Ebriefings

On 30 June 2020, Boris Johnson announced radical changes to the planning system.

This article is further to our previous e-briefing (published on 22 July 2020) where we informed you that there are new temporary measures (a new Practice Direction PD55c) that have been brought into deal with possession claims, following the stay being lifted on possession claims on 22 August 2020.

Six months after the first recorded case of COVID-19 in the UK, it is clear that charities, community organisations and volunteers have played a huge role in the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

The Johnny Depp -v- News Group Newspapers trial concluded last week and has been widely publicised and reported on around the World.

There’s no doubt about it, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed incredible pressure on the NHS.

The use of video remote witnessing of Wills will become law.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £3.8 billion SDLT giveaway may bring benefits for registered providers of social housing, according to ACS experts in the sector.

We have asked colleagues in the Employment Law team to highlight what they think is key to managing a redundancy programme well.

We finally have some detail about what will happen after the end of the possession stay/evictions ban on 23 August 2020.

Paperless land transactions may soon be possible following plans from HM Land Registry to accept digitally signed documents for registration.

On 15 July 2020, the Prime Minister committed to an Independent Inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

It was announced by the Government on 16 July 2020 that the implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) has been delayed until April 2022. No date has been set, with April 2022 being described as the “aim for full implementation”.