Legal Thinking

For Baby Loss Awareness Week we're replaying an episode from April on a difficult topic: bereavement. More specifically, bereavement that could have been prevented. Our guests on the podcast were Ali Cloak and Dr Nikki de Taranto, who discuss what happens when a family wants to find answers after a bereavement, and how this can affect their mental health.

This week we've got a quick preview of our Injury Division's latest campaign - Untold Stories. Ed explains how the campaign aims to raise awareness of the hidden issues relating to brain injury and where you can find the Untold Stories Hub!  If you want to access it right away, just visit: https://rwkgoodman.com/untoldstories

This week we speak to leading thinkers in social care innovation, to find out why social care is ripe for innovation and what might be holding it back.   Thanks to our guests: Sophie Chester-Glyn, Director at CoProduce Care CIC David Collins, Data and Integrations Product Manager, Person Centred Software Mei-Ling Huang, Partner in Health & Social Care, RWK Goodman   Make sure to chec...

This week we're joined by a range of experts in the Oxfordshire residential property market to discuss what those looking to buy or sell in the area might need to know. Tune in to hear from:  John Gebbels (Founder & MD of OXON Property Search ),  Stuart Bradney (Director, Deal Origination at Carbon Funding Consultants ),  Simon McConnell (Partner at Carter Jonas )  Gurpreet...

This week, we heard from Dr Rebecca Moore of Make Birth Better - an organisation dedicated to addressing and improving care for birth trauma - as well as our own Sophie Angwin-Thornes who specialises in legal cases involving maternal injury. Find out more about birth trauma, including when and how it can happen, as well as what is being done to address it, by listening now! Find out more about Mak...

In a replay of the first episode of 'Legal Thinking' from February, Ed and Liam are joined by three guests who are well-versed in the rules of the road to discuss what has changed with this January's update to the Highway Code, how it has been communicated, and ultimately how this might affect road safety. Our guests on this episode are Alan Hiscox - Director of Safety, British Horse Society | Sim...

This week, Ed is joined by Sophie Feeney - a member of RWK Goodman's Personal Injury team - to answer some quick questions about e-scooters; are they legal? Are riders considered 'vulnerable' under the law? How does the Highway Code account for them? If you want to find out more about our Injury team, visit our website: rwkgoodman.com/injury 

Ed and Liam round up some recent stories from our Info Hub and beyond, and welcome a special guest to fill them in on an exciting fundraising challenge that will be happening this September! Read more on our Info Hub: www.rwkgoodman.com/info-hub Articles mentioned: www.rwkgoodman.com/info-hub/mud-slinging-unwelcome-in-the-family-court www.rwkgoodman.com/info-hub/dhsc-clarifies-mandatory-data-to-be...

This week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week and Hannah Blackwell, Senior Associate and specialist in cases involving maternal injury, talks to us about care for mums following traumatic births just over one year on from her team's #WhatAboutMum report which was released last May. Read the report here and find out more about the team: https://rwkgoodman.com/whataboutmum

Following a webinar the team held on the topic of GDPR, and given the potential changes to the regulations on the horizon, we spoke to experts in tech law Carl Selby and Kate Benefer - both Partners at RWK Goodman. In this episode you'll hear about what a recent consultation might mean for GDPR, and in turn businesses and individuals, as well as the first steps all businesses should be taking to e...

When two people decide to separate, what might they need to consider about their divorce as they embark on the journey towards their new life? This week, Ed and Liam welcome Jayne Martins, Partner in our Family team, alongside Claire Black, Divorce Coach, and Naomi Keith, Associate Partner and Financial Planner at Aspire to talk through keeping emotions in check, amicable divorces, and financial i...

This week Liam talks to Anna Casey-Woodward and Amy Light from our firm about how you can be an ally (or a better ally) to the LGBTQ+ community following Pride month, as well as people from other communities or backgrounds who might need support. They give some examples from RWK Goodman, but also guidance on what it means to be an ally, checking your privilege, and understanding power dynamics.

This week, Liam has been speaking with Olivia Moorey of Coreus Group and Elizabeth Painter from our Construction & Engineering team about the labour shortages affecting the construction industry right now, and how it can be addressed by best practice groups and other initiatives. Find out more about Coreus Group on their website here: www.coreusgroup.com And to find out more about our Construc...

This week, Ed and Liam review some of the stories that the lawyers from across our firm have been writing about, from sex discrimination cases in the news to BBC legal dramas. Find out more on our Info Hub: https://www.rwkgoodman.com/info-hub/ Read our latest Team Around the Client Magazine at: https://www.rwkgoodman.com/info-hub/shorthand_story/tac-edition-7/ And our Social Care Report can be fou...

This week we're talking about crisis management in Social Care, following on from our report into how the sector is emerging from the storm of crises it has experienced - and continues to experience - over the last few years. Joining Ed and Liam this week to discuss this topic were Charlie Jones, Care and Clinical Director at BKR Consultancy, Nathan Hollow, Associate Director and Head of Health &a...

In this week's podcast Ed and Liam speak with Holli Rubin, a psychotherapist and counsellor at The Soke, and our own Catherine Hawkes, an Associate in our Employment team, about the need for more recognition of the effects of menopause on women and why it's a good thing for everyone that these issues are addressed. Find out more about The Soke at: www.thesoke.uk

This week, the podcast welcomes former jockey George Baker to talk about the brain injury he experienced in 2017, how his life has changed as a result, and the support he's received from his family and the horse-racing community too. Partner Richard Brooks also joins the podcast, to give his insight as an expert in Racing & Bloodstock as well as serious injury claims involving horses.  Fi...

This week, Liam speaks to the Managing Partner of RWK Goodman Graham Street as well as Partner Ed Hoare - formerly the Senior Partner at Goodman Derrick - about the merger of Royds Withy King and Goodman Derrick. Following from our EVP conversation recently, we find out why a cultural fit was so important to both firms, and what the wider market is like for law firms looking to merge right now. To...

In this episode, Ed and Liam look at EVP - or, Employee Value Proposition - with experts in employer branding and HR.  The podcast welcomed this week: Oscar Sadler of Wiser Amanda Dow, Director of HR at RWK Goodman Richard White, Partner in Employment at RWK Goodman If you want to find out more about Changing Dimensions, take a look at our report here: https://www.rwkgoodman.com/info-hub/shor...

This week Ed and Liam talk to Jayne Martins from the Royds Withy King Family team about the new law enabling 'no-fault' divorce proceedings. She explains everything you need to know about how this affects families, including key issues like finances and arrangements for children. Make sure to read Jayne's recent response to an Financial Times reader question on no-fault divorce, mentioned in the p...

This week we cover a difficult topic: bereavement. More specifically, bereavement that could have been prevented. Our guests this week, Ali Cloak and Dr Nikki de Taranto discuss what happens when a family wants to find answers after a bereavement, and how this can affect their mental health.

After some upsetting news, Liam interviews a couple of our tech and employment law experts Carl Selby and Kate Benefer about a recent case to ask whether AI has a place in the processes of hiring and firing people to and from your business. If you want to find out more about the future of work, make sure to read our Changing Dimensions report: https://www.roydswithyking.com/info-hub/shorthand_stor...

After a short break, Ed and Liam are joined this week by Prof. Sir Cary Cooper CBE and Partner and Head of Employment & HR Malcolm Gregory, to discuss how small and medium sized businesses can and should approach wellbeing in the workplace. Find out more about the Workforce: Changing Dimensions report here: https://www.roydswithyking.com/changing-dimensions/

The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill, is expected to come into effect on 25 March 2022. The Bill introduces a binding arbitration process to settle certain commercial rent debts, so this week we have Paula Green and Ian McEwan from our Property Disputes team explaining to Ed and Liam all anyone needs to know about the Bill and what it means. Find out more about our Property Disputes services her...

This week we spoke to Jack Wrangham, Director of Drone Ag, and our very own Tech specialist Carl Selby about how tech - and of course, drones - could help British farmers in the future. What can technology do? What are the challenges? Listen and find out! You can find out more about Drone Ag here: https://droneag.farm/ Or read about them in our Ahead of the Curve Magazine here: https://www.roydswi...