottish schools will commence on Monday (1st March) with all School...

19 Feb 2021

Supreme Court | Uber BV and others (Appellants) v Aslam and others (Respondents)

The Supreme Court has today delivered their unanimous Judgement in the case of Uber BV and others (Appellants) v Aslam and others (Respondents). This appeal concerned the employment status of private hire vehicle drivers who provide their services...

17 Feb 2021

Pavement Licences - City of London Corporation

As we await the promised announcement from the government on 22nd February which it is hoped will update us on when and how Lockdown will be eased, there has been an interesting announcement from City of London Corporation around the use of extern...