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Last week the EU Commission launched a High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG). I understand from my sources at the...

A couple of weeks ago, in the aftermath of the TSB and Visa IT problems, I wrote about the increasing importance regulators are attaching...

Last week the Supreme Court declared that a "self employed" plumber was in reality a worker, and entitled to basic employment rights....

The recently reported Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of DL Insurance Services Ltd v O'Connor, reminds us that managing poor...

Jonathan Klahr's words of intent will be welcomed with open arms by Ireland's tech companies. The managing director of US investment firm...

Last week, the BBC released research that the wording of job adverts can put women off applying. Here, Alex Christen, our gender pay...

This article busts some of the most widely talked about myths when getting divorced. 

This includes the age old myth of being able to...

With all the press and publicity surrounding high profile divorce cases together with television programmes broadcasting highly contested...

Manchester headquartered DWF LLP is tipped to be listed on the London Stock Exchange within the year, in what is described as the largest...

On 10 June 2018 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a review of serious and organised crime in the...

So, based on Sigma Rating's model, who wins the FIFA World Cup Trophy? Well.. Not the host country (who were only surpassed by Iran) and...

In light of GDPR, you will have seen this position crop up more and more in recent times; The all powerful, all important Data Protection...

Under new government proposals, the UK's biggest companies will be legally required to publish and justify pay differences between chief...

Dixons Carphone has become the latest big-name high-street retailer to fall victim to a cyber attack, with millions of users' data being...

News today that the Union's application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on its challenge of Suncor's random drug...

Few aspects of the world of work have received more attention in recent times than the so-called gig economy, in which bicycle couriers,...

 If, like our Employment team, you’ve been following the case of Mr Gary Smith v Pimlico Plumbers, you’ll no doubt have seen that,...

I am not sure the Supreme Court Pimlico Judgment takes the law much further, although it remains to be seen how Tribunals read it. But it...

Proprietary estoppel claims continue to be reported and the running theme is that they mainly relate to farming families.  In the...

In the case of Scicluna v Zippy the Court of Appeal reaffirmed the principle that generally, where there is an agreed List of Issues...

The recent announcement that Amazon is entering the Asian Insurance market via its partnership with Acko General Insurance highlights two...

I have always been an admirer of the vibrant beautiful designs of Kate Spade's bags and accessories. I was sad to see the headline...

Every year, the summer associate program has existed hand-in-hand with alcohol. Go to a West-End show, grab a drink on the firm's dime....

Yesterday Forbes published its list of the top 100 highest paid athletes across the world. Here's our Gender Pay Gap expert,...

By several measures, the recent systems problems, outages and IT crashes are the latest episodes in a new normal, one that challenges...

A great result for international cooperation and HMRC's persistence. 

The cranes continue to spring up but is the Dublin office market a "no-brainer" investment at the moment?  The onward march of the...

To many newly qualified lawyers, being a partner is what they dream about; the pay, the power, the prestige. Many want to be like Harvey...

A Canadian MP has put forward legislation to decriminalise paying women to act as surrogates. The move is partly in response to the owner...

Visa’s problems on Friday need a little time to digest, and for the full picture to start to emerge; similarly, the FCA’s two substantial...