Law360: Businesses including hoteliers and the upmarket Liberty department store partly won a battle on 26 January 2024 over issues in their claims against insurers to pay out for coronavirus lockdowns after a judge ruled the closures did trigger business interruption policies.

For information on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) generally, see Practice Notes: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (extended version 1 July to 31 October 2020) [Archived] and Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (original version to 30 June 2020) [Archived]. The statutory basis of the CJRS is set out in a number of Treasury Directions. Treasury Direction No 1 and Treasury Direction No 2 state that the purpose of CJRS is to provide for payments to be made to employers on a claim made in respect of them incurring costs of employment in respect

Law360, London: The chancellor said on 3 December 2024 that Tom Hayhoe, a health service and regulatory veteran, has been appointed as the coronavirus (COVID-19) corruption commissioner to claw back money wasted in pandemic-era fraud with a potential cost of up to £7.3bn.

To: [name of landlord] of [address] Lease dated [date] and made between (1) [name of (original) landlord] and (2) [name of (original) tenant] (the 'Lease') of [describe the premises] (the 'Premises') We act for [name of tenant], your tenant of the Premises under the Lease. On behalf of our client, we give you notice under section 10

Companies House has issued guidance to customers saying that where online filing is not available for certain forms, companies should proceed with paper filing by sending the form(s)

Law360, London: A London judge on 9 June 2026 ordered Fertitta Entertainment Inc. and related entities whose brands include the Golden Nugget hotel and casino chain and the Rainforest Cafe to end litigation in Louisiana in a long-running and bitter dispute with a Chubb unit over coverage for losses that occurred during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Clare Ambrose, Twenty Essex This is a ‘once in a generation’ challenge. We will see over the next months how the court system and the arbitration community respond. Arbitration is more flexible, and it is already common for directions to be made electronically, CMCs to be heard by telephone and disputes to be resolved by documents only. It is hoped that arbitration will be agile to meet the needs of parties. If so, and virtual hearings (or even partially virtual hearings) start to work well, then they will become an attractive feature. Corporations weathering this crisis will be mindful of resilience for the next one. Arbitration will be attractive if it is seen to work in times of crisis. If it becomes cheaper and more sustainable too then that must be a bonus. Hamish Lal, Akin Gump The tangible and significant impacts of coronavirus further support the notion that arbitration is preferable over litigation

Corporate analysis: This analysis looks at the 97 secondary equity fundraisings on the Main Market or AIM raising at least £10m which were announced during the three-month period 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2020. It looks at placings, rights issues and open offers and considers the impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has had on secondary equity offers.

The Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, and the Overseas Territories of Bermuda, Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (collectively referred to as the CDOTs), have all introduced new legislative economic substance requirements for companies and other entities with a presence in their respective jurisdictions. The legislation has been designed to address concerns that companies could be used to artificially attract profits that are not commensurate with economic activities and substantial economic presence in the CDOTs. With this in mind, the legislation requires certain companies to demonstrate they have substance in relevant jurisdiction by: • being directed and managed in the jurisdiction • conducting core income generating activities in the jurisdiction, and • having adequate people, premises and expenditure in the jurisdiction For detailed information, see Practice Note: Economic substance legislation in the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories—summary. Jersey Jersey has issued the following guidance on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19)

Section 78 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) facilitated postponement of elections and by elections, together with relaxation of procedural prescriptive requirements in relation to local authority meetings through the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/392, which came into force on 4 April 2020. Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972) provides: ‘ ...if a member of a local authority fails throughout a period of six consecutive months from the date of his last attendance to attend any meeting of the

Law360: Parties can prepare for the coming storm of investor-state disputes arising from government measures to fight coronavirus (COVID-19) by reviewing international investment agreements for potential claims and the International Law Commission’s draft articles for state responsibility, say Ian Meredith, Matthew Weldon and Robert Houston, lawyers at K&L Gates.

Vaccination Current case law concerning the coronavirus vaccination relates only to the vaccination of the child themselves rather than the vaccination of a parent. In M v H (private law vaccination), the father applied initially for a specific issue order that the child should receive the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination. He subsequently widened his application to encompass all the normal childhood vaccinations, as well as the vaccination for coronavirus. At the time of the application, the coronavirus vaccination had not been rolled out to children. MacDonald J declined to consider the issue of the coronavirus vaccination due to the lack of guidance at that stage from the National Health Service (NHS). He did, however, observe (at para [4]) as follows: ‘…it is very difficult to foresee a situation in which a vaccination against COVID-19 approved for use