Update to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Covid-19 guidance
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has updated its guidance for charities on Monday 6 April. We have added a link to its website News section on this topic for to you to read to ensure that your charity is up to date: https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/news/covid-19-guidance-for-char...
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
Several organisations across Northern Ireland have released funds to help support vulnerable people and charities during the Coronavirus pandemic. For more information and to find out whether you or your charity is eligible please visit the links below: Community Foundation NI - https://commun...
Do you have a reasonable excuse to be out?
Posted By: Michael May
There appears to be some confusion over the extent of the new regulations restricting our freedom of movement. This confusion is in part due to the regulations being drafted so widely and vaguely and also to the interpretation (or perhaps misinterpretation) of them by the police in England where the...
Housing transactions amidst the COVID-19 Crisis
Posted By: David Sturgess
Can I move house during the current lockdown? Ikea is closed, Currys is closed and the Land Registry closed…….you’re not going to have much luck for your Billy book case, your 65 inch TV or even having the ownership of the house transferred to you. The world is coming to a stan...
Covid- 19: Do I have to send my child to contact?
Posted By: Carla Fraser
Our family law team have received a number of queries regarding child contact arrangements during the coronavirus pandemic, both from new and existing clients. Whilst some clients are putting measures in place and continuing to adhere to Contact Orders, many parents are choosing not to send their ch...
What does FURLOUGH actually mean?
Posted By: Julie Leonard
“Furlough” is a word which is very common at the moment. What does it actually mean? It basically means “leave of absence”. Employees are being furloughed due to the COVIOD-19 outbreak. As a result financial support for furloughed workers will be provided to employers throug...
Coronavirus: Government Announces Insolvency Reforms
Posted By: Philip Gordon
The UK Government announced on Saturday that it would change insolvency laws to give companies and directors some extra breathing room in dealing with problems brought on by Covid-19. There is to be a suspension of wrongful trading rules in relation to directors along with a series of reforms to be...
