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Covid-19: TPR updates auto-enrolment guidance The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its Covid-19 guidance on auto-enrolment, to reflect the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) until September 2021. Under the extended CJRS employers are required to pay National Insurance contributions and pension contributions. From July, an escalating employer contribution is being introduced towards the wage costs of furloughed staff. Rectification granted to restore missing words: Igge...

In Alan Edwards & Co Solicitors v TWM Solicitors, the High Court was asked to decide whether communications between TWM Solicitors and its former client, Enfranchisement & Leasehold Solutions Limited (ELS) enjoyed privilege. London firm Alan Edwards is seeking a contribution from TWM after being pursued for negligence. The case relates to the purchase of an exclusive garden square in central London. Lease owners at 49 Lennox Gardens, Knightsbridge, instructed ELS to help them buy the freehold ...