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15 December 2020

On 1st December 2020 it was reported that millions of pounds held by failed property investment company German Property Group (GPG) has not been returned to investors. FCA and FSCS Investigation | Rosenblatt’s Financial Crime Team GPG, formerly known as Dolphin Trust, began filing for bankruptcy in July 2020 and is currently in administration. It is estimated to owe £1bn, […]

11 December 2020

Covid-19 has had an impact on many different aspects of our everyday lives, but there is one area that has been particularly hard-hit and that is the labour market. Thus in a bid to support the economic recovery following the impact of the pandemic, the Government has turned its attention to looking at ways to create better conditions for those […]

09 December 2020

On 8 December 2020, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the advice of the Digital Markets Taskforce (DMT) to the UK Government on the design and implementation of a new pro-competition regime for digital markets. The advice is still fairly high level and as always, the devil is in the detail. This is unlikely to emerge until the Government […]

A recent study conducted by researchers at King’s College London estimates that around 1 in 7 people with COVID-19 will be ill for at least 4 weeks, 1 in 20 for 8 weeks and 1 in 45 for 12 weeks or more after having initially become unwell. Although there is currently no universally recognised medical definition for the range of […]

04 December 2020

As the world continues to adapt to a new way of life in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, employers have been kept busy by the need to ensure that, despite the upheaval to everyday workplace norms, their actions towards employees are lawful and proportionate. The situation is a fluid one; and the approach of employers to maintaining a happy […]

01 December 2020

Prior to any claim being brought in the Employment Tribunal, a prospective claimant is required to notify ACAS of the potential claim. Following this notification and with the claimant’s agreement, ACAS will contact the potential respondent to determine whether they wish to conciliate the matter. Prior to 1 December 2020, if the respondent agreed to conciliate, the parties had one-month […]

The Government’s draft questions for National Security and Investment Notifications appear to meet their promise of a light touch regime but questions still remain. The UK Government on 11th November 2020 published its long awaited National Security & Investment Bill (“the Bill”) which sets out radical new measures to protect the UK from malicious foreign investment and strengthen the country’s […]

It looks like the UK is set to have a specialist Platforms Regulator! It is interesting to look back at how the tone of the debate has changed on regulating Big Tech. A few years ago regulators were ready to put their faith exclusively on competition law enforcement to restrain market power of Big Tech. Fast forward a couple of […]

30 November 2020

Following the unprecedented circumstances that the world has faced this year, it is easy to forget that on 31 December 2020, the “Transition Period” of Britain’s EU exit will end, and from 1 January 2021 the UK is set to leave the single market and customs union, either with or without a future trade deal. In anticipation of this date, […]

27 November 2020

On 26th November 2020 the government set out a three-tiered system of restrictions for the regions in England to be enforced on 2nd December. This will mark the end of the current period of enforced national restrictions. The system will be similar to that in force prior to the introduction of national restrictions. What are the tiers? | Rosenblatt’s Financial […]