COVID-19 Blog Posts

Employment
COVID-19 – “No Test, No Job”
The Employment and HR Department examine the possibility of a "No Test, No Job" policy
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Employment
COVID-19 – "No Jab, No Job"
Burnetts' Employment and HR department discuss the possible "No Jab, No Job" policy
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Employment
Extension of Furlough Scheme
On the 5th November 2020, the Government announced that it would be extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough scheme)…
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Commercial Dispute Resolution
What will the September quarter (and beyond) hold for commercial landlords?
With further restrictions on the hospitality sector in place, and a potential lockdown on the cards, many commercial rent payers…
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Buy to Lets
Business interruption insurance case concluded
Conclusion of High Court case assessing business interruption clauses in insurance.
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Residential Conveyancing
Time to get moving
Head of Burnetts' residential conveyancing team, Kathryn Hill, gives her reaction to the Government's announcement that the property market is…
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Employment
Work is an activity, not a place
Agile working has been on the radar for most of us for some time now. We all know it claims…
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Commercial Dispute Resolution
Avalanche of Litigation expected
Courts need to be ready for “an avalanche of litigation” of commercial and business related claims arising from the disruption…
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Commercial Dispute Resolution
Are the civil courts still working?
The civil courts are taking steps to try and allow claims to continue, while reducing the number of workers on…
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Employment
The simple art of letting go
How understanding our limitations is the key to managing wellbeing in the time of corona.
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Employment
Take a moment and breathe .....
Blog from an Employment Lawyer during COVID-19
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Tourism & Leisure
A pause for thought
William Wordsworth’s, opening line from his famous ‘Daffodils’ poem: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” may never have seemed so…
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