Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions

Emma Macintyre, Partner in the Property Litigation team was joined by Associate Isabel Lich and David Boyne, a telecoms surveyor from David R Boyne Property Solutions, for the first of two podcasts relating to the Electronic Communications Code. 

Emma Macintyre, Partner in the Property Litigation team was joined by Associate Isabel Lich and David Boyne, a telecoms surveyor from David R Boyne Property Solutions, for the second of two podcasts relating to the Electronic Communications Code. 

Join Associate Catherine Rogerson , from our Fraud team, and Katy Ling , Cyber Intelligence Analyst at MDR Cyber, where they speak to Dr Timothy Levine , distinguished Professor of Communication at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and creator of the Truth-Default Theory. Tim has spent over twenty years researching deception. In this podcast, we explore the following questions: why do people...

Emily Wright , Associate from our White Collar Crime and Investigations team and Waqar Shah , Legal Director, from the Tax Disputes and Investigations team, discuss what businesses should be considering as the country's lock down restrictions are lifted. As businesses adjust to the post-pandemic economy there is an opportunity to reassess whether their compliance procedures remain adequate fo...

In the third and last in this series we continue to look at Education in a Digital Age. In this episode Kate Miller, a senior reputation management specialist from DRD Partnership, spoke with Robert Lewis, Head of the Education Group, about how schools manage their relationships with students, parents, alumni and the public. They discussed why schools need to manage their reputation and what makes...

Join Legal Director, Matthew Ewens and Associates Emily Wright and Richard Harvey from our White Collar Crime and Investigations Group where they discuss MPs sitting on the Treasury Select Committee who have recently criticised HMRC's response to the high levels of fraudulent claims reported to have been made to the government's Covid support schemes.    Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions...

We continue to look at Education in a Digital Age today in our three-part podcast series. In this second episode, we get a perspective from one of the social media giants, Tik Tok.   Alexandra Evans, Head of Child Safety Public Policy at Tik Tok, was in a discussion with Victoria Pigott, Partner in the Private Commercial Litigation Team, to discuss how children interact online, what other social t...

In this podcast our panel considered the challenges and opportunities for the UK tech sector, focusing on the policy, legal and regulatory environment.

Emily Nicholson, Legal Director in the Private Commercial Litigation team was joined by Alexandra Agnew, Associate in Private Commercial Litigation to discuss politics and law in the context of Brexit, Coronavirus and the Johnson Government. They cover the unexpected consequences of the Coronavirus and Brexit, and what impact the pandemic has had on democracy. 

On 4 June 2021 the European Commission issued new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for data transfers between EU and non-EU countries.  These modernised SCCs will replace the previous three sets of SCCs that were adopted under Data Protection Directive 95/46. 

Our Education Group has produced a new podcast series ' Education in a Digital Age ', exploring the issues related to, and causes and consequences of, the alleged ' rape culture ' in UK schools. The podcasts will help students, parents, school leaders and regulators to better understand what they can do to tackle systemic and entrenched patterns of sexual abuse between children...

Join Managing Associates Isabella Piasecka and Harry Eccles-Williams from our Reputation Protection team where they discuss the Facebook Oversight Board's decision behind it's indefinite ban on former President Donald Trump, and examine the significance of the decision for Facebook, its users, and the wider implications on free speech. Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of on...

Join Employment Associates Matt Robinson and Martha Averley where they discuss how employers can recruit in a fair but diverse way, explain positive action and what lawful steps employers can take, and break down what particular issues facing recruitment businesses are. Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of online events, videos and podcasts looking at the biggest issues faced by busin...

Join Partner Ben Brandon and James Hines QC, 3 Raymond Buildings, as they discuss the latest extradition case to reach the Supreme Court: Zabolotnyi v Hungary , where James appeared as leading counsel for the Respondent judicial authority.    The case concerned prison conditions in Hungary, and whether and in what circumstances the UK extradition court should admit and assess evidence of a prior b...

In this podcast, Employment Legal Directors Will Winch and Adam Turner discuss what happens to employees when a business is sold to several buyers or if a service is retendered to multiple providers. Will the employees be subject to Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) and transfer to one or more businesses? And what should employers do to prepare for this type of...

Join Partner and Head of the Travel Group Neil Baylis, and Co-Founder of Newdog PR Company and an industry expert in the hotels sector, Katherine Doggrell in a follow up on their podcast of last year, where they discuss what effect the Covid-19 crisis is continuing to have on the hotels sector, on travel and tourism in general.   Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of online events, vid...

Join Associates James Watson and Tabassum Khan as they discuss what the Budget told us about HMRC's ability to investigate fraud, how HMRC intends to recoup wrongfully claimed funds which they consider to be linked to fraudulent activity, and, as a result, what type of penalties and action for prosecutions are we likely to see from HMRC. Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of onlin...

Charlie Sosna, Partner in Tax & Wealth Planning team, was joined remotely by colleagues Emma Woollcott, Head of the Reputation Protection team, and Claire Yorke, a Legal Director in the Family team to discuss the issues of managing reputation in the context of a relationship breakdown. Across two episodes, they discussed the privacy rights of children and the considerations that might arise wh...

Charlie Sosna, Partner in Tax & Wealth Planning team, was joined remotely by colleagues Emma Woollcott, Head of the Reputation Protection team, and Claire Yorke, a Legal Director in the Family team to discuss the issues of managing reputation in the context of a relationship breakdown. Across two episodes, they discussed the privacy rights of children and the considerations that might arise wh...

Join Partners Paul McLoughlin and Omega Pool as they discuss what 2021 might hold for the financing of Real Estate assets, as COVID-19 restrictions on landlord's legal rights begin to subside. Will there be a wave of enforcements and disputes or could there be other options to deal with problems in the Real Estate market? Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of online events, videos...

In this Mishcon Academy: Digital Session podcast, our Real Estate Partner Ed Hughes-Power is joined by Alex Pease, Group Investment Director at Watkin Jones, the UK’s leading developer and manager of residential for rent, to discuss its involvement in the alternative residential market, particularly the student and build to rent sectors. 

We welcomed Alex Pease, Chief Investment Officer at Watkin Jones, to the Academy for an ‘In Conversation’ podcast session with Real Estate Partner, Ed Hughes-Power. Alex and Ed spoke about the key opportunities and issues facing the Alternative Residential sector, primarily within Build to Rent and Student Accommodation, two key focus areas for Watkin Jones.  Alex considers the successful evolutio...

Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of online events, videos and podcasts looking at the biggest issues faced by businesses and individuals today. Join Partner Paul McLoughlin and Legal Director Raza Khan as they discuss how businesses will emerge from COVID 19 as things start to normalise in 2021, what will happen to the additional debt many businesses have built up over the past year,...

Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of online events, videos and podcasts looking at the biggest issues faced by businesses and individuals today. Join Legal Director Emily Nicholson and Head of the Politics and Law Group Katy Colton as they discuss what role does the law play in politics, why the Government is so keen to assess judicial review, and whether or not the Government's...

In this podcast, Employment Partners Mark Levine and Neil Sharpe, discuss what bonus rewards employees can expect this year, whether there may be a change in the form of bonus rewards, and the implications of any deferred rewards. Mishcon Academy: Digital Sessions are a series of online events, videos and podcasts looking at the biggest issues faced by businesses and individuals today.