What is the UK government's policy on fracking and what are the key challenges facing the shale gas industry?

To what extent must directors and other professionals consider climate risks in discharging their duties?

Can former employees take confidential information from their former employer to their new job?

According to the new report by Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC), “45% of the Young Bar reported a negative impact on their financial situation, higher still at 60% for those working in crime – as court work ceased in 2020, their earnings plummeted.”

Who foots the bill for industrial incidents like the Buncefield explosion in 2005?

How will the outcome of the general election affect financial regulation in the United Kingdom?

Whether your hard-earned internship remains online or bravely commits to in-person plans, here is my advice on how to get the most from it.

Almost everyone reading this will have heard of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and how it is currently coming into effect to replace the traditional LPC/GDL route to qualifying as a solicitor. However, this blog will not be covering any substantive or logistic elements of the SQE, instead it will focus on the reasons why it was created.

DAC Beachcroft LLP, Hill Dickinson LLP, Mishcon de Reya LLP and Pinsent Masons LLP have each been named as one of the UK’s top 10 family-friendly employers. 

With the coronavirus outbreak causing growing concerns across the world, our latest commercial news round-up summarises several developments relating to the virus, as well as other news stories which are affecting the business and legal worlds this week.

Do businesses really steer away from employing women of child-bearing age?

Why is climate change a hot issue for property owners?

There’s a theme to this week’s commercial news round-up and that’s carmakers announcing that they will be cutting jobs in the UK, and high street department stores reporting a fall in sales as the retail slump continues. 

What are the concerns for employers in relation to redundancy in a credit crunch?

What on earth are the Equator Principles?

Summer has vanished in a flash leaving us with cold mornings and dark nights. Soon it will be Christmas and you’ll be gathered around the TV drinking mulled wine and watching Home Alone.

Disruptive technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in our lives and the law. The introduction of AI into society has led the Government to release a much anticipated white paper addressing AI on 29 March 2023, ‘AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach’, which outlines the UK Government’s proposals to regulate AI.

A-level students are not the only ones poring over results and figures today to see what that means for them. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that consumers’ retail spending rose 1.4% in July following the June vote for Britain to leave the European Union, a much higher increase than economists predicted.

In its report on judicial appointments, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has found that a more diverse judiciary would increase public trust and confidence in the country's justice system.

This week’s best economic news is that the year-long squeeze on wages is nearing an end, at least according to the Office of National Statistics, which has released figures showing that people’s pay is now catching up to inflation. However, reports from elsewhere in the world show that the global economic situation remains precarious.