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05 January 2021

On 21st December 2020 the Supreme Court ruled that a woman subject to an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) by the National Crime Agency (NCA) would not be allowed to challenge it. National Crime Agency Investigation | Rosenblatt’s Financial Crime Team The Supreme Court said Zamira Hajiyeva’s challenge to overturn the UWO raised no arguable point of law and therefore permission […]

Introduction The UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) agreed on 24th December 2020 will usher in big changes as to how UK businesses trade with the European Union as from 1st January 2021. After that date, the UK left the EU Single Market and the Customs Union, and the UK and EU formed two distinct regulatory, legal and customs territories. […]

21 December 2020

On 19th December the government announced a new Tier 4 of regional restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of Covid-19. The regions subject to Tier 4 were placed under these restrictions from 00.01 on 20th December. The government also announced that regions in Tiers 1-3 are permitted to form a ‘bubble’ of up to three households on 25th December only, […]

HR teams and Senior Managers may have thought they would have a year off from having to deal with any unwelcome office party antics this year. With most office workers working from home for the best part of this year, many companies will be turning to online festivities rather than the in-person celebrations of Christmases past. Employers and employees should […]

18 December 2020

Summary On 9 December 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”), as part of a package of measures aimed at improving corporate transparency, published a consultation inviting views on the Government’s proposed plans to implement the ban on corporate directors and corporate members (the “2020 Consultation”). In this article, we consider the proposals presented in the 2020 […]

COVID-19 | Alert Level System and Festive Period Rules On 17th December the government announced a review of the three-tiered system of restrictions that came into force on 2nd December. The regions subject to tier changes will be under the respective restrictions from 00.01 on 19th December. London was placed in Tier 3 from 00.01 on 16th December, prior to […]

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission published its much-heralded legislative proposals to regulate digital markets. Although Brexit in theory now allows the UK to implement divergent competition and regulatory proposals the EU proposals mirror to a large extent the UK Government’s recently announced high level plans to regulate major platform providers with the establishment of a platform regulator. Platform […]

On 17 December 2020 the Government announced that the furlough scheme would be extended until the end of April 2021. The Government has confirmed that employers will be able to continue to claim 80% of employee wages for hours not worked (this was due to be reviewed in January). Employers will only be required to pay employee wages, National Insurance […]

16 December 2020

In a watershed judgment handed down on 11th December 2020 the UK Supreme Court gave the go ahead for a £14 billion collective proceedings damages claim for breach of competition law against card issuer, Mastercard. This will be the largest class action to date in the UK. The central issue was whether it was appropriate for the Courts to certify […]

15 December 2020

On 1st December 2020 it was reported that fraudulent activity was taking place in relation to the recruitment market, with criminals targeting jobseekers with fraudulent services. Recruitment Fraud | Rosenblatt’s Financial Crime Team As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, unemployment has risen and has been projected to rise to 2.6m by the end of 2021. Consequently, criminals are reportedly […]