7 May 2020
Suspicious Activity Report guidance updated in light of anticipated COVID-19 related crime
The Chancellor of the Exchequer may be preparing to gradually wind down the Coronavirus Job Creation Scheme in the summer but its legacy will be felt for many years.
7 May 2020
The future public inquiry into COVID-19
The devastation wrought by COVID-19 has led to profound questions about the UK government’s response to the pandemic. Calls for a public inquiry are continuing to mount and are likely to prove difficult to resist. This blog considers the framework for such inquiries, and the key issues likely to form the core of its terms of reference.
7 May 2020
Transatlantic trends from the UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Paycheck Protection Program in the US
In recent weeks in our respective practices in the US and the UK, we have seen unprecedented client interest in the urgent response of policy makers to the economic crisis in support of employers and jobs. In this blog, Andreas White of Kingsley Napley and Will Johnson and Perry MacLennan of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd briefly examine the UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) in comparison to the Paycheck Protection Programme (“PPP”) in the US and consider emerging transatlantic trends.
7 May 2020
The impact of increasing domestic violence as a result of COVID-19 on those with insecure immigration status
The COVID-19 pandemic and isolation which has ensued, has driven a dramatic rise in the number of reports of domestic violence in the UK. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned that displaced women and girls face a greater risk of violence during the Coronavirus crisis, including being confined with abusers or forced into “survival sex” with limited access to support services.
5 May 2020
Partners' future under spotlight during crisis
In a startling opening to a recent Newsnight, presenter Emily Maitlis began with the words “They tell us Coronavirus is a great leveller. It’s not. It's much harder if you’re poor."
