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Content Strategy #101

Content Strategy #101 2560 1707 Sean Cullen

Every day at Byfield, we asks ourselves (and our clients): “how do we tell stories people will actually listen to?” That question is as old as the communications industry itself,…

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Litigation PR – A Harsh Climate

Litigation PR – A Harsh Climate 1200 800 Sean Cullen

It must be hard being the CEO of an oil company. You run an immensely complex organisation, where at any moment a tanker could run aground, a war break out…

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Michael Evans

Byfield Bytes: Your Monthly Digest of the biggest stories from the Business of Law – June 23

Byfield Bytes: Your Monthly Digest of the biggest stories from the Business of Law – June 23 1200 801 Sean Cullen

Welcome to the June edition of Byfield Bytes, your monthly update on the biggest stories and issues impacting the business of law. The big story in the sector continues to…

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Gus Sellitto

Investigative journalism is alive and kicking, with wide-ranging reputation implications – Gus Sellitto writes for PR Week

Investigative journalism is alive and kicking, with wide-ranging reputation implications – Gus Sellitto writes for PR Week 771 771 Sean Cullen

In 2021 a judge cleared Crispin Odey of indecent assault for an alleged workplace-related incident that took place 20 years earlier. The Judge told the eccentric hedge fund millionaire and…

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Byfield Bytes: Your Monthly Digest of the biggest stories from the Business of Law – May 23

Byfield Bytes: Your Monthly Digest of the biggest stories from the Business of Law – May 23 1200 801 Sean Cullen

Welcome to the May edition of Byfield Bytes, your monthly update on the biggest stories and issues impacting the business of law. A busy month drew to an end with…

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The Student Group Claim – Capturing your audience and maintaining momentum in group claims

The Student Group Claim – Capturing your audience and maintaining momentum in group claims 1200 900 Sean Cullen

If you’re a student or recent graduate in the UK, you’ve almost certainly seen either targeted adverts to join the Student Group Claim (SGC) across social media, student newspapers sharing…

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Our thoughts on the A&O Shearman merger discussions

Our thoughts on the A&O Shearman merger discussions 1200 800 Sean Cullen

The proposed merger between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling is the biggest, and arguably most surprising story in the legal sector in recent years.  Joint Managing Director Ben…

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We must avoid televised court proceedings turning into Punch and Judy courtrooms

We must avoid televised court proceedings turning into Punch and Judy courtrooms 1200 800 Sean Cullen

There is almost a mystique in terms of the UK court system and that is because of a public mistrust of the legal system and the way it works. Judges…

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Byfield Bytes: Your Monthly Digest of the biggest stories from the Business of Law – April 23

Byfield Bytes: Your Monthly Digest of the biggest stories from the Business of Law – April 23 780 780 Sean Cullen

Welcome to the April edition of Byfield Bytes, your monthly update on the latest news and trends in the legal industry. Following Ben’s stellar introduction last month, I am thrilled…

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Hattie Lunt

Byfield Bytes: 5 minutes with Account Executive Hattie Lunt

Byfield Bytes: 5 minutes with Account Executive Hattie Lunt 1708 1708 Sean Cullen

Q: How did you end up in legal PR?   A: “I started as an intern just after graduating from Sussex Uni about 18 months ago. I didn’t know legal…

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