Our insurance lawyers, Amy Nesbitt and Basiru Terry, provide an overview of recent legal developments and their take on future trends against the backdrop of climate change, a looming recession and further guidance from the Court concerning the operation of business interruption policies.

In our latest episode of ‘Law behind the headlines’ Partner, Andrew Clarke and Principal Associate, Rachael Fawcett, discuss how Japanese Knotweed is increasingly making sensationalist headlines in the mainstream media. This podcast looks at the nature of Japanese Knotweed itself, how it can result in claims, the legal principles involved and the value and assessment of such claims.

Our employment experts Ian pace and Rebecca Cairney discuss the recent issues at Twitter as Grant Schapps, Business Secretary, writes to remind them to comply with UK law. We take a look at what the UK Law says, what the concerns are and what is next for Twitter.

With a claimant firm now primed and ready to help individuals in the UK bring claims for injuries arising from the contamination of Johnson & Johnson’s talc products, Richard Burrows and Keith Jones look at the history of talc litigation in the US, and how this might translate to claims closer to home.

In our latest episode of 'Law behind the headlines' podcasts, Principal Associate Richard Burrows and Partner Keith Jones discuss the potential risks posed by the use of nitrites and nitrates in food, what steps are being taken in France to combat the same and the potential for future litigation arising from ingestion of chemicals in food.

In our latest episode of 'Law behind the headlines' podcasts, Associate Emma Cartwright and Partner Peter Wake host a part two podcast covering the infamous Wagatha Christie litigation and consider the outcome of the case and consider which of the litigation lessons analysed in episode one featured in the final reckoning and why.

In our latest episode of 'Law behind the headlines' podcasts, Associate Emma Cartwright and Partner Peter Wake take a deeper dive into the defamation claim brought by Rebekah Vardy against Coleen Rooney, the trial of which took place over seven days in May this year and with the judgment eagerly awaited by legal and celebrity commentators alike.

In our latest episode of 'Law behind the headlines' podcasts, Legal Director, Peter Ward and Principal Associate, Richard Burrows discuss PFAS; what they are, where they are found, whether they can be avoided and how they will likely affect the UK claims market in the future.

In the first of a series of our 'Law behind the headlines' podcasts, Richard Burrows, Principal Associate and Peter Ward, Legal Director discuss the recent high-profile disturbances of asbestos in public buildings, and how schools and NHS buildings in the UK could be the setting of a vast number of asbestos-related injury claims in the future.

2021 saw the pandemic’s influence across many areas; from declining workplace accidents, a reduction in both new casualty claim notifications and litigation, yet a corresponding rise in new cases of workplace stress, anxiety and depression. Partners Graham Dean and Jim Byard provide a round up of the key developments which have impacted Casualty and Occupational Disease claims in 2021 and also look at what is ahead for this year and beyond.