Collateral warranties – what are they are and what to look out for

| 9th March 2021
Collateral warranties are secondary contracts that provide an interested third party with contractual rights against the service provider to a primary contract. Under the collateral warranty, the third party is known as the beneficiary and the…
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Ian Waine

Lockdown - Reflections at the end of week 50

Ian Waine | 5th March 2021
If you are not a fan of the royal family soap opera, the big story this week has been the budget. Whilst a number of its contents were progressively pre- announced in the days leading up to the budget speech itself, there remained some considerable…
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IR35 and the Off payroll Working Rules – changes from April 2021

Maria Spencer | 3rd March 2021
Changes to the off-payroll working rules (IR35) for the private sector were due to take effect last year in April 2020. Like most things, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the rollout of these changes but they are now due to take effect from 6 April…
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Lockdown - Reflections at the end of week 49

Ian Waine | 26th February 2021
Meteorologists will tell you that spring begins next Monday. Others will tell you that it doesn’t start until the vernal equinox, which this year is on 20th March. Either way, spring is in the air, a feeling reinforced for many of us by a series of…
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