7th October 2021

TIMING

COURSE CODE

OC07C1

SPEAKER

Louise Dunford 

OBJECTIVES

The course provides a good overview of a number of areas of law, concentrating on the topics likely to be most useful to you in your day to day dealings with clients and staff. Given the current state of uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, which is ongoing at the time of writing and the outcome of the EU exit negotiations, it is difficult to be very specific about most aspects of the content. Therefore, what is laid out below is for guidance only and is fairly generic; not all topics will be covered and some may be subject to modification. Broadly the course will attempt to cover the legal issues that accountants who assist SMEs are likely to deal with or be asked about in the course of their normal work.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Employers and professionals providing advice to small companies and directors of SMEs.

TOPICS

Employment Law

• Employment status, including
  • Recent Gig economy cases
  • IR35 – extension to private sector
  • Self-employment generally
• Payroll developments
  • Minimum wage, including sleep ins 
  • Working time – dealing with holidays
  • Fallout from forlough
• Vicarious liability - impact of recent cases
• Disability discrimination – key principles from the last year
• Health and safety at work – current concerns
• The rise of home working – special considerations

Company Law

•  Directors' duties – new developments
•  Personal liability for directors – beware -  some important recent cases
•  The problem with dividends
•  Insolvency – impact of Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
•  Companies House reform 

Other Business Law

• The pitfalls of the general partnership
• Recent developments in professional negligence
• GDPR – where are we now?

VENUE

This course will be available live online. You will be emailed the link to join two days before the course date.

DISTRICT

All

COURSE FEE

 £110+VAT. (click here for information on the Flexiticket discount scheme - fees as low as £58.80+VAT per place)