Downing Street has refused to call for more people to return to their offices, despite increasing fears that decreased foot traffic in central London will cripple the economy. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said today that it was up to individual employers to decide whether to bring back employees, while also refusing to say if …
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The service of court proceedings on defendants continues to be a breeding ground for disputes. It is crucial that the proceedings (i.e. the claim form and the particulars of claim) are brought to the attention of the defendants in a particular way and within a particular timeframe. The Civil Procedure Rules deal with the permitted …
Despite a tentative easing of the national lockdown, the lingering economic and social consequences of this policy are frighteningly obvious to anyone venturing into central London. While social life and economic activity has, to a large extent, returned to the outer zones and suburbs, the offices and shops of London’s professional districts remain eerily and …
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COVID-19 has turned our day-to-day lives upside down, as we have all had to adapt to a ‘new normal’, and the world of litigation has been no different. From virtual court hearings, to electronic intimation, we have witnessed a move away from some of the traditional practices that have characterised our Scottish court system but …
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Intercontinental Hotels and Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group expected to be latest firms to warn of job losses as Britain reels from fallout of coronavirus The UK has haemorrhaged more than 134,000 jobs since March The pandemic is also hammering restaurants, with some 22,000 jobs in the sector have been shed this year By Matt Oliver …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption More than £12.3bn was given to local authorities to pass on to eligible small businesses across England Emergency coronavirus funding for firms will go back to the Treasury at the end of the month if it is not claimed, business leaders have said. Four months after £12bn was released …
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UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said a popular program to support furloughed workers amid the Covid-19 outbreak cannot last indefinitely. The opposition warned that many people will lose their livelihoods unless it is extended. Under the program, which launched in April, employers can apply for grants to cover more than half of the wages of …
Canada: A Cautionary Tale: Employee Misconduct Creates Employer Liability 07 August 2020 Siskinds LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Consider this scenario: An employee steals co-workers’ personal information and uses it in an attempt to blackmail his employer, threatening to release it publicly unless a …
This new approach is likely to be particularly attractive to individuals with lower value claims who might otherwise consider it too costly to litigate on their own. Potential litigants will now be able to join a group proceedings case in the Court of Session in Edinburgh in a cost effective way. However, corporates and their …
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Two Birmingham Magistrates Court staff members have been diagnosed with Covid-19 – yet the building has remained open to the public. Sources claim that the workers had the coronavirus confirmed last week but other employees at the Corporation Street site say they were only told on Monday this week. The court has been undertaking deep …