News and Opinion
11/05
The growth in online retail hit a 13-year high in 2020, as bricks and mortar retailers were forced to close their doors for large parts of the year.
T...
20/04
The mental and physical wellbeing of employees will be the biggest HR challenge for businesses in the next 12 months, as concerns grow about the welfare ...
16/04
Sarah Bazaraa and Alexandria Winstanley, intellectual property and media lawyers at Pannone Corporate
Colin and Cuthbert the Caterpillars have hit t...
13/04
Pannone Corporate has advised online fashion giant, Boohoo, on the acquisition of a new £72 million London headquarters.
The Real Estate and Corporat...
12/04
The majority of North West businesses will not make the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory within their organisation, despite the growing debate around ‘no...
31/03
The Wateredge Inn on Ambleside has been sold to The Inn Collection Group for an undisclosed sum.
The Wateredge Inn dates back to the late 17th century...
29/03
Welcome to our March newsletter
In this edition, we look at the imminent changes which should be top of the agenda for HR teams and employers. Coming ...
26/03
The reputation of so called 'pre-pack' administrations has not always been positive but, in the right circumstances, they’re an effective way of ensuri...
19/03
Yesterday's ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) report on influencers highlights that over a three-week period, 65% of the Instagram stories monitore...
18/03
10 April marks 100 days since the EU/UK Trade and Co-Operation Agreement came into force. Much like the ‘first hundred days’ analysis that follows th...
15/03
The high-profile spat between Dolce and Gabbana and Diet Prada continues to create quite a stir among fashion circles – long after the now-infamous D...
05/03
Jane Shaw, private wealth lawyer and director in the dispute resolution team at law firm, Pannone Corporate, commented:
“Despite a flurry of a...
22/02
The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark ruling that Uber drivers are in fact 'workers'
Following a lengthy legal dispute over the past few years, t...
03/02
Pannone Corporate's HR Forum is a free regular update for employers, aimed at HR professionals and anyone else who is involved in managing a workforce or...
02/02
Pannone Corporate has advised Place Capital Group on the acquisition of Fourth Street Place Consultants.
The corporate team, led by partner Tim Hamilt...
28/01
Pannone Corporate has expanded its team with a triple appointment as it looks to strengthen the law firm across its specialisms.
Michael McNally and A...
25/01
A Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA): a term not necessarily high on the agenda for many businesses, but one that has risen in prominence over the last ...
08/01
Never has it been easier to buy and sell online. But in a changing world, what considerations do online retailers need to make when selling overseas? Dan...
06/01
No one quite envisaged a year like 2020. It threw up a plethora of obstacles and challenges – the likes of which have not been experienced before by ma...
04/01
New ICO guidance on dealing with subject access requests
New guidance has been released by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), concerning an ...
14/12
Once again, the controversial topic of ‘wealth tax’ has reared its head – this time as a potential solution to the ever-increasing bill caused by t...
10/12
Welcome to our Winter newsletter!
As the light finally appears at the end of the Covid19-shaped tunnel, we’ve seen a period of significant development...
08/12
A staple in every employment contract, the non-compete clause serves to act as a deterrent for any employee looking to jump ship and set up a similar bus...
01/12
“A Member State may not prohibit the marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) lawfully produced in another Member State when it is extracted from the Cannabis sa...
27/11
The British high street has seen a number of significant casualties over the course of 2020, as the sector has faced unprecedented challenges – a word ...
25/11
Palmbest confirms £28m retail park acquisition
The business has completed the purchase of Staples Corner Shopping Park
Palmbest Limited, part of t...
06/11
2020 has left an indelible footprint on North West businesses. COVID-19 has not discriminated against one sector over another; companies from across a br...
04/11
Employees previously shielding are advised to do so again
With new nationwide restrictions due to come into force from tomorrow, the Government has conf...
03/11
Melanie McGuirk and Sarah Bazaraa comment on the judgment in the libel case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers Limited.
Described as t...
03/11
Can an employer rely on private WhatsApp messages in disciplinary proceedings, will asserting data protection breaches derail a disciplinary process, is ...
30/10
Chambers and Partners identifies the best law firms globally, from multi-nationals to boutiques. Underpinned by independent research and analysis of feed...
09/10
We make it our business to understand business – translating law into opportunity, growth and compliance for our clients. That’s why the Legal 500 ac...
07/10
This week marks the start of “Make a Will” month; a date which occurs each October as a way of raising awareness for people to take control of their ...
05/10
In order to process personal data concerning EU residents in connection with the sale of goods or services or the monitoring of EU residents (either as a...
30/09
Pannone Corporate's HR Forum is a free regular update for employers, aimed at HR professionals and anyone else who is involved in managing a workforce or...
11/09
Welcome to our Autumn newsletter!
We hope you are well and still coping with the changes the pandemic has imposed on us all.
It won’t be a surpri...
09/09
The UKCA mark has something of a chequered history, with the previous guidance having been withdrawn and replaced by relative radio silence from Whitehal...
08/09
In place of our usual annual IHL conference in Manchester city centre, we will be offering the following webinars, presented by senior lawyers and partne...
27/08
What's New?
This month we look at new ACAS guidance on handling redundancies, guidance for employers who have over (or under) claimed under the Coronavi...
24/08
On 16 July 2020, the CJEU gave its long awaited decision on international data transfers in C-311/18 - Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Lt...
24/08
The chaos that has ensued from the regrading of A-Levels in the UK highlights far-reaching impacts of automated decision-making and why its use is restri...
28/07
What's New?
This month we look at updated pandemic data protection guidance from the ICO, preventing furlough fraud, and will working from home by the n...
28/07
The requirements for making a legally valid will are set out in a statute from 1837. One such requirement, that a will be witnessed “in the presence of...
20/07
Following the Third Treasury Direction published on 26 June 2020 setting out the mechanics of the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the...
03/07
On 26 June 2020, the Third Treasury Direction was published setting out the mechanics of the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (‘the Sche...
23/06
The HSE has issued further detailed guidance for employers struggling to determine whether confirmed Covid-19 cases within the workforce are reportable u...
22/06
You are invited to join Pannone Corporate’s Care Quality webinar on 8 July 2020 at 10am.
The Care Quality Commission was, prior to the pandemic, inc...
18/06
Updated guidance from HMRC has now been published which sets out how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will operate more flexibly from 1 July onwards....
17/06
The phrase “cash is king” was used widely after the global stock market crash in 1987 and during the global financial crisis of 2008. No doubt the ph...
09/06
The 2019 Court of Appeal criminal case of R (The Pensions Regulator) v Workchain Limited (Workchain) serves as a useful reminder of the possible criminal...
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