An emergency budget is likely in September due to the forthcoming change in leadership of the Conservative Party and therefore the country. In-house lawyers should also take note of recent developments in relation to climate change, digital assets and employment law.
Episode 13 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available.
This month the Practical Law Construction team discusses several developments related to building safety including provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 that are already in force, new consultations and secondary legislation, and the new PAS competence standards for the Principal Designer role, the Principal Contractor role and the requirements for managing safety in residential buildings.
They also consider Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 1813 (TCC), the first judgment following a full trial of issues relating to building safety following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 and Orchard Plaza Management Company Ltd v Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd [2022] EWHC 1490 (TCC), which concerned remoteness of loss under a collateral warranty, and two adjudication enforcement judgments, FTH Ltd v Varis Developments Ltd [2022] EWHC 1385 (TCC) and The Metropolitan Borough Council of Sefton v Allenbuild Ltd [2022] EWHC 1443 (TCC).
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently held its annual Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference (DPPC) 2022 online. Here are some key takeaways:
In his opening speech, Mr John Edwards, the Information Commissioner, spoke about his plans for the ICO as an empowering regulator and emphasised why data protection practitioners “have never been more important”. Continue reading
The Information Commissioner, Mr John Edwards, recently launched the ICO’s plan for the next three years, the “ICO25”.
It sets out why the ICO’s work is important, what it wants to be known for and how it intends to achieve this by 2025. Practical Law’s detailed legal update on the ICO25 is available here. Continue reading
Episode 99 of the Hearing is now available.
Yasmin is doing the heavy lifting for this latest episode: interviewing The Weightlifting Lawyer, Troy Atkin, a trainee solicitor at Biscoes in Portsmouth. The pair talk about Troy’s social media brand, his first career in hospitality and the incident that led him to the law. Troy’s route to success is a testament to a profession that increasingly values other industry experience in its lawyers. Troy says his hospitality background is what fuels his unmistakable passion for client care.
Troy explains how he juggles a busy caseload with his training as a power lifter. He also shares his tips around mental health resilience and how he deals with any setbacks or lows. The pair also discuss ways that law firms can support those earlier in their careers, by providing an open forum and having managers that firmly steer juniors towards a healthy work/life balance.
Over the summer, in-house lawyers should keep abreast of developments across a range of areas, including climate change, data protection, sanctions, employment discrimination and artificial intelligence.
Please join us on 28 September 2022 (2.00pm – 3.15pm) for a webinar hosted by The Centre for Legal Leadership (CLL) on designing and delivering a valued legal service to your organisation.
Many in-house legal functions grow organically in response to the most pressing demands at the time. Yet this can result in a mismatch between where legal resources are focused and those areas where legal input is most needed. This webinar will explore how you can design and deliver a legal service that is effective and valued. It will also consider important issues relating to purpose, strategy and planning, operational management, value, recruitment and training, and diversity.
The discussion will be led by our speakers, Elizabeth O’Neill, General Counsel and Company Secretary at the British Business Bank, and Alan Evans, General Counsel at HMRC.
Episode 12 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available.
This month the Practical Law Construction team discuss the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 823, and are joined by Barry Hembling, partner at Watson Farley and Williams, who has represented Abbey Healthcare throughout the litigation. In addition to explaining what the Court of Appeal decided, the team asks:
Episode 98 of the Hearing is now available.
This episode is a panel discussion where Becky and three guests – Dr. Larry Richard (Founder & Principal Consultant, LawyerBrain), Ann Rainhart (Chief Strategy Officer, Taft) and Michael Callier (Vice President & Global Head of Consulting, Factor) – examine the meaning of trust and how it relates to the perception of lawyers in their work.
As a lawyer, you rely heavily on interpersonal trust, but you also need to be sceptical. And is this scepticism – an essential lawyering skill – hindering your professional relationships?
Together the group delve into the complex layers of these opposing necessities of trust and scepticism. They discuss the personality traits that can help lawyers succeed on behalf of their clients without compromising integrity, and they reveal a need for vulnerability that may surprise you.
The purpose of our legal and compliance function is to enable Nestlé’s business strategy and protect its people, assets and reputation. One important aspect of this work is tracking and monitoring emerging regulatory and legislative developments.
We are the largest food and beverage company in the world, operating in over 185 countries, and it’s a challenge to keep track of new legislation. New laws and regulations are proposed or adopted at an ever-increasing pace on everything from data privacy to packaging to disclosure. For example, in 2021 almost 150 new laws on plastic packaging and its end-of-life were enacted or introduced.