Hester Jewitt
Senior associate
Hester Jewitt, senior associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Senior associate
Hester Jewitt, senior associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Uber drivers have been ruled to be “workers” not self-employed contractors: Hester Jewitt reports
Hester Jewitt considers the impact of the election on employment law
Hester Jewitt examines government plans to crack down on the abuse of zero hours contracts
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson
Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council
Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill
Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge
Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin
Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire
NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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