To comply with the Protocol, it is likely that a PRS landlord will need to demonstrate it has exhausted all reasonable options to resolve the arrears situation with the tenant, before court proceedings are commenced.
The Committee on Climate Change’s 2020 report to Parliament calls on the government to redouble its efforts and expands on its May 2020 advice to the Prime Minister in which it set out the principles for building a resilient recovery. The report highlights five clear investment priorities.
Businesses are revolutionising the way they think about and do their business. Many employers recognise that companies have a crucial part to play in environmental, ethical and social challenges. The idea is that engaging with stakeholders in a meaningful way on such matters will create shared and sustained values – and will ultimately lead to greater success (and therefore profits) for the company. This concept is known as “stakeholder capitalism”.
At the end of June, the government unveiled the £200 million Sustainable Innovation Fund to help innovative businesses bounce back following the Covid-19 pandemic. On 27 June 2020, the government launched the Sustainable Innovation Fund to drive forward cutting-edge new technology following the coronavirus crisis. The fund is intended to develop new sustainable opportunities for […]
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) promises to bring into effect a mixture of temporary measures to alleviate the problems created by the Covid-19 pandemic and some permanent reforms to the UK restructuring and insolvency regime.
The FCA has today published its updated guidance for credit cards, revolving credit, personal loans and overdrafts relating to the coronavirus pandemic. The guidance comes into force on 3 July; note however that it does not apply to other types of consumer credit lending including motor finance, rent to own, high cost short term credit […]
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Pinsent Masons’ cyber head has left the firm, joining Clyde & Co alongside an associate from his team. Ian Birdsey joins Clydes in London after eight years at Pinsent Masons and was made partner in 2016. Seaton Gordon, who is an associate in Birdsey’s team, is also joining Clydes. Birdsey advises corporate, SME and insurer […]
Shoosmiths saw a 12 per cent rise in revenue in its most recent financial year, with the UK regional’s turnover exceeding £150m in the last 12 months. As one of the few firms to have declared its financials for 2019/20, Shoosmiths announced a turnover of £154.2m for the year-end of April 2020, representing a lofty […]
Shearman & Sterling has snagged an arbitration partner from Bird & Bird in London. Garreth Wong joins the US firm after seven years at Bird & Bird. He joined in 2013 and was made partner in 2014. Prior to that, he was a barrister at Matrix Chambers before moving to private practice. He spent time […]
Burges Salmon is holding off from distributing its profit distributions to partners and has decreased its monthly drawings, part of a new set of measures put forward by the business. The firm has decided it will only pay quarterly profit distributions to partners if its financial results hit its yearly budget. The firm’s Q1 dividend […]
Businesses including Pearson and 3M have signed up to a new education platform designed to help general counsel craft the digital strategy of their organisations. The Digital Legal Exchange (DLEX) is a non-profit collaboration between UnitedLex and DXC Technology which was created to make digital more accessible to corporate law departments. The DLEX Going Digital […]
Clifford Chance has outlined a three-step plan to help its staff return to a normal working environment over the coming months. For the time being, employees and partners of the firm’s London and Newcastle offices will keep working remotely, with only a handful of operations employees accessing the premises. The measures for the UK are […]
