The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (CR(C)A 2022) continues and extends the protections given to commercial tenants during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It does this by ringfencing rent and service charge debts accrued during the period when premises were required to close, and establishing a statutory arbitration process under which the debts may be reduced or payment deferred. It also imposes a moratorium on landlord remedies in order to protect tenants while the arbitration process takes place. CR(C)A 2022, s 1 provides that the CR(C)A 2022 enables the matter of relief from payment of protected rent debts due from the tenant

One of the requirements in order for a company to qualify to grant enterprise management incentives (EMI) options is that the company must have fewer than 250 full-time equivalent employees on the date on which the options are granted (or, in the case of a parent company, it must have less than 250 full-time equivalent employees including those of all of its qualifying subsidiaries). For these purposes, the number of full-time equivalent employees of a company is calculated by taking the full number of employees of the company and, for each employee

An application to court for an administration order gives rise to an interim moratorium in respect of claims against the relevant company (paragraph 44 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986)), save where an administrative receiver is appointed. The interim moratorium prevents creditors from bringing insolvency proceedings or claims before the court, though permission can be granted by the court to proceed with a claim. When a company enters administration, the moratorium is permanent (IA 1986, Sch B1, paras 41–42). This has the effect of dismissing any winding up petitions that are extant and preventing the company from resolving to wind up; from enforcing securities or distraining against assets without the consent of the court or the

For information: • on how to calculate a week’s pay, see Practice Note: Calculating a week's pay • on calculating holiday pay, see Practice Note: Holiday pay • on zero hours contracts, see Practice Note: Zero hours contracts • on the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (Week’s Pay Amendment Regs 2020), SI 2020/814, see Practice Note: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme—right to statutory redundancy and other termination payments [Archived] • on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), see Practice Note: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (extended version 1 November 2020 to 30 April 2021) [Archived] The concept of ‘a week’s pay’, calculated in accordance with sections 220–229 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996), is important for a number of statutory employment rights, including calculation of statutory

First-Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber President, Judge Alison McKenna, has made directions following an application from the Information Commissioner and in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the temporary closure of the Information Commissioner’s Office. Under the directions, all proceedings under section 48 of the Data Protection Act 1998, section 162 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and section 57 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 are stayed for a period of 28 days from 1 April 2020. Parties to any proceedings of the Tribunal may apply with reasons and on notice to the Information Commissioner for the amendment, suspension or setting aside of these directions. The directions shall be reviewed after 28 days.

The Insolvency Service has reported that the director of Bebo Construction Limited, Adebayo Talabi, has received a two-year suspended sentence, an unpaid work order and a six-year disqualification from acting as a company director. Talabi pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation at Southwark Crown Court on 24 February 2026. An investigation by the Insolvency Service found that, between August and November 2020, Talabi applied for three separate coronavirus (COVID-19) Bounce Back Loans (BBLs) totalling £150,000. He overstated the company's turnover to between £200,000 and £220,000 to obtain the maximum £50,000 from each lender, despite the company being entitled to approximately £1,300. The investigation further found that the loan funds were transferred to personal accounts rather than used for the company's economic benefit, as required under the scheme. Talabi also falsely stated in the second and third loan applications that they were the company's first and only applications.

The Welsh Government has announced that a mental health support scheme for doctors, free of charge, is to be expanded in order to support and advise all front-line NHS staff in Wales during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The health crisis has led over 2,000 former health and social care professionals to return to work, and 60,000 NHS staff in Wales are expected to receive free support and advice through the scheme. The Welsh Government is also supporting the Health for Health Professionals Wales service via a supplementary £1m contribution, in an effort to employ more psychiatrists and medical advisers, to run additional counselling sessions and to conduct additional PTSD interventions. NHS Wales staff will have access to a confidential helpline run by healthcare professionals, as well as face-to-face counselling sessions, online resources, and self-help tools.

This Q&A assumes that both the contract with the supplier and the contract with the customer are subject to English law. Breach of contract There are two potential breaches in the scenario—that of the supplier of the components to the owner and that of the owner to the customer. The breach is the failure to supply the relevant goods or delay in doing so. The principles outlined below would be applicable to either breach. The remedies available are damages for breach of contract for loss suffered and/or termination of the contract. See: Remedies for breach of contract—overview. In the absence of a specific termination right covering the relevant circumstances, a contract cannot automatically be terminated by the innocent party in the event of a breach. In order to justify termination, the breach must be serious enough

This Practice Note is archived and not maintained. This Practice Note explains the modifications and disapplications introduced by the: • Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development and Welfare Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/444 • Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development and Welfare Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/939 • Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Order 2021, SI 2021/234 to the: • Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007, SI 2007/1772 • Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/938 The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children aged 0 to 5 learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. As part of the national response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, local authorities undertook a wide range of essential and additional functions, while also contributing to local

Trespass is the unlawful presence of a person on land or buildings in the possession of another, including: • wrongfully setting foot on or riding or driving over it, and • taking possession of it or expelling the person in possession See Practice Note: Trespass—claims and defences. The methods of regaining possession from a trespasser which are available to a landowner include: • physical repossession • arrest of the trespasser by the police for a criminal offence • injunction (including quia timet and interim injunctions) • possession claim (including a claim for an interim possession order) In addition to the above remedies which are available for regaining possession, a landowner

The Insolvency Service has published management information on coronavirus (COVID-19) Bounce Back Loan (BBL) recoveries in Great Britain covering May 2020 to June 2026. Criminal enforcement action has resulted in confiscation orders valued at £988,099.78, of which £581,525.71 has been paid and distributed as enforcement recoveries. Civil action has secured BBL compensation undertakings or orders totalling over £12.6 million. As at 30 June 2026, over £3.4 million had been recovered. Of the unrecovered funds, £4.7 million is subject to repayment plans, while enforcement action is being pursued in relation to a significant proportion of the remaining funds.

There are a number of applications that the CPR requires to be made promptly, but much of the commentary below will be relevant to any circumstances where there is a need to ensure an application is made in good time. There is a balance to be struck: A hurried application with no, or insufficient, evidence risks being dismissed on the papers pursuant to CPR 23.8(c). Too much delay while preparing the application, and it may fail irrespective of its substantive merit. See Standard Bank Plc v Agrinvest International Inc, obiter at [20] to [22]. Always bear in mind that ‘promptly’, within the context of CPR 13.3 and CPR 39.3, means with alacrity, or ‘with all reasonable celerity in the circumstances’, see Khan v Edgbaston Holdings. Note: CPR 13.3