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Exploring Belief Discrimination and Freedom of Speech in the Workplace

The ‘cancel culture’ in recent years has been rife. Authors, journalists, university lecturers, even barristers, have all been unceremoniously bundled out of their jobs and cancelled for expressing unpopular or controversial beliefs. In circumstances in which such beliefs are expressed by individuals connected to a workplace, employers may seek to distance themselves from such matters, […]

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Implications of the NSIA 2021

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) came into force on 4 January 2022 and established a stand-alone statutory regime for government scrutiny of, and intervention in, acquisitions and investments for the purposes of protecting national security in the UK. This has substantial implications for the UK M&A landscape and has a wide-ranging impact

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Know Your Client! – The problems of failing to identify exactly who you act for

The recent brokers’ negligence case George on High Ltd v Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers Ltd (High Court, 2023) is a cautionary tale why brokers must always properly consider who ‘the insured’ is and convey that accurately to insurers. The case involved a dispute about an insurance policy taken out for The George, a 16th-century hotel

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