In the years you have been practicing, how have you seen the international trade scene evolve? Free-trade agreements shape significantly the international trade landscape for the last couple decades. With the majority of countries involved in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, e.g. ASEAN Free Trade Area, NAFTA, EEA, APEC that are still functioning nowadays, tariffs […]
The food delivery app Deliveroo has successfully bucked the recent trend in the gig economy establishing workers' employment status, after winning a landmark decision against its own riders. However, Cécile de Lagarde, Assistant Solicitor at Hunters Solicitors, explains to Lawyer Monthly why she believes this is not the end of the matter. The Independent Workers […]
2018 has good and bad in store, from an industrial revolution to Brexit. Here Ian Kilpatrick, EVP (Executive Vice-President) Cyber Security for Nuvias Group, delves into the top 10 IT security predictions for the coming year. 1. Security blossoms in the boardroom Sadly, security breaches will continue to be a regular occurrence in 2018 and […]
The legal profession relies more than most on efficient knowledge sharing – that is, the exchange of information, skills, or expertise between people. However countless research studies have shown that many organisations of all types fail at the basics. Below Peter Veash, CEO at The BIO Agency, discusses with Lawyer Monthly a range of solutions on the horizon. For an industry – and corresponding business model – built on the ability to retrieve precedents and […]
On 6th December researchers from the University of Birmingham announced that they had found a security flaw that had 10 million banking app users at risk. The researchers have developed a tool to perform semi-automated security testing of mobile phone apps. After running the tool on a sample of 400 security critical apps, they were […]
In light of the recent crack down that universities are facing around their brand positioning and consequent marketing and advertising strategies, it begs the question - Is there really a direct correlation between university kudos and graduate salaries? It would seem so, with a report commissioned by the Sutton Trust revealing that, graduates from Oxford […]
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