As we approach the end of the second period of lockdown and await the government review, planning for how your organisation will return to the workplace is likely to be your priority. Here are three factors to consider in your planning: 1. Taking staff off furlough The government job retention scheme is due to expire…
This case has provided some useful guidance on the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision outside of the jurisdiction defined by the contract. The court heard two interlinked disputes brought by the parties to the contract – a ‘jurisdiction application’ and an ‘enforcement application’. Background The respondent employer (M& M Contractors (Europe) Limited) was domiciled in…
The government has set out their intention to introduce further legislation to assist commercial tenants, thereby providing a further layer of support to those tenants, in addition to the moratorium on commercial forfeiture contained in the Coronavirus Act 2020 and now already in force. The government’s justification for such measures is predominantly to safeguard tenants…
As each day passes it is easy to think that physical distancing and lock-down is the “new normal” and returning to BAU is an unknown quantity, but, as Tim Farr highlighted in his blog post “Looking to the Future: Holding Your Nerve and Delivering Services after Lockdown” , there are steps that authorities can take…
If we cast our minds back 5 years ago, the contractual scene was quite different. If public services had been outsourced, these were generally delivered by conglomerates that had started in one industry before expanding to new areas often ranging from the provision of financial services to school meals and everything in between. The private…
Break clauses are like break ups; some are messy, some are clear cut, some blatantly favour one party over the other, and some are so convoluted that neither party knows where they stand when the time comes to call it quits. A well-drafted break clause should be concise and specify exactly what actions need to…
