Databarracks: Supplier Continuity Toolkit to help you audit and assess your supply chain

Suddenly, we’ve become acutely aware of the importance of the supply-chain. Brexit and the pandemic have highlighted just how dependent we are on our suppliers to deliver our goods and services.

Thomson Reuters: Beyond Brexit – navigating a new beginning

After four-and-a-half years of legal and political wrangling, fraught negotiations and business uncertainty, the United Kingdom (UK) reached agreement with the European Union (EU) on their future relationship.

GDPR and Brexit: Do UK law firms still need to comply?

On 1st January 2021, the Brexit transition period ended. For UK-registered businesses and law firms, this means that they are no longer bound to EU laws – including the EU GDPR.

Thomson Reuters: Salami slices, chlorine-washed chicken and the Trump factor—the Brexit trade deal—part one

Brexit is now real. On the 31st of January, the United Kingdom (UK) formally left the European Union (EU). The next phase is an 11-month transitional period to negotiate a new relationship with the EU—a trade deal—in particular. Meanwhile, in the United States (US), President Trump has said he wants a US-UK trade agreement implemented by […]

Future-proofing the law firm

Various trends are impacting law firms in 2019 and there is one common theme – technology. PWC’s Law Firms’ Survey 2018 reported that “100% of Top 10 and 40% of Top 11–25 firms view technology as the key challenge facing the legal sector over the next 2 years.” Cybersecurity and data protection The PWC Information Security Breaches […]

Brexit – are you ready?

As the UK heads towards Brexit, Tim Jackson urges directors and officers of all UK businesses to act now to ensure they do not fall foul of changing rules and regulations. Brexit has dominated politics, the media and many a dinner party conversation over the last 18 months. It has been almost impossible to avoid. […]

Briefing February 2018: Ideas people

Ideas people  Everyone in legal is wrapping themselves up in innovation, but do they really feel the benefit?   Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue?    The big idea: We ask law firms and others about the business of managing innovation, including Mishcon de Reya, Dentons, Deloitte AG, Addleshaw Goddard and Judge […]

Briefing infographic: The Brexit barometer

The Brexit barometer was originally featured in the December issue of Briefing, download the full issue here.                    See the full Brexit barometer infographic       

Industry analysis from Thomson Reuters: Heads up on Brexit

This aritcle was also featured as an industry analysis in the December 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  The results were a true mixed bag. Common wisdom told us that demand for legal services would decline in the run-up to the Brexit vote – and the anecdotal evidence also largely supported that conclusion, both internationally and […]