Legal Insights

The Irish Times, in an Article published in May 2015, reported that concerns which US Payments firms have with Ireland's regulatory...

The only thing I take issue with is the idea that the number of pregnant women and new mothers being discriminated against has gone up in...

Hearing stories over the last few weeks and watching the news this morning really brought home how big a problem this is and that it's...

Interesting to read the thoughts of 'divorce coach' Sara Davison. Many people see divorce as an end to something, rather than the...

Vision and preparation are the key to success. We discuss the importance of first class facilities, training and equipment in boosting...

The Department of Homeland Security has released its proposed International Entrepreneur Rule, which would allow certain international...

The OCC is examining its legal authority to offer limited-purpose charters to fintech firms.

Does your organisation send workers employed by your organisation in one Member State to carry out work in another Member State? If so...

France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d'État, has today suspended the controversial "burkini ban" in one French town, ruling...

Mothers returning from maternity leave are often discriminated against according to recent reports. Below is a quick reminder of some of...

As an SME, when last did you change your utility provider? 

The attached article shows the incredible financial gain for utility suppliers...

Research in the US state of Washington has pointed to surges in divorce filings in March and August each year. 

In the UK, we tend to find...

The decades-long, ferocious battle over who owns breakfast contains some intriguing (some slightly startling!) and some really very...

On 17 August 2016, an Israeli football team, from the desert town of Beersheba, travelled to Celtic’s football ground in Glasgow for the...

As an employer, have you ever wondered what might happen if you change your mind about a recruit after your offer of recruitment is...

Interesting article in the Irish times re the potential impact of Brexit on Irelands Fintech sector.

Three issues of particular relevance...

With a further transport strike just being announced, set out below are 5 tips for employers dealing with the inevitable travel...

We are all acutely aware of the Gender Pay Gap with regular news updates and the forthcoming gender pay reporting obligations.  However,...

Unconscious bias – breakfast 29 September  

Victoria Lewis

We receive 11 million bits of information every moment but we can only...

The below article addresses a number of interesting and important topics that the majority of people encounter when going through a...

Family lawyers are reporting that pressure to live up to the lifestyles portrayed by their friends and acquaintances on social media is...

A recent survey has confirmed that 56% of employers review a candidate's social media presence before deciding on whether to offer them...

In a recent judgment, the Court has reminded Insolvency Practitioners and lawyers alike that it has the final say on putting a Company...

When it comes to work-life balance, 99% of C-suite execs are typically the wrong advisors on work-life balance for anyone who is not a...

It's never a good look to be negotiating a pay deal in public. Having announced a plan to move from hourly pay to per-delivery pay,...

The day’s arrived. One of your best employees is returning from six month’s maternity leave; her husband is going to take advantage of...

This is fascinating. Within our network of businesses and business representatives, we explored who ideally, this new...

Flexible work seems to be all the rage these days.  Full disclosure - I'm an example, I work a three day week, so that I can continue...

The news that magic circle law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is offering paralegal apprenticeships must be welcomed with open arms....

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have reportedly agreed a financial settlement on their divorce which will see Heard receive around $7...

On Sunday, 14 August there were articles saying that the government had told Deliveroo it must pay its couriers the minimum wage unless a...

The TUC has published the results of its survey "Still Just a Bit of Banter?" carried out in collaboration with the Everyday Sexism...

Specsavers have always been pro-active when seeking to register and protect their intellectual property. They are in the news again, not...

In many cases of separation where children are involved, the children can more often than not suffer more so than either parent. Many...

Blockchain.  The underlying technology of bitcoin (which really brought it into the public arena and consciousness) will become the very...

Is the UK's divorce from the EU contributing to couples divorcing each other?

Relationship counsellors Relate have apparently put together...

For those with more of a life than me, LASPO is the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The result of this piece...

I am sure most family lawyers will, like me, despair at hearing an MP echo the spurious claims of 'men's rights' activists that the...

Are you reading this sat at work, bored out of your mind? Then perhaps you are a "professional zombie". This term has been coined to...

She has the heart of an Olympian, the courage of a lion and the humility of someone who knows she’s not perfect, but focuses on what she...

Finally, after years of dreaming, then years of hard graft, you’re almost ready to open your first café. What’s the first thing you do?

Theresa Carling, from our experienced Employment Law Team comments:

"Shocking new figures have been published today by the TUC showing...

• Remember back when being a cabbie was an actual job?
• Remember when we had to arrange for people to pick us up?
• Remember getting a driver's...

A report published today by the TUC, 'Still Just A Bit of Banter?' has hit the headlines across the media today for its shocking...

If you do, then this information will directly affect you sooner than you may think. A world-wide internet security upgrade is happening...

With the 2016 Olympic Games now well and truly underway in Rio, we've been looking at what entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs, can learn...

I might be out of sight. But if I'm one of your customers, now or potentially in the future, if I'm also 'out of mind' - your mind, that...

Finally paternity leave is now a statutory entitlement in Ireland. It applies from 1 September 2016. 

So as an employer what do you need...

Telecomms giant Qualcom has reached an agreement to settle a class action gender discrimination lawsuit in the US, which involves a...

You would have to have been under a rock last month to not have heard about the frenzy that was the launch of Pokémon GO. Those who...

HR tech is big business, with providers lining up to offer technological alternatives to process-driven aspects of HR.    One attraction...

As a fellow divorce lawyer, there are so many comments that could be made about this article in the Evening Standard that I am going to...

As a leader, it's important to understand your leadership style.

Why?

Because the more you understand about what drives you, what you care...

The government's new pilot allowing cameras in Crown Courts is a positive move towards creating more transparency in the legal process....

Every three months, professional cyclists must notify the authorities of a time and place that they will be available for random doping...

The thing I love most about the linked article is the vision, courage and philanthropy, on the part of Rio’s organisers, that it conveys....

Lateral moves, hiring spurts, and surging salaries. With everything we have been reading in the press as of late, one might be led to...

No one expects to discover rubber in their yoghurt! But in the latest food contamination incident to hit the headlines, that’s exactly...

All businesses aspiring to success need to advertise their products and services in some way. That need applies as much to...

I know, it's an odd question.

But it's one that I challenge my mentees and even my mentors to consider.

Because it's often all too easy to...

Are the fears of continued disruption overblown? Ron Friedmann sees a more measured trajectory for an industry that has already been...