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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
5 August 2024
Increasing director accountability: The new Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill
Earlier this month, King Charles III opened the first session of the new parliament by outlining the Labour government’s priorities. Among these was the much-anticipated draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill. It has been six years since Sir John Kingman delivered his independent review of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), and the call for robust audit reform has remained strong.
1 August 2024
Transparency series part six: The processing of personal data during insolvency
Our series focused on privacy and transparency considers issues encountered by practitioners across a range of different dispute resolution specialities. This article provides a reminder for Insolvency Practitioners about their obligations when processing personal data.
26 July 2024
Dear Sir Keir…
Mary Young was recently published in the New Law Journal where she sets out a lawyer’s wish list for the new prime minister & the Labour government.
25 July 2024
Privacy series part five: Ways to protect your witness
In general, most civil proceedings are conducted in public and the public can access certain documents filed at court and referred to in public hearings. One of the issues that may arise when preparing trial witness statements is balancing the need to provide the court (and opponent) with factual witness evidence to support your client’s case, and ensuring that witnesses are offered sufficient protections where necessary.
18 July 2024
Privacy series part four: Protecting confidential information - An overview of injunctions
The unauthorised dissemination, or misuse, of confidential information can be considered a serious threat to the future health and viability of a company, and can cause serious distress to individuals. As such, we are often approached by potential clients whose first instinct is, invariably, to ask us to go to court to obtain an injunction to protect their confidential information. However, obtaining an injunction in these types of cases is seldom as straightforward as many assume.
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