Matthew Kay
Director
Matthew Kay, director of Vario at Pinsent Masons (Matthew.Kay@pinsentmasons.com; www.pinsentmasonsvario.com)
Director
Matthew Kay, director of Vario at Pinsent Masons (Matthew.Kay@pinsentmasons.com; www.pinsentmasonsvario.com)
As engagement with the ESG agenda moves from a nice-to-have to a must-have, Matthew Kay & Mike Harvey consider the role of legal teams
Matthew Kay reflects on how freelance legal consulting has evolved & offers some tips on how to make a success of it
Matthew Kay investigates the pros & cons of training home-based workers
Matthew Kay examines the effects of e-presenteeism in the legal sector
Matthew Kay highlights the opportunities presented by the ‘new normal’ of the post-lockdown legal landscape
Top tips to manage your career from home: Matthew Kay outlines how lawyers can get comfortable with the UK’s new way of working
Law firms which subscribe to common misconceptions about the millennial generation are missing a trick, says Matthew Kay
Shred, store, or secure? Matthew Kay & Natasha Adom tackle the archiving conundrum
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC
Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice
Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark
Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant
Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf
Partner and associate join employment practice
NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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