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Evolving societal expectations of business and post-pandemic employee requirements are among four emerging risk trends for legal and compliance over the next two years, according to Gartner Legal and Compliance

High-spirited but ticketless football fans stormed the stadium for this year’s Euro 2020 Final (delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic)―a moment of national embarrassment! Why did it happen, and what protection did the stewards have?

David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie discuss the breadth of the liability net for claims regarding safeguarding & duty of care in sport

There may be trouble ahead, not least with IT security, business uncertainty, the pandemic and Brexit

Risk & compliance: Frank Maher provides expert analysis on the challenges ahead

More than half of legal and compliance leaders are concerned about cybersecurity risks emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by global IT specialists Gartner

Frank Maher shares some predictions for law firm risk

Financial crime dubbed ‘pernicious, pervasive & present’

Will Brexit bring new growth to the Irish legal sector , asks Tina Shah

Cyber-based crime has different motivators, different methodologies, and different targets, but most cyber criminals are financially motivated fraudsters who use the Internet to access data and facilitate their main objective: to make a profit.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

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NLJ this week: Burnout behind the billable hour

Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice

NLJ this week: Domestic abuse reforms still falling short

Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes

NLJ this week: Uber’s legal shield faces scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic

Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales

NLJ this week: Hereditary peers era finally comes to an end

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber

NLJ this week: Is it finally time to scrap Part III?

The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes

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Risk management

MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth