Back in November 2019, the Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published an updated report discussing the role of arbitration in resolving disputes relating to climate change. This is an increasingly pressing issue in the modern age, particularly with the Met Office reporting markedly higher average temperatures in the […]
Why the change in terms? Well, it's all about becoming fairer and easier to understand too. And the change comes after a review by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), which later encouraged companies to make changes to terms that were possibly harmful to consumers. It turns out that Klarna, Laybuy, Openpay, and Clearpay must: No […]
On April 6, the need for divorcing couples to place blame on one of themselves will end as no-fault divorce comes into effect for England and Wales after years of campaigning by family lawyers. They argue that the removal of blame from the divorce process will help more people to rebuild their lives and protect […]
The thinking around cloud computing has matured significantly with regard to cost. There was a time when ‘cost savings’ might have been the carrot to dangle in front of senior partners to incentivise a move to the cloud – but today, the real challenge for law firms is ‘cost predictability’. If a CIO is trying […]
President Biden has denounced Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. Whether he is guilty of war crimes would be for a court to determine, but on the evidence so far, there is a very strong case for Putin to answer. The shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol and a bread factory outside Kiev are […]
We all know that the legal sector has seen some seismic shifts since the introduction of the Legal Services Act 2007 which set out eight regulatory objectives, all aimed at protecting both the consumer of legal services and the rule of law in England and Wales. Since then, the regulators of the more traditional arms […]
The world in 2022 looks very different than it did even five years ago. Shifts in economic, consumer, and working practices were already underway; Covid-19 has accelerated these changes at a pace once unimaginable. Central to many of these developments in how we work, live and shop is digital innovation, which brings with it new […]
Let’s consider an interesting potential legal case that might be arising sooner than you think. A prosecutor announces the filing of charges against a well-known figure. This riles up ardent fans of the popular person. Some of those fans are adamant that their perceived hero can do no wrong and that any effort to prosecute […]
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