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A surge in Business Interruption Claims due to Covid-19
Rachel Hetherington
16.06.2020
On 23 March 2020, the Government mandated non-essential businesses to close and ordered individuals to stay at home except in a few limited exceptions. This had a monumental impact on the UK’s economy, with airlines, retail, hospitality, sporting and tourism sectors suffering unprecedented disruption and financial loss. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts […]
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Free online legal clinics on Coronavirus and Commercial Law for Businesses
Moore Barlow
15.06.2020
With many businesses struggling to deal with the impact of coronavirus on their business and working practices Moore Barlow is offering businesses, business owners and entrepreneurs a free 30 minute legal clinic by phone or video conference to help mitigate the impact of coronavirus.
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Smart Farming – have you got the legal issues covered?
John Warchus
19.05.2020
Technology has always played a vital role in the agricultural sector and it should be no surprise that Smart Farming is due to increase significantly in the coming years given the needs of a rapidly growing global population, the requirement for increased yields and global warming threats. What is smart farming? A group of technologies […]
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Smartphone contact tracing and data privacy: the Isle of Wight experiment
Laurie Heizler
13.05.2020
On Tuesday 5 May, the government made available the trial of the NHS contact tracing app (“test, track and trace”) to residents of the Isle of Wight as the first phase of a projected national roll-out by June. Making use of the app is voluntary. Users may download it to their smartphones to notify the […]