Recent events due to coronavirus and the Covid-19 restrictions have greatly impacted the business and commercial world and raise important questions for both landlords and tenants of commercial premises.
Coronavirus and Employment Law - An update for Employers
As I explained in my previous update , this is a scheme whereby 80% of a furloughed employee’s salary will be reimbursed by HMRC to the employer. The employer will need to designate the employee as furloughed and input the details into the HMRC portal. This is not yet ready and is unlikely to be so for 6 to 8 weeks. We are told it will be backdated to 1st March. It seems that employers are being advised to take out loans to fund this in the meantime, which is in itself causing problems.
Coronavirus Update - Impact on Contracts, Suppliers, and your Customers
Furlough Leave - Securing 80% subsidy for your employees
I am being asked a lot of questions about furlough leave and the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which has been announced over the past few days. The purpose of this newsletter is to give you an outline of the information which is available at present, although you will see that some of the details are not yet available. I will be providing a further update later in the week. Please note that this is not to be relied on as advice for specific legal issues, but just an overview.
The Accidental Contract - Jeffrey Ross Blue v Michel James Wallace Ashley
On 24th of January 2013 Mr Blue and Mr Ashley went to the Horse and Groom public house in Great Portland Street, London. Mr Blue already had a management services agreement with one of Mr Ashley’s companies and at that meeting in the pub he introduced Mr Ashley to three colleagues who wanted to be Sports Direct’s corporate broker….