From 30 June 2015, Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Governing Bodies (“in-scope organisations”) will have to accept “unstructured” electronic invoices from their suppliers for invo...

In Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v (1) Her Majesty’s Treasury (2) Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Revenue and Customs (HMRC) (3) National Savings and Investments [2015] UKSC 45, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Edenred’s challenge ...

In Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v (1) Her Majesty’s Treasury (2) Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Revenue and Customs (3) National Savings and Investments [2015] UKSC 45, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Edenred’s challenge to Her ...

There are fundamental changes to the UK’s immigration rules in the pipeline. These will result in a new immigration system applying to non-British and Irish citizens and will not just therefore mean changes to the existing provisions in respect of y...

With figures (quoted by the FCA in 2019) suggesting that 5 million people could be at risk of falling for a pension scam, and (according to Action Fraud) March seeing a 400% rise in COVID-19 related scams, it is no surprise that pension scams featur...

There are fundamental changes to the UK’s immigration rules in the pipeline. ...

This Nordic employment training course covers, in turn, an introduction to the employment law systems of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. We will also share the experience we have gained in assisting clients with their operations in the Nordic r...

Our recent poll sought your views on the areas of employment law you would most like to see reformed following the election. Unfair dismissal protection, employment tribunal practice and procedure and retirement age an...

Does the transferor need to be the employer? This may sound a strange question in abstract but, in the context of group companies, can be a highly relevant issue to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). In...

On 23rd November, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, made the long awaited announcement regarding the limits for workers from outside Europe which will come into effect in April 2011. In July 2010 interim limits were brought into effect to prevent a s...

The government has laid before Parliament the draft Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 aimed at abolishing the default retirement age. However, in the version seen by Eversheds, the transitional arrangements f...

Derby Technology Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and others v Derby City Council and others [2019] EWHC 3436 (Ch) The High Court has held that NHS Foundation Trusts are not charities for business rates’ purposes and are therefore not entitled t...

Nigel Crighton Pease v Jeffrey William Carter and Louise Mary Carter [2020] EWCA Civ 175 A recent Court of Appeal decision found that notices of proceedings for possession under s.8 of the Housing Act 1988 were valid despite an error in a key date ...

Kavesseri Menon and Beena Menon –v- Nathan Pask and Rosalind Goode (as joint fixed charge Receivers) [2019] EWHC 2611(ch) Summary: The High Court recently provided much needed clarity on the previously unanswered question of whether Receivers ...

Summary: The Supreme Court handed down its long anticipated judgment in the case of Travellers Insurance Company Limited v XYZ [2019] UKSC 48 on 31 October 2019. The appellant, Travelers Insurance Company Limited (“Travelers”) was succes...

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United Kingdom Independence Party Limited v Richard Braine and others [2019] EWHC 3527 (QB) Facts of the Case This decision relates to: 1. applications by the Claimant (“UKIP”) for orders (a) continuing until trial an interim non-disclos...

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TBD (Owen Holland) Ltd v Simons & Ors [2020] EWHC 30 (Ch) Background A search order is one of the most draconian orders that the English courts can make, allowing an applicant – where there is a real possibility that a respondent may destroy o...

This speedbrief outlines the current state of play on some important issues relating to trusteeship, following on from the Pensions Regulator’s Future of trusteeship and governance consultation response this month and recent ind...

The Pensions Regulator has published the first of its long awaited consultations on a new DB Funding Code. This consultation covers the principles underpinning the Regulator’s approach. A second consultation will follow later in the ...

The speed and size of the impact of Covid-19 on the UK is stunning – we now see businesses closing, stock markets falling and much of the population staying at home. There’s so much to take in - this speedbrief will help you understand t...

The focus of most organisations during this coronavirus pandemic has rightly been on the health and safety of employees and the general public in tackling the spread of the virus. As the ‘new normal’settles in, and questions are asked a...

As the European Banking Authority publishes a wide-ranging workplan for 2020, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley explain the EBA’s role and its forthcoming programme, and take a look at the substance of the developments planned for the next twelve month...

As the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) publish a new joint opinion on money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks affecting the EU financial sector, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley take a look at the key risks, noting ...

As the European Council met today to discuss a revised methodology to be used in the creation of a new EU blacklist of ‘high-risk third countries’ with strategic AML and CTF deficiencies, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley of Eversheds Sutherland ...

Residents must pay in food or cash to help construction of a new hospital in the capital.

“The Chinese Communist Party must end its pattern of bullying Southeast Asians out of offshore oil, gas, and fisheries,” said Adm. John Aquilino.

Customs official banished to a remote area after being caught smuggling.

On 18 February 2018, the EU added the Cayman Islands to its list of noncooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (“Annex 1”). This has come as a surprise, but is unlikely to have any immediate impact on Cayman-domiciled funds. In this b...

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The High Court looks at the definition of highway ‘maintainable at public expense’ in the recent case of Barlow v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (2019). The case at first instance The claimant, Deborah Barlow, brought a claim against...

Practice and procedure Wickes Building Supplies Ltd v Blair [2019] EWCA Civ 1934 An employee had an accident at work. The court had to determine whether the claimant should be allowed to rely upon a witness statement which had not been filed and ser...

Introduction The “No” vote by the people of Scotland to Scottish Independence removes some elements of uncertainty from the political and economic landscape in Scotland.  Nevertheless, the narrow margin of the vote against independe...

The Carbon Tax Act No. 15 of 2019 | Effective as of 1 June 2019 “Reducing the impacts of climate change through facilitating a viable and fair transition to a low-carbon economy is essential to ensure an environmentally sustainable economic gr...

Introduction A circular economy is an economic system characterised by the trading of products and services in closed loops or cycles. The system is designed to be regenerative insofar as it aims to retain as much value as possible from used product...

A medical doctor has died of COVID-19-related complications at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State.

The doctor, identified as Mohammed Kumshe, died on Thursday at the hospital’s isolation ward.  Late Mohammed Kumshe

He was said to have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the state. 

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Borno State presently has 116 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
 

Sixteen patients receiving treatment for Coronavirus in Kano State have been discharged after recovering from the disease.

This brings the total number of discharged patients in the state to 22.

Mallam Muhammad Garba, Commissioner for Information in the state, made this known in a statement on Thursday. 

Garba said among those discharged were Prof Abdulrazak Garba Habeeb of the Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University, who is also the Co-chair of the state’s Prevention Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, the state’s Commissioner for Health among others.

The commissioner pointed out that all the patients have tested negative for the disease after the two follow up tests and have therefore reached full recovery.

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered visiting officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to go into isolation at a quarantine centre for 14 days.

Bello gave the directive on Thursday night when the NCDC officials led by Dr Andrew Noah showed up at the Government House, in Lokoja, the state capital.

The agency had sent a delegation of rapid response team to ascertain the true status of Kogi as a COVID-19-free state. 

The governor said that the step was to ensure that the laid down procedure of checkmating the scourge by NCDC was strictly followed.

Presenting a letter titled: “Deployment of Rapid Response Squad to help in fighting COVID-19,” Dr Noah explained that the mission of the NCDC was to provide logistics to all states of the federation of which Kogi could not be left out.

He said two members of the team would be left behind to help the state and support efforts already in place.

Speaking shortly after receiving the letter, Bello outlined steps taken so far by the state to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

He then asked that the NCDC officials be subjected to testing and isolated in the state quarantine centre or leave the state immediately if they refused.

Eversheds Sutherland announces that it has made 38 partner promotions across its International and Europe network. A total of 16 of these promotions are female which is in line with its goal to achieve 30% female representation at partner level by 2...