Author Archives: Claire Tourret

Renegotiating ex-spousal maintenance support amid cost of living crisis

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Up. Up. Up. Utility bills, mortgages and tax. Everything up. Everything except many people’s net incomes, which, if they are rising, are certainly not keeping pace with runaway headline inflation rates. This presents a very specific problem for those who …

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Employees to be able to request flexible working from day one

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Claire Tourret

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) has recently published the Government’s response to its flexible working consultation. The response confirms that employees will gain the right to request flexible working from the first day of their employment. …

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B Corp Certification: How to demonstrate your company’s ESG credentials

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Claire Tourret

In recent years, demonstrating a commitment to Environmental and Social Governance (“ESG”) has become central to the ability of companies to maintain customer engagement and potentially attract investment. However, due to the lack of consensus regarding ESG, many companies have …

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If redundancy looms, do it right

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Claire Tourret

With the UK economy now officially in recession, one the Bank of England predicts to be the deepest for more than 100 years, redundancies in the real estate sector are expected in the coming months. To avoid falling into the …

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Crypto exchanges ordered to help trace stolen assets

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Claire Tourret

The claimant company lost over $10m in cryptoassets to hackers who had obtained access to its systems. Although an expert was able to trace the stolen crypto (using proprietary software and public records) to various wallet addresses, the identities of …

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Bathgate v. Technip: Case law update

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Background The Claimant was employed by Technip Singapore PTE Limited (the Respondent) as a Chief Officer for some 20 years before agreeing to take voluntary redundancy and enter into a settlement agreement. The settlement agreement waived the Claimant’s rights to …

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World Aids Day 2022

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Claire Tourret

World Aids Day is marked across the globe each year on 1st December. The day is an opportunity to honour those lost to Aids-related illness, and to work to challenge and eliminate HIV stigma and discrimination. Wearing a red ribbon …

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The popularity of funds (Part 1)

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Senior Associate Aidan Grant is joined by Billy Matthews of Brown Advisory to discuss US/UK investment management and in particular some of the opportunities and pitfalls in investing in funds and other collective investments. Run time: 22 minutes

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Landmark child benefit case reaches Court of Appeal

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Wednesday 23 November 2022, London: The Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Newey, Baker, and Arnold) will today hear HMRC’s appeal in the leading HICBC case (HMRC -v- Wilkes). The outcome of this important case again puts the controversial High Income …

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The collapse of FTX – A regulatory and claims perspective

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Claire Tourret

Cryptoassets are traded on a global basis. Indeed, the markets are even more global and constant than markets in more conventional financial instruments, rivalled only perhaps by the FX markets in their reach. The FTX collapse is the largest in …

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