If you are SURE (see below), discontinue. Why not ask for the claim to be stayed instead, on compassionate grounds. If you discontinue, and the situation changes such that you regret discontinuing, you can't restart the same claim once discontinued, but if instead stayed, you can just ask fir the stay to be lifted.

Hi thanks i will notify hermes themselves straight away and start reading the other posts.

Hello All - and thank you for taking the time & trouble to read my post - dx100uk; BazzaS; Ethel Street and Andyorch, thank you so much - reading your responses is an education for me and when I shut down this desk top later, believe me, I will be better informed than I was when I turned it on a moment ago. Given the particular circumstances which have been both catastrophic and tragic for the defendant, I have to discontinue the claim as a human being. Their counter claim had already been struck out anyway, which I suppose makes it less tricky. Thank you for guiding me, for your time and

Time will tell, UB. The EU is rules-based and something like this goes against everything they stand for. But Johnson signed this international treaty and should have known what it meant. Trying to renegotiate isn't good for the UK's international reputation, as the CNN article says. Gavin Barwell, ex-chief of staff at No 10, says what ministers are claiming about not knowing the consequences of the oven-ready deal is 'nonsense'.

This is fairly easy to google... Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit... If you cannot work because of coronavirus (COVID-19) You could get SSP if you’re self-isolating because: you or someone you live with has COVID-19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID-19 you’ve been notified by the NHS or public health authorities that you’ve been in contact with someone with COVID-19 someone in your support bubble (or your ‘extended household’ if you live in Scotl