Legal Insights

By the year 2020, people and connected things will generate 40 trillion gigabytes of data. Generating large volumes of data within your...

The case referred to in this article should bust a few myths. 

First, if anyone thinks you can't get judgment quickly think again....

There is huge demand for hotel rooms in Dublin.

This is reflected in Fáilte Ireland’s Report on Visitor Accommodation in Dublin 2015-20...

The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) may not be the most topical piece of data protection legislation at the...

The dreaded 4 letter acronym.

Don’t panic!..... (if you’re a sports body)

It’s highly unlikely the commissioner will be knocking down your...

This week AgeUK launched a fascinating report on Financial Resilience in Later Life (FRILL), that’s worth reading for anyone serious...

Last week, PR and digital consultancy Cirkle launched an innovative new structure. Founder and chairman Caroline Kinsey, previously the...

The Nuffield Foundation have published a report adding more evidence to the argument that there should be a change in the current divorce...

Capitalising on the decentralized nature of human activity Jepson Holt is launching a Blockchain empowered recruitment...

I’ve written before about the “do it right”, apolitical approach, and indeed mindset, of UK regulators, and this is visible again in...

Paul Ryman, Senior Associate in our Employment team here at Brabners spoke on the look ahead for 'gig' workers in The Independent this...

When I meet new people for the first time, I often get asked if being a Lawyer is anything like 'Suits'; it isn't. 

In the wake of...

The tragic case of Alfie Evans has been a high profile example of how the courts approach the issue of determining what is in a child's...

Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the CFPB, told banking industry executives that he did not see anything under the 2010 Dodd-Frank...

Most employers will reject a candidate out of hand if they cannot express themselves clearly in writing. It is impossible to clearly...

We are not often walloped over the head with examples of bias. Over the last several decades public exposure to bias has evolved...

Do you work in a law firm and are you busy on Thursday morning?  We are running a free open session on just this subject.  

The...

This weekend's blog is the second in a series, that interprets what the FCA's Business Plan means in practice for both firms and the...

The recent coverage of the Windrush scandal, and the Home Office policy of creating a 'hostile environment' for illegal immigration, has...

The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance ("GALA") has released its latest series of videos on recent developments in advertising law...

Daniel Nouys interesting speech on risk appetite frameworks contributes to an important but largely implicit debate about risk management...

When one door closes another one opens…

Readers will recall my recent post in relation to Dunnes Stores’ unsuccessful bitter planning...

With temperatures today making an April record of 28.5C, many workers may be sweltering at their desks. After the disruption of the...

Santander is laying claim as the “first bank to roll out a blockchain-based international payments service to retail customers in...

Good news for companies in the blockchain and token economy looking at running Initial Coin Offerings or Token Generating Events (ICOs or

When I read that the advertising of yet another fashion brand had been banned for using unhealthily thin models, my initial thought was "

Love is in the air friends. 

The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is just around the corner. And you know what...

The recent Starbucks debacle has certainly highlighted how important it is to train your staff on equality issues. Usually employment...

I am delighted Grant Thornton have been recognised with industry accolades for our asset recovery, restructuring and insolvency expertise...

Domestic mergers are continuing to prove a popular alternative to traditional types of entity simplification methods such as voluntary...

The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for the General Medical Council (GMC) to lose its right (since 2015) to appeal decisions...

The Investigatory Powers (Interception by Businesses etc. for Monitoring and Record-keeping purposes) Regulations 2018 (Regulations) came...

As it turns out this does not work!

Nothing beats an ice-cold beer or a cheeky glass of wine after a long day in the office. For most of...

Almost every lateral partner move requires a lateral business case but delivering one risks a breach of contract, potentially several...

For too long the legal profession has steered well clear of social media in a decision no doubt borne from risk aversion. With law firms...

This weekend's blog is the first in a series, over the next couple of months, that will try to interpret what the FCA's Business Plan,...

The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation is fast approaching: the 25th May is now a mere 30 working days away. As of...

The impact being seen in the accounting profession is likely to be felt similarly in other professional service sectors.

The wife in this case had been awarded £9.76m and £175,000 per annum by way of spousal maintenance for life. On seeking to increase the...

As Mr Dury might have cautioned if he were writing today. 

We all bemoan political correctness at times – I certainly do – I have...

The press attention into the class action against Facebook & Cambridge Analytica could see a wave of scams being set up to target...

After the heavy lifting of Monday, distilling the main messages of the FCA Business Plan, I thought I'd use this week's article to...

In the words of Lord Gilbert of Panteg, Chairman of the Committee which today published the report: UK Advertising in a Digital Age: 

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Advertising services are the UK’s third largest services export - worth £4.3 billion in 2016 (according to the report published today by...

During a morning session Jennifer Brooks and Brook Haughey of Hogan Lovells reviewed how they approach a marketing campaign with a...

After the recent, well-publicised reports of sexual harassment in Westminster and the USA, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission...

After much pressure from the PAC (Public Accounts Committee) two of the largest online Sales platforms agree to provide information on...

The Royal Statistical Society ("RSS") has criticised the ASA's existing rules on substantiation and named leading brands as some of the...

Below is a provocative article, from my colleagues Sunil Chadda and Sandy Trust, discussing two of the major challenges facing PRIIPs...

In 2015 Byfield Consultancy, in partnership with Funke Abimbola, conducted research into social mobility in the legal sector – this is an...

It was refreshing to read the way Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have announced their separation to the media. For a couple in the...

It was refreshing to read the way Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have announced their separation to the media. For a couple in the...

The tax treatment of termination payments made on or after 6 April 2018 is changing. Taxation of payment in lieu of notice (PILON) will...

As recently reported in the Irish Times, there has been a marked increase over the past number of years in non traditional financing of...

Reading the latest pmforum magazine I was drawn to this article. I have heard of Fieldfisher's excellent approach to Marketing and BD and...

The deadline for businesses with over 250 employees to release their Gender Pay Gap reporting figures is today. Our Employment law...

Can an employer change the terms and conditions in its employees contracts - and how much warning do they have to give? Here, our...

Who’s hot, who’s not? Based on guidance issued today, those who trade in cryptocurrency and do not pay tax on gains are looked upon...

Very Interesting (and admittedly over the top) article on where the personal data economy and regulation could be headed in the near...

Call me naïve, but I can't believe that large brands are plumbing unspeakable ethical and moral depth and risking long term damage to...

Following the recent Court of European Justice (CJEU) case of Ville de Nivelles v Matzak, employers would be well advised to consider...

A couple of weeks ago, the FCA released the last of the five approach documents – on Supervision and on Enforcement - promised when it...