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    Using A Subject Access Request for Law Firm Feedback

    This is so interesting, and well done to the anonymous contributor for having the tenacity to go through with it. As clearly stated, the major concern would be future interaction with the firm, but in this circumstance, it wasn't an issue. I completely agree that the 'unfinished business' of no...
  2. Analysis Of The Week: Not Such Grand Designs

    13 October 2021 Analysis Of The Week: Not Such Grand Designs

    Analysis Of The Week: Not Such Grand Designs By Alison Catchpole The Story It has been dubbed a “Lehman scale crisis” (Law.com). Evergrande, part of the Global 500 – one of the world’s biggest businesses by revenue – is “teetering on the brink of default, with more than $300bn of total...
  3. Analysis Of The Week: Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

    6 October 2021 Analysis Of The Week: Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

    Analysis Of The Week: Sex Discrimination in the Workplace By Alison Catchpole The Story When estate agent Alice Thompson applied to her Mayfair-based employer for flexible working after the birth of her daughter in November 2018, her company boss refused. She had been earning around...
  4. Analysis Of The Week: Tales of the Unexpected?

    29 September 2021 Analysis Of The Week: Tales of the Unexpected?

    Analysis Of The Week: Tales of the Unexpected? By Alison Catchpole The Story Netflix is having an expensive September. Just a few weeks ago, the streaming giant announced the acquisition of a long-term lease on Longcross Studios, owned by the investment branch of insurers Aviva. Now, in...
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    Analysis Of The Week: Tales of the Unexpected?

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  6. Chain Reaction: Global Supply Chain Issues Cause Havoc

    15 September 2021 Chain Reaction: Global Supply Chain Issues Cause Havoc

    Chain Reaction: Global Supply Chain Issues Cause Havoc By Alison Catchpole The Story “The supply shock that started in China [...] and the demand shock that followed as the global economy shut down exposed vulnerabilities in the production strategies and supply chains of firms just...
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    Chain Reaction: Global Supply Chain Issues Cause Havoc

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  8. Playtime is Over: China Limits Video Games Usage

    8 September 2021 Playtime is Over: China Limits Video Games Usage

    Playtime is Over: China Limits Video Games Usage By Alison Catchpole The Story On 31 August 2021, a sweeping ban was introduced for anyone under 18 in China on playing video games during the school week. The ban limits children to one hour of playing time on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays...
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    Playtime is Over: China Limits Video Games Usage

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    Binance: Working Off The Books

    So glad you enjoyed it, and it's great that you want to start a discussion. Another thing to remember about cryptocurrencies, as well as how the regulators simply aren't set up to keep them in line yet as you outline, is their decentralised nature. In spite of holding value, they are not part...
  11. Binance: Working Off The Books

    1 September 2021 Binance: Working Off The Books

    Binance: Working Off The Books By Alison Catchpole The Story The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reiterated its position on Binance Markets Limited (BML), the UK division of the Binance Group, for which it had issued a warning earlier in the summer. On 25 June, the FCA had...
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    Binance: Working Off The Books

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  13. Analysis Of The Week: Banking Boom

    11 August 2021 Analysis Of The Week: Banking Boom

    Analysis Of The Week: Banking Boom By Alison Catchpole The Story The banking sector is booming. After an initial dip in the first quarter of 2021, Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS) and JP Morgan Chase (JPMC) all racked up their highest ever profits during the pandemic (Bloomberg)...
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    Analysis Of The Week: Banking Boom

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  15. Analysis Of The Week: Archegos Capital Management

    4 August 2021 Analysis Of The Week: Archegos Capital Management

    Analysis Of The Week: Archegos Capital Management By Alison Catchpole The Story Last week on the back of a damning report on the biggest loss in its 165-year history, Credit Suisse (CS) was “rushing to overhaul its risk department, including rehiring on inflated salaries staff who have...
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    Analysis Of The Week: Archegos Capital Management

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    Government Legal Department Trainee Scheme AC

    Exactly. For each section where you consider it relevant, you just do a short few sentences summarising your approach and/or findings. That way a busy person can know your thinking before they have to look through your reasoning. It keeps it accessible and efficient, and if you do it after the...
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    Analysis of The Week: An Opioid Epidemic

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  19. Analysis of The Week: An Opioid Epidemic

    28 July 2021 Analysis of The Week: An Opioid Epidemic

    Analysis of The Week: An Opioid Epidemic By Alison Catchpole The Story According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provisional data showed 2020 was a record year for drug overdose deaths, with over 93,000 - up 29% from a year earlier. "Our country's opioid epidemic is...
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    Government Legal Department Trainee Scheme AC

    Definitely altering your style, I think they really want to see that, plus attention to detail. I think the approach should be dependent on content but as a lawyer, you need to be careful about apologising as it implies a degree of responsibility being taken for the issue. This is why it's such...

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