The Times (May 10, 2018): To their fans, love contracts are a benign method of monitoring and avoiding conflicts of interest,…
‘Gagging orders’ draw veil over Sorrell’s sorry exit from WPP
The Times (April 17, 2018) When Sir Martin Sorrell, the best-paid chief executive of any UK public company, quit WPP, the…
Deutsche Bank faces a €7m bill for removing John Cryan as chief executive less than three years into his five-year term
Published in the Financial Times on 10 April 2018 Germany’s biggest lender dramatically ousted the Briton over the weekend, with…
Gender pay gap reporting: a Wombat?
Published in The Times The Brief on 5 April 2018 The deadline for gender pay gap reporting closed yesterday, but…
Everyone’s talking about disclosure
Published by Practico – March 2018 Since the Master of the Rolls announced the consultation in relation to the new…
NDA ban in sex pest cases may do more harm than good
Published in The Times The Brief on 16 March 2018 Outlawing non-disclosure agreements might deter victims from coming forward for…
A lost generation: Why firms are failing their older lawyers
Article published in The Lawyer on 5 March 2018 Despite the abolition of a mandatory retirement age, many UK firms’…
System Overload
Published in The Law Society Gazette Solicitors face another shake-up in the way they are regulated. The Solicitors Regulation Authority…
Who should take the rap for Carillion collapse?
Article published in The Times, 25 January 2018 The collapse of the construction group Carillion is a tragedy — but…
Disclosure under scrutiny as reform looms large
Article published in CDR, 31 January 2018 The disclosure of evidence in England and Wales is increasingly seen as problematic,…