Legal articles

A review of October’s case law and other news affecting employment law, in particular Covid-19 updates, and guidance and information on equality, diversity, domestic abuse and anti-racism.

Our new Dixcart Discuss series will provide short, commercially relevant video summaries of key issues relating to Covid-19. If there are any topics you would like us to cover or you have specific questions regarding some of the topics in our Dixcart Discuss videos, please get in touch: help@dixcartuk.com. Accounts and Services Manager, Tara Lister, understands businesses are […]

A few businesses will be thriving during the Coronavirus pandemic, as turnover is driven to them, but most will be experiencing a reduction in business and wondering how they will survive. This article is for them as it outlines the action to be taken by business to survive the coronavirus crisis. The overriding principal, in […]

With the cancellation of the Autumn Budget all eyes were on the Chancellor to see what measures he would announce to help businesses through the winter. In his speech on Thursday 24 September, Rishi Sunak outlined a Winter Economy Plan, announcing five broad areas to help businesses through the winter: a new job support scheme, […]

Dixcart has prepared a summary of the assistance that the government has made available to businesses at this challenging time. It is split into several categories to make it as easy as possible to follow. We are keeping this summary up to date detailing the current assistance available and removing the sections that no longer […]

This summary is for the self-employed, explaining the government assistance available to them throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic and ways that they can help themselves. We are keeping this summary up to date with the current assistance available and removing the sections that no longer apply. The last time this advice was updated was after the […]

A review of September’s employment law cases and other important news, particularly Covid-related updated guidance from the government, ACAS and ICO.

In July 2020 the UK government published draft legislation that will see a 2% Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge (“the surcharge”) being applied to purchases of residential property in England and Northern Ireland from 1 April 2021. Until then stamp duty land tax continues to be levied in relation to the location of the property […]

A review of July’s employment law cases and other important news, including variousemployment-related Covid-19 updates.

A review of employment law cases over the last few months, along with important other news affecting employment law, such as guidance regarding the tribunal system, data protection during the recovery period, and a discussion on addressing ethnic inequality in the workplace.

The UK government has introduced the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, designed to help businesses weather the impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic. This article looks at some of the measures including: changes to the corporate insolvency regime in the UK, and new protections for companies and their directors during the current climate. Corporate […]

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the “Scheme”) was launched on 20 March 2020. The Scheme allows employers to reach agreement with employees to cease work and become ‘furloughed’ (an entirely new employment law concept). The Scheme is designed so that the Government will make payments to the employer of up to 80% of the furloughed employees […]

Dixcart ‘hub’ of frequently asked questions regarding accounting, legal, tax and immigration matters relating to Covid-19. Please see below a series of frequently asked questions we are receiving from our clients. This page will be regularly updated, however, if you have a specific question that has not been answered below, please contact: help@dixcartuk.com. My company […]

Current social distancing rules may mean that physical “wet ink” signatures are difficult to obtain, whether face-to face or by scanning copies of signed originals. As such, this note provides a general overview of when electronic or digital signatures might be acceptable under English law. What is an electronic signature? It is defined as data […]

Dixcart Legal provides you with a summary of Employment Law Facts and Figures for 2020. For more information, please contact: Anne-Marie Pavitt, Mel Smith or Sophie Banks.

Background  Although the UK is no longer a member of the EU, a transition period is currently in place until at least 31 December 2020. During this period, most EU laws including EU free movement rules, continue to apply in the UK. It remains to be seen how negotiations between the UK and the EU […]