Read this week’s commercial news round-up for some of the latest news relating to the business and legal worlds.

Civil litigation and criminal litigation are two of the centrally set assessments on the Bar course and the books are massive.

After the housing crash, will the courts ease lenders' pain?

Following the trial of Stephen Tompkinson which concluded this week, we’ve seen yet another celebrity actor take the stand in their own defence.

As Parliament prepares itself for a special sitting to decide the future of Brexit next Saturday 19 October, and leaked phone calls report German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying “nein” to the current Johnson deal, cast your minds towards the business world which has faced as much turbulence as the political one recently. 

The latest reporting from magic circle firm Linklaters LLP indicates that its gender and ethnicity pay gaps have narrowed from 2020, despite remaining far from where its wants or needs to be, according to senior partner Aedamar Comiskey. 

Brexit has been causing all sorts of bother this week, with several high-profile companies’ announcements revealing just how worried they are about the future of business in the UK. No-one knows exactly what might happen after Britain leaves the EU, but it’s certainly a good idea to keep your finger on the pulse of how the business world is reacting, and what concerns firms might have about how Brexit will affect their business. 

Civil court users have described remote hearings taking place during the pandemic as “fragmented” and called for improvements.

In a week where nobody really knows what’s going on, calm your bemused Brexit brain by taking a look at our summary of some relevant commercial news stories from this week.

It has been a week in which we celebrated both the old and new royals, with a new prince born to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (cue frenzied media coverage and a spike in the baby name Archie), and an ancient royal burial site found in Southend between a pub and Aldi supermarket.

Our recent commercial awareness case study video uses the PESTLE technique (Political Economical Social Technological Legal Environmental) to analyse the implications of the recent Flybe government bailout. 

How strong is your business mind? Can you read a news story and isolate the political, economic, sociological, technological, legal and environmental impact a piece of news will have?

Have a go at doing this with this week’s commercial news round-up.

It’s a doctors’ duty to put public safety at the forefront of their minds, protecting not only their own patients, but anyone who could reasonably be affected. However, outside of the hospital and medical practice, this duty becomes slightly cloudier.

Start to build your commercial awareness with this week’s news round-up – take a summary from below and think about how you could use it in an interview or application to demonstrate that you can think commercially.

With 31 December looming, Brexit negotiations ongoing and Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review, there’s lots of important news to take in this week. Catch-up below with LCN’s round-up.

With the decisive 2019 general election already feeling like a distant memory, the focus of business has turned away from crunch votes and frantic parliamentary wrangling over Brexit to the many other tricky decisions and geopolitical issues that Boris Johnson’s government must now carefully navigate. 

As many of you will have been completing online exams this week, this commercial news round-up aims to bring you recent updates from the legal and business world to facilitate your commercial awareness development.

It’s nearly Friday! Time to grab a cuppa and reflect on what’s been happening this week.

Why do private equity houses invest where they do?

Its nearly Friday! Who’s enjoying and basking in this lovely sunshine today? It’s been a while since we’ve been graced with such good weather, let’s milk it!