What was once just a lawsuit in progress has now become a heated motoring rivalry, namely between Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla (also the CEO and CTO of SpaceX), and Jeremy Clarkson, a British broadcaster and journalist, star of Top Gear and The Grand Tour, renowned for his TV jargon. It all started following […]
GDPR hits compliance enforcement in May 2018. Below Michael Christensen, a member of (ISC)2’s GDPR Taskforce, lifts the lid on 5 unforeseen consequences of the legislation that businesses may be unaware of. Europe is less than a year away from implementing the biggest data-privacy law in history, yet there is an astonishing failure to understand […]
A ground-breaking report recently released by the Fawcett Society concludes that the UK legal system is failing women and needs fundamental reform. The report, which is the conclusion of the Fawcett Society’s Sex Discrimination Law Review (SDLR) Panel, also found that violence against women and girls is ‘endemic’ in the UK. The SDLR Panel was […]
Making the jump from newly qualified to actually practicing what you learned in law school isn’t an easy feat. Below Emma Jones, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at the Open University, shares her thoughts on the key differences between studying the law, to applying it in an actual legal role. […]
Firms should get expert help to make the apprenticeship levy work for them, says a training specialist. Chris Wood, CEO of Develop Training Ltd (DTL), was commenting as a government inquiry prepares to hear views about the levy introduced in April last year. Many of those views are likely to be critical with some businesses […]
Hard international law is needed to protect lawyers who have been subject to threats and attacks, often carried out by state agencies and individuals, including assault, harassment, imprisonment, surveillance, enforced disappearance, and even murder, the Bar Council has said. The call comes ahead of a crucial vote in Strasbourg tomorrow where UK members of the […]
Below Michael Gallucci, managing director of construction consultancy MPG, advises firms affected by the collapse of Carillion how to respond. When contracting on construction projects, it’s imperative to have appropriate written agreements and programmes in place. Often, contracts give both parties the right to terminate if one or either becomes insolvent. That means you can […]
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