Charles Russell Speechlys Podcast Channel

Capital Gains Tax: Cutting through the speculation

James Bradford is joined by Ben Handley, Tax partner at BDO, to discuss current speculation and client reaction in relation to capital taxes. This was recorded before the announcement on 23 September that the autumn Budget would be cancelled / deferred.  Topics covered are:

• Current coverage and speculation on CGT and IHT;
• Advising clients against the backdrop of potential change and uncertain times;
• The importance of working with trusted advisors.

IR35: how employers should prepare for April 2021

Jessie Basra is joined by Employment Partner, Emma Bartlett, and Tax Legal Director, Hugh Gunson, to discuss the key upcoming changes to the off-payroll working rules in April 2021 - commonly known as IR35 – and how to start preparing for these changes now.

Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Business Interruption

Tim Maxwell is joined by Manoj Vaghela to discuss some interesting insights with regards to how business interruption has affected many people, including:

• How we help clients with Business Interruption, and advice with insurance cover
• Event cancellation reimbursements for Landed Estates
• How this has affected the Arts world
• FCA guidance

Retail Recovery: Restructuring

In this episode we discuss how the retail and food & beverage sectors can reset, restructure and plan for the future. Caroline is joined by two partners from our corporate restructuring team: Roger Elford and Jason Freedman, and founder and CEO of the procurement and cost reductions specialists, Procure4: Nigel Scorey.

The New Normal: Adjudication Update

In the latest episode of The New Normal, Michael O’Connor and Jane Robertson discuss two recent cases concerning the enforcement of adjudication proceedings.

Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Staging outdoor events – part 3

Naomi Nettleton, one of our Real Estate partners, is joined by Olivia Crane, an associate in our Commercial team, and Manoj Vaghela, a partner in our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, to discuss further insights with regards to staging outside events, including:

• Data protection considerations for Landed Estates
• The 'test & trace' programme in relation to events
• Insurance aspects involved with Landed Estates hosting events
• Event cancellation policies

Property Professionals: A focus on development finance with Savills and Close Brothers

Julie Sharpe, one of our real estate Senior Associates in Cheltenham is joined by Kristina Appleby, an Associate from Savills and Mark Ryan, a manager from Close Brothers. In this podcast, they focus on development finance and discuss:

• How the current crisis has affected the property finance industry
• Changes to lending appetite, asset classes and LTVs
• General market valuation issues
• Market uncertainty clauses
• Areas for opportunity and the legacy left by Covid-19 on valuation and lending

Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Staging outdoor events - part 2

Naomi Nettleton, one of our Real Estate partners is joined by Richard Davies, a senior associate in our Commercial team and Syma Spanjers, a senior associate in our Employment team to discuss further insights with regards to staging outside events, including:

• The importance of event contracts for landed estates
• The consumer law position
• Cancellation elements of events
• Employment protection
• Furlough and flexible furlough

Workplace re-occupancy – What you need to know

In this podcast we will discuss some of the opportunities and issues about returning to the workplace as well as some wider market predictions and Health & Safety law. Speakers include Sarah Morley & Noel Wardle of Charles Russell Speechlys as well as Kersten Muller, Head of Real Estate at Grant Thornton.

Investigations: Fraud in the time of pandemic

As a result of the ongoing pandemic, many business have experienced massive disruption and, where possible, their workforces have been required to work remotely. With reduced scrutiny of IT systems and tools, and with a degree of detachment from typical business practices, weaknesses in remote working practices and systems are being exploited by cyber fraudsters which in turn is leading to a significant rise in fraud cases.

In the first episode of our new Investigations podcast series, Charlotte Pender is joined by Stewart Hey and Caroline Greenwell from our Fraud team to look at the problems this poses to businesses and to offer their advice and recommendations on how to best tackle such issues.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with one of the team if you have any questions. You can find out more on our Investigations and Fraud pages.