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FinTech By Tim Ryan What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing By Tim Ryan The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
ESG in Health and Social Care By Anna Hart Environmental, Social and Governance (”ESG”) considerations flow through almost every decision and activity undertaken across the health and social care landscape, and in many ways, everything about health and social care provision is ESG…
Housebuilder Tip of the Month: Environmental Outcomes Reports (EORs) By Mereaira Jones The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (“DLUHC”) has launched an ongoing technical consultation (closing 9 th June) on its proposal to replace the existing EU derived Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental…
Blockchain ¿Es la base de la transformación para el sector asegurador? By Héctor Rojas Rosario Uno de los mayores activos de una empresa, en especial para una compañía aseguradora es la información, su custodia y su adecuada gestión. Esta información permite, en principio, medir y administrar los riesgos que asume a través de los contratos o…
Five years of GDPR – standing the test of time? By Hans Allnutt On May 25 th 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, widely known as GDPR, fundamentally amended data protection regimes across Europe and influenced legislation worldwide. On its fifth anniversary and amid an ever-changing data protection…
The Renters (Reform) Bill By Gwyneth Barton Reform of the private residential rental market has been a hot topic for some time and the Government had made it clear that they are committed to reforming the residential rental market to offer protection for private residential tenants. Following…
Data transfers and enforcement: Irish Data Protection Commission issues Meta with suspension and cessation orders along with largest ever GDPR fine By Jade Kowalski On 22 nd May 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (" DPC ") published its long awaited decision in the Meta data transfers case, providing the next instalment in the privacy world's longest running battle. The decision has major…
Solicitors' Risks in Brief | May 2023 Regulatory Has the SRA confused or clarified its position on sanction in sexual misconduct cases? READ MORE In With the New: Changes to Legal Ombudsman Schemes Rules from 1 April 2023 READ MORE …
Law Society Guidance on The Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors By Simon Konsta On 19 April 2023, the Law Society issued guidance for its members to consider the way that they practise in the context of climate change. It is expressly noted that while the Solicitors Regulation Authority supports the guidance, it should not be…
Interim payments are far from straightforward in professional negligence claims By Ross Risby This judgment relates to an application for an interim payment under CPR r.25.7. The broader litigation involves an action brought by the Claimants (the Kings) against, their former legal representatives (DWF and counsel) over an alleged conspiracy…
Handling monies as stakeholder – the law under review By Phil Murrin It is commonplace in real estate transactions that monies are held by solicitors as stakeholders, pending the occurrence of a certain defined event. In many instances, the triggering event will be something that is clear, such that the stakeholder…