Last week the extradition of Navinder Sarao to the United States was authorised by Westminster Magistrates’ Court and it will now be interesting to see what the High Court makes of the…
R v Jogee – great judgement but three reasons to be disappointed
Last week the Supreme Court in the case of R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8 changed its position on the requirements of what must be proved when a defendant is accused of being a secondary party to a…
5 Reasons Kids Company Got It Wrong
Last week the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee published its findings on the lessons it thought could be learnt for trustees, professional advisers, Charity Commission…
Why do we find difference so difficult?
The denomination I both associate with and by virtue of one of my jobs work for was in the headlines recently over the subject of marriage. It managed through its announcement to both alienate a…
Unintended Bias in Corporate Culture
One of the interesting aspects to come out of the 2008 financial has been that companies and specifically that senior management team’s and boards are trying to understand how they missed some…
Gender Equality: Why law can make a difference.
Last weekend I watched the film Made in Dagenham directed by Nigel Cole, which follows the labour dispute of the Dagenham Ford sewing machinists and the consequent strike of 1968. It was a timely…
Six Steps to Creativity
Before Christmas I wrote blog post looking at managing risk in the context of creativity. This has led me to ponder over Christmas what it means to be creative as a lawyer. I am convinced that it…
Christmas – faith in my doubt
This blog was originally published at www.allsaintspeckham.org.uk on the 29/12/15. I find Christmas fascinating; countries around the world stop everything for a festival that for many…
Social Media: three ideas for employees and companies
Social media is now ubiquitous from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more esoteric apps and websites. What is interesting is that we still see those things as something that very strictly falls…
Risk and Creativity, a new paradigm
This blog post was originally published on the RSA website on the 14th December 2015, you can link to it here. At the RSA we call our current approach ‘the power to create’ and our three-year…