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Yearly Archives: 2022
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way (Part 2)
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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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