Coronavirus (COVID-19): Note that pursuant to the Taking Control of Goods and Certification of Enforcement Agents (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/451, in force from 25 April 2020, restrictions have been imposed on a landlord's right to exercise Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR) and to prevent enforcement agents taking control of goods. For further information, see Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19)—implications for property [Archived] — Restrictions on taking control of goods (including the exercise of CRAR). What steps should be taken before instructing an enforcement agent? • Ensure that a demand is made for the sums outstanding • If no payment is made on or before the due date then send a reminder letter • If again no payment is made send a second reminder letter • A final reminder should then follow • Application to magistrates' court for authorisation to issue a summons • Liability order hearing • Costs can be added by the local authority for issuing a summons and for obtaining a liability order (see R v Tottenham Magistrates) • The debtor

The Insolvency Service has reported that both Ledbridge Consultants Limited and Montague Partners Ltd have been wound up after investigations revealed that they received more than £1m in fraudulent coronavirus (COVID-19) support loans they were not entitled to.

This Precedent is archived and no longer maintained. Part 1: Interpretation 1 Miscellaneous definitions 1.1 In the Arrangement, except where the context otherwise demands: Arrangement • means the Proposal and the Conditions read together; Associate • shall have the meaning given to it in Article 4 of the Order; Claim • means a provable debt in accordance with Rule 12.03 of the Rules with the modifications necessary to refer to a voluntary arrangement; Conditions • are these Conditions; Connected • shall have the meaning given to it in Article 7 of the Order; Court • means any court having jurisdiction in respect of the Arrangement; Creditor • is a person bound by the Arrangement to whom a Debt is owed; Debt • has the meaning given to it in Rule 12.03 (provable debts) of the Rules and Article 9 of the Order with the modifications necessary to refer to a voluntary arrangement, and an HMRC Debt; Directors • means all the directors of the Company at the time that the Proposal was made or at the time of the event described, where relevant in the context; Dividend • means a distribution to Creditors; Excluded Assets • are those assets identified in the

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated Practice Guide 8—Execution of deeds. Section 7 has been revised as temporary guidance for local authorities that was introduced during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has now been made permanent.

Law360: A trade body floated changes on 25 February 2025 to an actuarial model for life expectancy that underpins the £3trn pensions industry, a move to better reflect the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

For the purpose of this Q&A we have assumed that the buyer is an individual who is buying their first residential property. From 8 July 2020 to 31 March 2021, the SDLT nil rate band for acquisitions of residential property is £500,000 (increased from £125,000). This means that if an acquisition of residential property completes or is substantially performed between 8 July 2020 and 31 March

We have assumed that the applicant does not intend to rely on the Home Office’s coronavirus (COVID-19) switching concession. For further information, see Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19) immigration resources [Archived], in particular section: Guidance updates from 24 March 2020: visa extensions (including NHS workers) and switching. The Skilled Worker route replaced Tier 2 (General) from 1 December 2020. A helpful change from its predecessor was that it relaxed some of the switching requirements for individuals in most work and study routes. However, the position regarding visitors remains the same. This is set out in the Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Worker, para SW 1.5 which states: ‘An applicant who is applying for

Practice Direction 51V does not indicate that the pilot can be extended to cases which fall outside the categories identified in CPR PD 51V, para 1.6 and in the circumstances there does not appear to be a discretion to extend the pilot scheme to other cases. While it is possible that the courts operating the pilot scheme might in practice accept a case which falls outside the parameters of the scheme there is a very real risk that this could cause administrative confusion and delay. For example, transferring a file between courts can often result in significant delays to proceedings

The Insolvency Service has secured Bankruptcy Restrictions Orders (BROs) and Bankruptcy Restriction Undertakings (BRUs) against individuals who falsely applied for Bounce Back Loans (BBLs) as part of ongoing work to tackle Coronavirus (COVID-19) loan misconduct.

Law360, London: The private health insurance market in Britain is growing as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19)—induced surge in waiting lists for UK hospitals, financial consultant Broadstone said on 22 May 2025.

The arrangements are those permitted by way of Part II (Contracting Out) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (DCOA 1994). DCOA 1994, s 70(2) provides that ‘if a minister by order so provides, a function to which this section applies may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the local authority whose function it is’. The effect of this section is set out in DCOA 1994, s 72 which provides that the exercise of a function shall be treated for all purposes as done by or in relation

Law360: Moderna has successfully defended a key patent underpinning its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, after rivals Pfizer and BioNTech attempted to convince the European Patent Office (EPO) that the IP protections should be nixed.