ARAG Legal Services
ARAG plc is an internationally successful, quality insurer, independent and family owned - providing access to justice since 1935. We provide an innovative and comprehensive range of legal expenses insurance and assistance products to brokers, underwriting agents and insurers.
Our products allow brokers to offer legal protection to businesses, families, motorists, and landlords and our range of assistance products include Home Emergency, Landlord Emergency and Motor Breakdown.
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Covid-19: Return to work FAQs
In light of Covid-19, this content addresses some common questions concerning employees returning to work. Topics covered include: are employees able to return to work; how can employers keep staff safe if they return to work; the employment law implications of returning to work.
Tax tribunals struggling to cope with remote hearings
Lawyers have warned that the suspension of UK tax tribunal cases during the Covid-19 pandemic has caused businesses to fail and prolonged uncertainty for many taxpayers. In this content, Lesley Attu, product development manager at ARAG outlines the latest developments.
Suspension of eviction under commercial leases
Included in the Coronavirus Act - and in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act - is protection from eviction for commercial tenants that fail to pay their rent. This content briefly outlines the implications for commercial landlords and tenants.
Government guidance for landlords and tenants
The government recently produced a guidance document aimed at both landlords and tenants in the private and social rental sector, which focuses on the implications of the Coronavirus Act 2020. Featuring a link to the full guidance document, this article briefly outlines the scope of the guidance.
Remote working resources on ARAG Legal Services website
Business policyholders whose staff may be working remotely, many of them for the first time, can use two tools to help ensure that homeworking is legally compliant. Download this content to find out more about ARAG’s Homeworking Policy builder and Homeworker Risk Assessment tools.
Maintaining our mental health
Most people already understand that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic reaches far beyond just the physical health of those who may have been infected with the virus. All ARAG business policyholders have access to our confidential counselling helpline. Download this content for more information.
Mock trial training document
Have you ever wondered what happens if a legal claim goes to mediation, or even to trial? Following on from ARAG’s commercial contract mock mediation and trial event, this training document includes the legal information provided by the claimant and defendant’s solicitors.
Training made easy
To ensure your customers have 24/7 assistance when facing issues related to cold weather, home emergency insurance is the obvious, cost effective choice. ARAG’s new EduMe training module can talk you through all the benefits of our cover in helping customers resolve stressful domestic emergencies.
One step ahead of new IR35 rules
Private sector businesses face an important change in legislation, when the responsibility for determining the employment status of ‘off-payroll’ workers shifts to the ‘end client’. This article outlines the implications of IR35 and how businesses can mitigate the risks of a dispute.
Motoring ahead on uncertain ground
In this blog, Tony Buss, Managing Director at ARAG, highlights the uncertainty facing the insurance industry in 2020 and why ARAG’s new Motor Complete product offers the broadest motor legal protection available for policyholders.