Karen Moores, Partner said: “An excellent turnout; with many guests commenting on the relaxed atmosphere and the good cross–section of professionals joining in from the city. The food as always was superb; provided by Glyn Purnell and his team.”
Richard Cooper of Sydney Mitchell LLP said
Sydney Mitchell is pleased to announce that Richard Cooper, a solicitor in the firm’s Dispute Resolution department, has been appointed as a full Member of The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and becomes one of only a handful of ACTAPS Members in the West Midlands area.
Only solicitors and barristers who have specialist expertise in disputed wills, Inheritance Act claims, estate administration and contested probates are admitted to ACTAPS.
The government’s ‘furlough’ scheme is an unprecedented means of saving jobs and viable businesses in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis – but how does it interact with the insolvency regime? The High Court addressed that issue in the context of a restaurant chain which went into administration within days of the UK entering lockdown.
Rishi Sunak has announced that the scheme is going to be extended for four months, until the end of October 2020. It is said that until the end of July, there will be no changes to the scheme, however from August to October 2020, the scheme will continue on the basis that furloughed employees can be brought back part-time.
Full details of the changes will not be published by the end of May.
Watch this space!
The Furlough Scheme and support comes to an end on 31 October 2020 and as a result of that we are seeing an increase in the number of Redundancy cases and Settlement Agreements being offered.
It is vitally important that you receive the right advice when entering into the process of redundancy – many factors need to be taken into account, not only from the employers point of view, but also from the employees.
After much anticipation amongst employers and employees across all industries, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out the governments new job support scheme in a statement made at the House of Commons on 24 September. This scheme is due to start in November.
Only a few details available at the moment, however we can confirm that:
As you know, Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (also known as the furlough scheme) will remain open until 31 March 2021. For claim periods running to January 2021, employees will receive 80% of their usual salary for hours not worked, up to a maximum of £2,500 per month. The percentages for February and March will be reviewed by the Government on 31 January 2021.
It is to be announced in the Budget on 3 March, that the furlough scheme will be extended until the end of September. The scheme was due to come to an end in April, but offers further security for those business sectors that need it and employees who are still on furlough.
Some employers continue to labour under the misapprehension that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – otherwise known as the Furlough Scheme – relieves them of their legal obligation to pay their staff. An Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed how costly that mistake can be, both in financial and reputational terms.
