Legal Insights

Transactions, Contracts, and proof of them are defining structures in our economic, political, and legal systems. They protect our assets...

A common phenomenon, even among successful professionals (and perhaps it's actually what keeps them from becoming complacent) - sensibly...

I have read many articles relating to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which focus on the hardship this regulation will...

As we are all more than aware, the news has been awash with the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal in recent weeks. While the issue of...

At a conference in the Etihad Sport’s Stadium recently, I listened with awe.

Ex-professional sportsman, Thomas Kerbusch was speaking.

His...

This FT article talks persuasively about the risks of groupthink and the importance of involving the wider team in the decision making...

Professional firms seem to be moving beyond compliance with the letter of the law, and seeking to get to the spirit of it too.

GP online has quoted the MDU in advocating that the bar should be raised for investigating gross negligence (GNM) in cases that are the...

With only days to go, less than half of businesses who are required to publish a Gender Pay Gap Report have done so. 

Yesterday, the...

Ad land has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this month.  In case you missed it (and I'm not sure how you could have), a...

Sad to say, but in recent months, our employment team has been called upon to assist a number of clients investigating allegations of...

Are you aware that an employee must provide evidence that they have engaged with ACAS (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration...

ACAS has published its latest statistics on early conciliation for the period April to December 2017.

The number of notifications received...

I wrote last weekend about consumer credit's importance to the UK economy, and how regulatory responsibility for it is effectively...

He's finally talking and while he's not explicitly apologizing for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is...

Very interesting article about the vision of the NHS to transform and consolidate our public healthcare system to drive further...

Great advice for any lawyer delving in to the world of social media for the first time - especially as a BD tool. Your clients are out...

With the GDPR looming ever closer, Facebook, along with a UK-based consultancy firm, has hit the headlines this week for an alleged...

For us here in Leman Solicitors this report is more than a good news story about one of Ireland's most successful businesses in Ireland's...

This wasn't the week to be hauled up before the ASA - unless you believe in strength in numbers, or were hoping to be drowned out in a...

Greenpeace has used its YouTube channel to launch a powerful piece of advocacy advertising. The ad attacks PZ Cussons, owner of the Carex...

As widely reported this week, Ant McPartlin (of Ant and Dec fame) was arrested yesterday on suspicion of drink driving. He allegedly...

The new revelations about Cambridge Analytica and its alleged use of data from Facebook reinforces concerns I have been writing about for...

This article by Mark Cohen @legalmosaic sets out why, in his view, the wave of new technology does not spell the end for lawyers or the...

One of Larry Page's electric aircraft companies, Cora, has unveiled its first product. 

Basically it is an "air taxi" developed by...

I am increasingly being asked to prepare and certify documentation relating to changes of name. A key issue appears to be the different...

I’m not a fan of the twin peaks approach to financial regulation - the UK's current framework – going back to when I first heard it being...

The recent High Court decision confirming that the UK based Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is not subject to...

The ASA has this week launched a research project to ensure that its approach to ad labelling online (through the CAP Code) is correct....

83 year old John Hart has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after being held in contempt of Court for non-compliance with a Financial...

InvestmentNews reports that the bipartisan bill would raise to $250bn from $50bn the asset threshold for SIFI status, and banks with less...

The recent survey results from Douglas Scott, showing that fewer women than men aspire to senior roles in the legal profession, are...

In less than a month, bills of costs will have to be filed in the new electronic spreadsheet format. It’s been a while coming, as the...

Spotify, the World's largest music streaming service is due to go public in April 2018. However, much like how the platform drives...

Corruption in amateur boxing is nothing new.

We knew Michael Conlon was robbed by crooked judges in Rio 2016.

We knew the result was fixed.

A useful summary of the UK's listed law firms and accounting firms, past and present.

Sky Sport's suspension of football pundit Jamie Carragher following the highly publicised spitting incident over the weekend  has...

The latest figures from the Ministry of Justice show a big increase in the volume of employment tribunal claims. The number of single...

The latest quarterly statistics issued by the Government indicate that in the quarter preceding the abolition of tribunal fees, there has...

A stock objection we hear from our potential clients, often the marketing team, is that their fee earners are uniquely Luddite. That...

Mary Starks’ recent lecture at the Social Market Foundation – well worth a read – is a wide-ranging attempt to place the FCA’s approach...

Equal pay, which for many years has predominantly been seen as an issue for the public sector, is now an increasingly common issue for...

On 8 March the Ministry of Justice published its quarterly statistics covering employment claims in the period October to December 2017.

Cycling's governing body has decided to keep the dreams of women all over the world alive this International Womens' Day: they've decided...

To celebrate International Women's Day, Creative Equals changed some of the world's most iconic brands featuring male characters,...

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) replaces the EU Data Protection Directive and will be directly applicable in EU member...

When resolving financial issues, there is an obligation upon divorcing couples to provide full and frank financial disclosure. This...

In my last post, I discussed the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Act 2018 which came into operation on 31 January 2018. The Act removed...

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda is rightly of critical importance to business (law firms being no exception) and is finally...

I've written before about the problems caused to financial services by the narrowness of agency theory - the idea, first put forward by...

Interesting factoid to start with Irish Whiskey is spelled with an 'ey' at the end, whereas Scotch Whisky has no 'e'. 

Moving on.

Sainsbury’s have been praised by an employee’s son for the way in which the company dealt with the employee following her Alzheimer’s...

With the help of fast growing technologies being developed every day, employers have increasingly more options open to them in when it...

Paul Clayton was featured in BQ talking about our milestone year here at Capital: our plans for growth, innovation, working responsibly,...

The award winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has inspired many activists to imitate the central idea of utilising...

The National Trading Standards eCrime Team have proudly announced that as a result of two trials in July 2017 and March 2018, a group of...

Stonewall, Britain’s leading charity for LGBT equality has named the top employers for inclusivity in the workplace. Whilst attitudes in...

Readers of this blog will be aware that there is a great deal of attention being focused  on the issue of gender equality;...

Non Bank lending to  SMEs is - to the surprise of many - largely unregulated in Australia. However this is about to change, with...

22 March:  Join PrideAM for an evening of discussion, debate and drinks hosted by the effervescent Amy Lamé: LGBT superstar,...

Three speeches this week - two by Andrew Bailey and one by Mark Carney - neatly demonstrate the efforts regulators go to in constructing...

As the deadline for reporting gender pay gap information for organisations with 250 or more employees rapidly approaches, we are starting...

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a four year old boy should be able to spend time...

In light of recent weather conditions, the BBC has published an article entitled It’s snowing – can I refuse to go to work? The article...

Congratulations are in order as Brabners have been awarded Employment Team of the year 2018 at last night’s Manchester Legal Awards.

Yet again this year, the 10 ads that garnered the most complaints to the ASA had some interesting shared features. 

Most of them...

...and we now have scientific proof thanks to some "cheeky" monkeys! 

A recent study published in the journal Plos One explored...

US private equity fund Oaktree has completed its acquisition of the Square Shopping Centre in Tallaght.

At €250million, the transaction...

According to "The Lawyer" today, 42% of people working in law firms know what it is, indeed, they say they have been subjected to it and...

Red Alert!  The country is in lock down, supermarket shelves are empty and there's not a loaf of bread to be had.  Schools are...

Following the launch of the Government’s “share the joy” campaign to encourage more new parents to take shared parental leave, Tracy...

The Department for Health and Social Care has issued new guidance intended to help those considering becoming parents via surrogacy,...

Tuesday's FCA Vanquis fine is interesting for a number of reasons beyond the obvious. One is that it conceals a persistent question -...