The Chancellor has now announced changes to the furlough scheme - with a tapering down of support from the end of July to 31 October 2020 when the scheme will close.
The ‘Test and Protect’ scheme, Scotland’s approach to implementing the Covid-19 'test, trace, isolate, support' strategy went live on Thursday 28 May 2020.
For those interested in horology, the law of prescription has seen the pendulum swing wildly from pursuer to defender in a relatively short space of time. In broad terms, section 6 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 extinguishes certain claims more than 5 years old. Time starts to run from the date the pursuer suffers a loss. Section 11(3), however, postpones the start of that time limit until the pursuer is aware of the loss. When is a pursuer so aware?
Following one of the first post-lockdown video-hearings, the Inner-House has considered the circumstances that can give rise to an implied waiver of an Insurer’s rights to disclosure of material facts.
On Friday 22 May 2020 the Chancellor issued an updated Treasury Direction which deals with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The updated Treasury Direction clarifies a number of matters including: