26th March, 2001 - JR Decision Date

JR DECISION DATE

Judgement for the judicial review will be handed down Monday 2nd April at 10.30 am

How is the ruling handed down?
We have been told to expect a written ruling � which means the hearing should not take long. The written ruling will reach Gerald Barling (PCG QC) before the court session, but we will *not* be in any position to publicise the result before 10.30am on Monday.

The PCG legal team will be in High Court to receive the news. How will the result be publicised?
As soon as we have it, news will be published on PCG�s JR update site:

http://www.ir35update.co.uk

Additional updates, comments and analysis will be published first on this site, so please use it as your first port of call.

We are using this public site as it is faster to download and puts less load on the server. All news will be published on this site � and not in the discussion boards. This update site is important � we now know that even the Inland Revenue officials have been using it to get the latest news. NB Generally, the load increases at lunchtime and please be aware that constantly �refreshing� the site will slow down performance for everybody.

What arrangements are we making for the Press?
Again our communications centre (aka �the War Room�) will again be upstairs in the Cheshire Cheese pub. The media have been invited to attend the Cheshire Cheese for interviews, briefings or photographs throughout the day. Once again interested members are also welcome to drop in. If you are asked, or would like to speak to the Press, Susie Hughes will be available (at the Cheshire Cheese) to offer some guidance on presenting your case clearly.

The Cheshire Cheese
5 Little Essex Street � see map

ELECTIONS

Voting for the CC closes this week. Please vote now! The CC is the first line of governance of YOUR organisation. The CC appoints the Board of Directors, advises the Board of Directors and shapes the way PCG is run. Please read the manifestos and vote

https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/members/elections/index.html

REGIONAL NEWS

A number of regional events are currently being discussed and planned in the Real Life meetings board

https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/threads/wwwthreads.pl?a=l&f;=meet

Let us promote your local meet - email [email protected] with REGIONS in the subject matter, details of the event and a name and email contact point/or phone number for further information.

Dublin
On Tuesday April 3rd members are gathering at the Old Porterhouse, Parliament St. Contact Andy Humphreys: [email protected]

Nottingham
There will be a get-together at the Admiral Rodney, Wollaton, a couple of miles to the west of Nottingham city centre, on Thursday 29th March from 7pm onwards. Anyone in the area is very welcome to join us and meet us. Contact Janet Richardson [email protected] or on 070039 70039.

Bristol
Date: 6th April 2001 Time: 8pm Venue: The Brewery Tap, Colston Street, Bristol http://www.venue.co.uk/foodanddrink/brewery_tap.htm For more information contact Nick Holt [email protected]

Thames Valley
When: Thursday, 29th March - from 7pm til late Where: Prince of Wales, Farnborough 100 yards from Farnborough North BR (Guildford/Reading), 10 minutes walk from Farnborough Main BR (Woking/Basingstoke) Contact Andrew Banks [email protected]

Susie Hughes
(Head of Executive Services)

This newsletter is published by the Professional Contractors Group. Please feel free to circulate the newsletter to other independent contractors who you know, and who may be interested in joining the PCG. Some links in the newsletter will take you into the password-protected members' area of the PCG website. If you have forgotten your password, contact https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/scripts/public/access/form.pl

To view the Forum links in this newsletter, you must be first logged into the Forum. Further details available at https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/members/discussion_forum.html