Matthew Kay
Director
Matthew Kay, director of Vario at Pinsent Masons (Matthew.Kay@pinsentmasons.com; www.pinsentmasonsvario.com)
Director
Matthew Kay, director of Vario at Pinsent Masons (Matthew.Kay@pinsentmasons.com; www.pinsentmasonsvario.com)
As engagement with the ESG agenda moves from a nice-to-have to a must-have, Matthew Kay & Mike Harvey consider the role of legal teams
Matthew Kay reflects on how freelance legal consulting has evolved & offers some tips on how to make a success of it
Matthew Kay investigates the pros & cons of training home-based workers
Matthew Kay examines the effects of e-presenteeism in the legal sector
Matthew Kay highlights the opportunities presented by the ‘new normal’ of the post-lockdown legal landscape
Top tips to manage your career from home: Matthew Kay outlines how lawyers can get comfortable with the UK’s new way of working
Law firms which subscribe to common misconceptions about the millennial generation are missing a trick, says Matthew Kay
Shred, store, or secure? Matthew Kay & Natasha Adom tackle the archiving conundrum
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch
Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice
Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr
Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team
Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown
Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team
NEWS
NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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