Pensions in Peril: Changes to insolvency laws could harm UK pensioners
The new Insolvency Bill aimed at supporting businesses hit by COVID-19 could put millions of pensions at risk.
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July 2, 2020
LittleLaw looks at… Brexit Negotiations
The UK is in the process of finding out what Brexit really means. The result of the 2016 EU referendum is being decided by talks between 100 EU negotiators and their 100 British counterparts. What will these negotiators make of Brexit? Where will there be compromises? Who will get the best deal?
June 25, 2020
Bye Bye Birdie: President Trump takes on social media
A series of exchanges between President Trump and Twitter, with the latter applying notices and hiding tweets from the fast-thumbed commander in chief, has culminated in the President attacking social media platforms.
June 19, 2020
Negotiate, more like No-gotiate: UK-EU trade negotiations looking unpromising
On 15 May 2020 the penultimate round of trade negotiations between the UK-EU ended. Little progress has been made and it seems that a no trade deal outcome is more and more likely. There were two contested points that led to the breakdown of talks. These were the “level playing field” measures wanted by the EU and future fishery rights given.
June 12, 2020
The Points System that Doesn’t add up: COVID-19 highlights the flaws in the UK’s Brexit immigration policy
COVID-19 exposes the reality of the UK’s Brexit immigration policy.
June 11, 2020
Rocky Road Back to Mainland: Beijing imposes security law on Hong Kong
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) announced that it would introduce a national security law on Hong Kong, banning any act that endangers China’s national security, including subversion, separatism, terrorism and foreign interference. The decision caused Hong Kong’s main stock index to tumble by 5.6%.
June 10, 2020
Cheque Please: UK government borrowing hits record high
The Office for National Statistics has reported that the UK government’s borrowing hit a record £62bn in April.
June 8, 2020
No EU-nity: The European Union is failing to deal with its economic challenges
The ongoing global coronavirus crisis has not only created an economic crisis in Europe but also laid bare the political and constitutional difficulties facing the union.
June 4, 2020
Mind The (Balance-Sheet) Gap: Transport for London is given a rescue package
Sadiq Khan has secured a £1.6bn government rescue package to help Transport for London weather the coronavirus epidemic, but Londoners will have to foot the bill.
June 1, 2020
A Cygn of the Times: Legal action to uncover “secret results” from UK government’s Exercise Cygnus
In 2016, a three-day simulation of an influenza pandemic called “Exercise Cygnus” was conducted. However, with the UK government refusing to publish the full findings of this exercise, Dr Moosa Qureshi is pursuing legal action.
May 21, 2020