Opinion &
Insights

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Spousal maintenance

Whilst some businesses are slowly reopening, many employees remain on furlough, have taken reductions in salary or are facing the prospect of being made redundant. As a result many ‘high’ earners are no longer in the position to afford their monthly spousal maintenance obligations, as well as meeting their own outgoings.

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Employees return to work and the Amendments to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Since the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) on 20 March 2020 the number of employees placed furlough has continued to increase, with HM Treasury’s recent figures advising that 8 million jobs have now been furloughed, with a staggering £11.1 billion claimed under the Scheme

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Commercial Landlords- securing rent recovery (through the Covid-19 pandemic)

Businesses are being hit hard by the pandemic which resulted in a number of businesses being forced to close their doors, stop trading and subsequently having insufficient funds to pay rent.

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Covid-19: When Coronavirus is the Final Straw in the Family

For some, the ability to spend quality time with their children and their partner may come as a unexpected benefit of the necessary social distancing rules but for others there are massive implications that come from the government restrictions.

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The Coronavirus Act 2020: What it means for residential landlords?

The Coronavirus Act 2020 has amended how sections 8 and 21 of the Housing Act 1988, a landlord’s means of taking possession of a property let to a tenant under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy will have effect between 26 March 2020 until 30 September 2020.

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Contracts and Covid-19: Your Rights and Obligations

Covid-19 is very likely to be affecting your business in many different ways and you may be faced with difficult decisions in relation to goods and services requested by you or promised by you and termination or variation of those contracts.

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Financial Negotiations Within Divorce Proceedings and the Need for Independent Advice

We are sure that we were not the only family lawyers concerned by a recent decision of the Family Court which decided that a non-lawyer internet support company was not automatically placed in a position of potential conflict in assisting a divorcing couple to resolve their divorce and related financial matters by helping them to complete forms, negotiate financial matters and draft a consent order.

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Employment Update: New Requirements for the Statement of Terms of Employment

Currently, employers are required by section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (“ERA 1996”) to provide their employees, who will be employed for more than one month, with a written statement of the terms of their employment (a “section 1 statement”), however the requirements are soon to change.

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