24 April 2020
COVID-19 and contact tracing apps: A test of public confidence in data privacy?
Dominic Raab announced last week that the current UK lockdown would last for at least another three weeks. These restrictions are unlikely to be relaxed until a large scale plan is in place to track and restrict the spread of the virus. Part of this plan will involve the use of the NHS “contact tracing” app, which we have been told is in an advanced stage of development.
24 April 2020
World’s biggest finance firms consider shrinking offices due to coronavirus crisis - Adrian Crawford quoted in Financial News
The pandemic has forced City companies to change their working practices, some changes could stick Adrian Crawford, a partner in the employment practice at Kingsley Napley, which works with investment banks and hedge funds, said that employees were likely to force the agenda.
23 April 2020
Unprecedented times – but unprecedented enough to launch a Barder application?
In the first of our blogs in this series about Barder events and variation, we explained about the case of Barder and how, if you believe you may have suffered a “Barder” event, you might be able to ask the Court to re-open your case. In this blog, we set out some examples of cases where the English courts have both allowed and refused Barder applications, although it is right to say that the overall number of successful Barder applications can be counted on one hand only and are extremely rare.
23 April 2020
Will COVID-19 prompt changes to Will legislation?
With an increase in the number of client wanting to write new, or update existing, Wills or Lasting Powers of Attorney while either self-isolating or remaining within the government's social distancing guidelines, Diva Shah discusses the possible changes to the Wills legislation.
23 April 2020
COVID-19: Abrupt border closures raise legal issues for expatriates and travellers - Nicolas Rollason quoted in IBA Article
Nicolas Rollason, partner and head of our immigration team, is quoted in IBA on what issues abrupt border closures due to Coronavirus have raised for expatriates and travellers.
