26 March 2020
COVID-19 - The legal basis for lockdown
Last week saw the first steps towards a national lockdown when on the night of Friday 20 March the Prime Minister “told” certain businesses to close. What powers does the government have to do this? The answer is to be found here in the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, which contains broad but not unlimited powers to make regulations to protect health.
26 March 2020
Welcome guidance on the approach to valuations from RICS during Coronavirus pandemic
According to RICS, the effects of the COVID-19 Virus will affect the work carried out by RICS members in a variety of ways with varying impacts. For example, the Government’s latest restrictions on the freedom of individuals to move around, may in turn lead to an unwillingness of occupants to allow surveyors access to properties in order to conduct a valuation.
26 March 2020
Coronavirus Act: how the emergency legislation will impact healthcare professionals
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surged in the UK this week, the government rushed emergency legislation through both Houses, and the Coronavirus Act 2020 (‘the Act’) subsequently received Royal Assent on 25 March 2020.
26 March 2020
What a difference a day count makes: The implications of the Coronavirus pandemic on the UK tax status of non-domiciled individuals
International clients with a UK footprint often like a good spread sheet: specifically, a spread sheet covering their days spent in the UK and those spent overseas in the period 6 April to the following 5 April. This period is the UK tax year, and well-advised international clients – those considered neither resident nor domiciled in the UK - are all too aware that not keeping track of their UK day count may make them UK resident and within scope of UK income and capital gains tax on their worldwide income and gains. Numbers matter.
26 March 2020
Will maternity leave be affected by coronavirus? - Kirsty Churm quoted in GoodtoKnow
Kirsty Churm explains the legalities of maternity leave and pay during the coronavirus outbreak.
