Dec 22, 2022 MAKING MEDIATION MANDATORY By Amelia Nice The debate around whether mediation can or should be made mandatory has been around for some time. In July this year, the government...
Dec 14, 2022 The criminal Bar on strike: collective action for the self-employed By Cormac Devlin Finnian Clarke On 10 October 2022, the Criminal Bar Association (“CBA”) announced that 57% of its members had voted to accept a pay deal proposed by the...
Dec 13, 2022 Recommended reform to confiscation orders By Richard Fisher KC On 9 November 2022, the Law Commission published new reforms to overhaul the system for recovering the proceeds of criminal activities....
Dec 05, 2022 Online Safety Bill: Service Provider Perspective By Rupert Bowers KC The Online Safety Bill returned to Parliament on 5 December after a delay of five months caused in no small part by the turmoil in the...
Nov 24, 2022 iSpoof: Potential legal issues By Rupert Bowers KC News of the large scale operation involving the banking fraud related to iSpoof will inevitably involve a replay of many of the legal...
Nov 15, 2022 Overseas Production Orders: Potential Challenges By Rupert Bowers KC Rupert Bowers KC of Doughty Street Chambers examines some potential challenges to the use of Overseas Production Orders. Overseas...
Nov 14, 2022 What does Mandatory Mediation mean for the workplace? By Associate Louisa Weinstein Mandatory mediation is looking increasingly likely in Civil and Commercial claims particularly following the government's blueprint for...
Nov 07, 2022 Tony Hickmott goes home By Oliver Lewis A loving family fighting his corner, scrutiny of the media and supervision by the Court of Protection have created the possibility of...
Nov 02, 2022 Better than nothing? Extended protections for new mothers announced amid soaring redundancy rates By Lameesa Iqbal On 21 October 2022, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy declared that the government would back the Protection from...
Oct 25, 2022 Worker status: three areas of uncertainty to look out for in 2023 By Cormac Devlin Finnian Clarke In 2018, the government committed to legislate on the tests for employment and worker status in their Good Work Plan. However, in their...
Oct 20, 2022 Looking beyond grievances towards resolution By Associate Louisa Weinstein Acas's report on the extent and impact of conflict at work is startling. It includes the fact that 9.7 million employees experienced...
Oct 18, 2022 Remarks by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC at the London Vigil marking 5 years since the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, 16 October 2022 By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Good evening from London, where we gather tonight to pay tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia and honour her memory, and to stand in...