Byfield is delighted to launch our brand new podcast “Counsel Culture: The Business of Law Podcast“ where we sit down with a guest and explore the week’s most interesting and…
read moreThere is no doubt the UK is heading into a significant recession. This will mean a large increase in businesses and households in financial distress. This is already visible in…
read moreSince the inception of Byfield 15 years ago, a lot has changed within the legal industry. This includes the nature of the crises lawyers and firms face. Conduct and culture…
read moreLet me tell you a story. Cast your mind back to the first lockdown in spring 2020. Everything was a bit grim, weird and scary, most shops and schools closed,…
read more“Right now the narrative is that anything to do with Russia is bad and there is no room for nuance while the war continues. That will change over time but…
read more“Political pressure is only one part of the story – an awful lot of demand that firms take a clear public stance is coming from their clients and their people.”…
read moreConduct issues have been at the heart of the legal sector’s biggest reputational and regulatory issues in recent years. Everyone is familiar with a handful of #metoo incidents that went…
read moreEarlier this month, The UK’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of Google in a landmark case. Richard Lloyd, a former director of Which?
read moreThis morning, the news broke that a family-run farm has won its legal battle against Oatly, the multimillion-pound producers of plant-based milk, after they were accused of trademark infringement. Oatly…
read moreAs floods devastate Asia and Europe, and the US suffers oppressive heatwaves, Byfield’s Senior Content Executive Tobias Sansome asks the question: what can legal firms do in the fight against…
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