COVID-19 and Your Contracts Partner Philip Edmondson, Head of our Commercial Litigation Team, takes a look at COVID-19 and Your Contracts. Can the virus release your or other parties from important contractual obligations? In her article of 8 April 2020, my colleague Emily Steed discussed the issue of force majeure clauses in contracts and how…

Job Retention Scheme Update There is now updated guidance available from ACAS and HMRC on the Job Retention Scheme We have previously sent an update on holiday and periods of furlough. The latest guidance from ACAS on the treatment of bank holidays and furlough is set out below: Bank holidays are usually part of the…

[caption id="attachment_3608" align="alignright" width="214"] Emily Steed[/caption] Making Sense of Force Majeure Clauses in the Context of COVID-19 Many of you will be familiar with the concept of force majeure or “superior force”, a common clause used in contracts to protect against unforeseeable circumstances that prevent a party from fulfilling its contractual obligations. But, can a…

[caption id="attachment_3608" align="alignright" width="214"] Emily Steed[/caption] Complying with GDPR During the COVID-19 Outbreak With new guidance issued on the GDPR rules during the COVID 19 outbreak, Solicitor Emily Steed of our Corporate and Commercial department looks at the implications for organisations. Processing personal data and complying with Data Protection Rules during the COVID-19 outbreak The…