Legal Thinking

In this week's episode, Ed spoke to Phil Beaven and Monica Smith of the Vision Foundation about the charity's project to deliver a fully accessible store for the visually-impaired. We also had our own Peter Foskett as a guest to explain some of the things retailers - and landlords - may need to consider when trying to make a store more accessible. For more information on the Vision Foundation, vis...

This week we spoke with Julie Kaya, Equality Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Diamond Light Source, and Employment specialist Kate Benefer about why and how employers should make their workplace more accessible to those with disabilities. We also discussed accessible employment in our recent Team Around the Client Magazine, which you can find at: https://www.roydswithyking.com/tac6

In light of our latest Team Around the Client Magazine, which focuses on accessibility in London amongst other things, we've invited disability travel blogger Tash Hook on to speak to Solicitor Abigail Ringer about her experience of accessible travel and activities in our nation's capital.  Make sure to read Tash's travel blog at: https://tashsaccessibletravels.co.uk/ And you can also access...

In the first episode of 'Legal Thinking', 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 | Simon MacMichael of the cycli...

Announcing the new face of our podcast, and a new voice to go with it! Ed Wootton is now joined by new co-host Liam Pape for 'Legal Thinking': a series of interviews with industry experts, lawyers and leaders about the most important issues facing individuals and businesses today - and their legal implications.

Joanna Toloczko and Jayne Martins from our Family team are joined by Claire Black, a specialist Divorce & Break up Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, and author of 'Break-up: from Crisis to Confidence', to explain why mediation is important for families going through separation or divorce. If you'd like to find out more about Claire and her expertise, please visit: www.claireblackcoaching.com Or,...

We spoke to Claire Sibley from Active Life Coaching, who specialises in helping people through their divorce journey, and Joanna Toloczko from our Family team, about the public's perception of divorce lawyers, the divorce process, and what the reality of separation really is. Find out more about our divorce team at: roydswithyking.com/family

What's in store for the high streets of the future? We asked experts in the field of retail to take a look into what's working now, and what might give us an indication for where we're going. Make sure to read our Retail Reboot report for more insight into the revitalisation of our high streets: roydswithyking.com/retailreboot Thanks to our guests: • Graham Soult, Retail consultant, CannyInsights....

Following the release of our Retail Reboot report in October - https://www.roydswithyking.com/retailreboot - we are joined by experts in retail to talk about how retailers can get creative on the high street in the future, and how they might already be doing it. Thanks to our guests: • Mark Pilkington, Author, "Retail Recovery: How Creative Retailers Are Winning in their Post-Apocalyptic World" •...

We're joined again by Carl Selby and Charlotte Ebbutt as they continue their Ad Tech explainers - this time looking at the impact of the 'Cookiepocalypse'. Don't worry, it's not a baked-goods shortage, but it could have a serious impact upon the way internet advertising works... Make sure to also read all about the changing Ad Tech landscape in the latest edition of our Ahead of the Curve magazine...

We're joined on the podcast by Carl Selby and Charlotte Ebbutt, both legal experts in the Technology sector, to talk about how Apple's recent changes to the way tracking works on their devices could impact upon digital advertising, and how advertisers can stay ahead. Find out more in the latest edition of our Ahead of the Curve Magazine: https://www.roydswithyking.com/shorthand_story/why-adtech-ne...

June is Sands Awareness Month, an awareness month led by the stillbirth charity, that this year wants to help bereaved families find the right support. Following her team's #WhatAboutMum campaign, which highlighted the gaps in support for women in and around maternity, Hannah Blackwell from our maternal injury team talks about what people need to know about stillbirth support.  Find out more...

People who experienced a spinal cord injury during the past 18 months have not only had to try and adapt to their injury during a hugely challenging time for everyone, but often have found that they cannot access the rehabilitation they need to learn to live with their SCI. We spoke to two representatives from the Spinal Injuries Association, Carol Barraclough and Chris Etches, about their profess...

On this episode we're joined by Tim Gofton, a Senior Associate in our Employment team, to talk about the issues that employers may face around COVID-19 vaccines. If you want to find out more about how we can help with employment advice, please visit our website: https://www.roydswithyking.com/solicitors-for-business/employment-law/

Specialist solicitors Joachim Stanley and Divya Anand from our Clinical Negligence team are joined by Dr Colin Doig, a consultant and expert in a range of cardiological conditions. In this episode, they speak about the impact of the pandemic on care, what you need to know about aortic stenosis, as well as treatments for the condition and when negligence may occur in connection with it.

COVID-19 has meant a lot of change to our daily lives, and agri-business has not been immune to this. As society adapts to the 'new normal', how can landowners take advantage of our new ways of living through diversification, and what might they need to consider as they do so? In this podcast, produced in partnership with Bidwells and James Cowper Kreston, we follow up on a recent webinar with gue...

Katrina Hart, Commonwealth Gold Medallist and Paralympian, spoke to our podcast about how she balances work and training as a sprinter as well as how she manages this with cerebral palsy. We also spoke with Abigail Ringer, a birth injury specialist from our medical negligence team, about the options available to people who are living with cerebral palsy and any disability who want to get more acti...

Rod Smith and Amish Patel, both specialists in tax planning in our Private Client team, discuss the real-world implications of Rishi Sunak's latest Budget. Find out more about how we can help you with tax planning on our website: roydswithyking.com/tax

David Lane from our Real Estate team recently spoke with Tom De Wilton from Oxwash, a growing eco-friendly laundry and dry cleaning business, about how they got started, where they're going, how they've had to adapt with COVID, and more. Find out more about Oxwash: www.oxwash.com Find out more about our Real Estate team here.

Ed and Steve speak to two people who are living with injury, James Martin and Nick Gibbs, about their experiences with mental health including how they have found the experience of the coronavirus pandemic.  Ed also speaks with Nicola Cale, who works closely with brain injured individuals, about how support workers can spot the signs of mental health issues and seek help with them too. Find o...

Retailers have had a tough year, and with a national lockdown falling on what is usually the busiest shopping day of the year, we ask: is this a watershed moment for digital retail?  Host Ed Wootton spoke this week to Vicky Hernandez from Royds Withy King's expert Retail team about what she expects from this year's Black Friday. They looked at how things have changed already, how retailers ma...

This time Ed and Steve spoke with experts from inside and outside the firm on the topic of pressure sores, for the SIA's #stopthepressure day. First speaking with Annabelle Lofthouse and Catrina May of Breakthrough Case Management, they discovered more about how pressure sores can happen and be avoided. Then, from within the firm, they spoke to Simon Elliman and Stuart Brazington from our Clinical...

In this bonus episode of our podcast, and the first in a series on Property Disputes, we bring together experts to discuss a specific part of the law. Jasmine Mahboobani, a solicitor in our Property Disputes team, and Elizabeth Dwomoh, a barrister from Lamb Chambers, discuss lease renewals. Specifically: section 26 requests and the Grounds of Opposition under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.&nbsp...

Hosts Steve Wake and Ed Wootton explore the impact of memory loss after brain injury in the podcast this week, to help raise awareness as part of Headway UK's Action for Brain Injury Week, as well as other problems that those with a brain injury might face and how Headway branches across the UK are helping. Steve and Ed are joined by: - Barrie Stradling -- Volunteer at Headway East London who suff...

We share a replay of a recent webinar where experts in retail rent negotiations Bharat Nahar and Vicky Hernandez explained everything you might need to know - whether you're a landlord or a retailer - about turnover-based rent agreements. Find out more about Bharat and Vicky on our website: https://www.roydswithyking.com/our-people/bharat-nahar/ https://www.roydswithyking.com/our-people/vicky-hern...