Monthly Archives: February 2022

Changes to isolation rules and impact on workers

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Molly Jones

These changes will mean some workers who test positive for COVID will face a difficult choice about whether to stay at home if their sick pay is insufficient or they do not qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Currently, those …

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Hybrid working is here to stay

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Molly Jones

The BBC reported that more than 80% of surveyed managers said their companies had adopted a hybrid model of working, most of which adopting flexible working since the pandemic. Flexible working is where an individual’s working pattern is varied from …

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Golden Visas: Scrapped within weeks

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Molly Jones

Overview: Sometimes known as “golden visas”, Investor visas allow access to the UK for wealthy foreigners who invest at least £2m in UK businesses. However, there has been a long-standing perception that the route is open to abuse for those …

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Digital assets law and regulation- time for an update?

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Molly Jones

Nigel Brahams, Partner and Simon de Broise, Senior Associate from Collyer Bristow’s FinTech team were joined by Professor Sarah Green, Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law and Matthew Kimber, Lawyer at The Law Commission, to discuss the latest issues …

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A new direction for FCA decision making

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Molly Jones

As part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) “Transformation Programme” to become a more innovative and assertive regulator, the FCA has announced its new approach to decision making. The policy statement (PS21/16) amends the FCA’s Enforcement Guide (EG) and Decisions …

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Data subject access requests are ‘weaponised’ as disgruntled customers seek to ‘tie businesses in knots’

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Molly Jones

DSARs allow an individual to ask any organisation to provide copies of all of the data they hold about that individual. DSARs have steadily increased since 2018 when the £10 fee was abolished. But now, as businesses hold more data …

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English Court confirms it has no jurisdiction to permit a counterclaim in enforcement proceedings

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Molly Jones

In Selevision Saudi Co v BeIN Media Group LLC [2021] EWHC 2802 (Comm), the High Court held that it had no jurisdiction to permit a counterclaim in proceedings to enforce a New York Convention award pursuant to section 101(2) of …

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