Fieldfisher

Fieldfisher is a European law firm with market leading practices in many of the world's most dynamic sectors. They are a forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on energy & natural resources, technology, finance & financial services, life sciences and media.

Their network has more than 1,550 people working across 25 offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Turin, Venice and Silicon Valley.

Author Content

Contractors, are you covid-ready to do your health and safety bit in the workplace?

They once worked in silos but for contractors today, ‘covid-secure’ cannot be a one-person project.

9th June, 2020 | Coronavirus

Contractors’ Questions: Does my client’s contractor furlough interfere with the government furlough?

Lawyer cautions a contractor about confusing his furloughs, and about challenging IR35 decisions in challenging times.

15th April, 2020 | Coronavirus

Off-Payroll Rules’ liability: your top tax and status FAQs about April 2021

How a reformed IR35 spells change for your PSC and its contractual partners.

3rd April, 2020 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

IR35 liability from April 2021: Who’s liable, for what and when?

Part one of two on arguably the biggest question facing the UK contractor industry.

1st April, 2020 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

IR35, Agency Worker Rules or MSC? Choosing the right regime for agency-contractor relationships

A staffing expo revealed real confusion about the current tax rules which catch agencies; let alone next year’s new ones.

25th March, 2020 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Contractors, will the client owe you a backdated pension now you’re their employee?

Engagers are getting covered to defuse the ticking time-bomb of you claiming for contributions.

23rd January, 2020 | Comment

IR35 reform FAQs: Your April 2020 off-payroll queries answered

The top ten concerns from a law firm’s IR35 roundtable get put to bed.

5th December, 2019 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Contractors’ Questions: Will joining my client’s payroll imply I was a disguised employee?

The taxman won’t focus on historic cases -- or at least that’s what he’s said.

19th September, 2019 | Private Sector IR35 Reform