Lawyers

Like almost every other profession, discipline and walk of life, clinical negligence practitioners have seen a huge transformation wrought by the pandemic.  By all accounts, the sector coped remarkably well under the restrictions that were so hastily introduced, last year. ...

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As a consequence of leaving the EU, the UK lost its membership of the Lugano Convention, a relevant international treaty between the EU with other European states that form the European Free Trade Association, including Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland. Consequently, ...

The low down   Viewed from Westminster, the Northern Ireland Assembly and its executive is a young and fragile devolution project – the potential for instability hard-baked into a constitution that requires bitter political foes to work together or not ...

During a Zoom call, I was complimented on a shirt I bought in Paris years ago and recently started wearing again. When I said it was an old favourite, rediscovered, the response was, ‘Ah, you have been shopping in your ...

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One of the most talked about employment cases in years is the successful appeal in Forstater v CGD Europe & others heard in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) last month. Ms Forstater is a gender critical feminist who was a ...

‘It’s a sad day for freedom of speech and the court’s decision has deprived the public of a valuable warning system.’ This was Rick Kordowski’s response a decade ago to the High Court order to remove his website, ‘Solicitors from ...

In Brown-Forman Beverages Europe Ltd v Bacardi UK Ltd [2021] EWHC 1259 (Comm), the Commercial Court held that Bacardi UK Ltd was not required to pay approximately £51m to Brown-Forman Beverages Europe Ltd under surety obligations that Bacardi UK owed ...

For those entering the legal profession, there is much uncertainty. The speed of change is accelerating rapidly. Firms which fail to adapt and respond to the changing environment are likely to be left behind. Law firms will need to assess ...