Yearly Archives: 2022

Where there’s a Will, there’s a way (Part 2)

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Senior Associate Aidan Grant and Partner Chris McLemore from McLemore Konschnik LLP return to continue their discussion on UK/US will planning. Run time: 35 minutes

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Contractor held liable for cladding defects in the first fire safety claim concerning external wall insulation since the Grenfell tragedy

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Claire Tourret

In this case, the claimant housing association (Martlet) and owner of five 1960s residential tower blocks in Gosport, had in 2005, engaged the defendant contractor (Mulalley) to install external wall insulation (EWI) in the form of rendered cladding on the …

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Hybrid Working and the Risk of Discrimination

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Hybrid working could give rise to a “proximity bias”; the idea being that those who tend to come into the workplace are treated more favourably than those who typically work from home. The Legal Background The risk of indirect discrimination …

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What will energy blackouts mean for employers

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Claire Tourret

From an employment perspective, there remains a duty to ensure the health and safety of workers and to maintain a comfortable working environment. Employers may need to have contingency plans in the event of power blackouts. It could mean many …

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Monitoring staff – employers should not expect to see staff chained to their desks all day

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Claire Tourret

It reports that over half of bosses agree that at least one form of monitoring for home workers is acceptable to identify burnout. Bosses (CEOs, partners, owners) were found to be more likely in favour of monitoring compared to senior …

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Directors’ duties – An introduction

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Claire Tourret

In this podcast Nichola Leach, a Senior Associate from our Commercial disputes team and Helen Ingram, an Associate from our Commercial services team, discuss the statutory duties owed by directors of private companies. Topics covered include: What duties directors are …

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IR35 – Full Circle…for now…

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Claire Tourret

As part of the “mini-budget” set out by then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month, changes to the IR35 tax rules which were introduced to the public sector in 2017 and to the private sector in 2021 were due to be …

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Banks show slow progress on gender diversity

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Claire Tourret

In banking and financial services, there has been a particular focus on the diversity of senior personnel and the management board’s composition, with initiatives to remove or at least reduce the barriers to entry and promotion. To date, most government-led …

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Only time will tell if Damien Hirst’s art burning NFT stunt will pay off

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Claire Tourret

At the time of sale buyers were given the choice of buying the original physical painting or the NFT. Whilst many buyers chose the original physical works many chose the NFT, perhaps in the belief that the value would appreciate …

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Private equity’s embrace of ESG

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Valentina Falicheva analyses why private equity houses are increasingly considering ESG factors when making investment decisions and writes about the latest trends in the climate tech investments in a recent article with Environmental Finance. She also considers the importance of …

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