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The emergency Coronavirus Act 2020 was given Royal Assent on 25th March 2020, and is now enshrined in English law. Whilst a few sections simply provide the Government with powers to amend existing provisions of relevant legislation, section 82 of the Act has provided clarity on [...]
A quick summary, with a more detailed update from today’s briefing to follow. The Government have today announced the following support for self-employed individuals:- The Government will be paying 80% of monthly average income This will be based on the past 3 years’ trading profits. If [...]
In these difficult times, we are all being told “Stay Home – Save Lives”. This is difficult for any family but extra challenging for families going through Child Arrangement Orders. Here, children usually split their time between two parents who do not live in the same [...]
The focus of Boris Johnson’s speech to the nation yesterday was “stay home and save lives”. As we have already seen it is a sad reality that people will lose loved ones as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with an increasing death toll, the [...]
This Tuesday’s guidance was predominantly based upon the requirements and workings of the NHS, with the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, chairing the briefing. The main highlight was a new hospital is due to be opened within the ExCeL Centre, and confirmation that retired [...]
The Government has now announced some of the most stringent social distancing measures possible without introducing a complete lockdown across the UK. Whilst there was some initial confusion as to who may remain open, the Government have now published a list of those businesses who are [...]
With the Government advising the public to avoid non-essential travel as a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, many workers are being asked to work from home where possible. Train operators have seen a considerable drop in passengers and ticket revenue, leading to concerns over their [...]
The Government announced on Friday 20th March that it would be introducing a new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme available to employers of any size. This scheme will allow all employers to access grants covering 80% of the salary of “furloughed” employees who otherwise would have been [...]
IR35 is a set of tax rules introduced in April 2000 designed to tax people working in “disguised employment” through a personal service company as though they are employees. The concern was that under the then-popular “contractor” model, many people were claiming to be self-employed so [...]
With the current COVID-19 outbreak an increasing number of our clients are self-isolating or following the Government guidelines and restricting their public contact. Here at Backhouse Solicitors we have put measures in place so that we can continue to provide you with Wills, Lasting Powers of [...]
