Those who wrote off the high street banks underestimated their resilience, says TERRY MURDEN There was a time when it looked like the banking system would never be the same again. The crash of 2008-09 appeared to spell permanent change, and the talk was all about “challenger” banks shaking things up, with technological advances over […]
Finance and legal
Tribunal holds key to workers’ contracts
A dispute over the transfer of offshore jobs has important implications for employment rights, says NICOLA GRAY An employment tribunal case centred on the oil and gas sector which has recently risen in prominence has shone a light on the complexities around UK employment law as it relates to offshore workers and, depending on the […]
Disruption has delivered positive changes
New ways of working, adopted during the pandemic, should be harnessed to improve the client service, says ZOE FOWLIE After decades of slow, in fact reluctant progress in the technology landscape, virtually overnight the legal industry was propelled into the 21st Century by the Covid-19 pandemic. Technology became the only way to continue delivering client […]
Getting the measure of a market index
ON THE MONEY: Stop worrying about the rise and fall of a table of shares, says ALAN STEEL “There are two kinds of worries- those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter” Duke Ellington “Since 1916 the Dow Jones Index has made new all-time highs less […]
Ensuring dispute resolution runs smoothly
Euan McSherry: expects to be busy ahead of COP26 (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Euan McSherry, disputes lawyer There’s a certain symmetry between Euan McSherry’s day job dealing with company disputes, and his fondness for marathons. Both require a lot of preparation and stamina, particularly for those uphills battles he confronts while running, or the tricky […]