Episodes

Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Capital Gains Tax: Cutting through the speculation
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
James Bradford is joined by Ben Handley, Tax partner at BDO, to discuss current speculation and client reaction in relation to capital taxes. This was recorded before the announcement on 23 September that the autumn Budget would be cancelled / deferred. Topics covered are:
- Current coverage and speculation on CGT and IHT;
- Advising clients against the backdrop of potential change and uncertain times;
- The importance of working with trusted advisors.

Monday Sep 21, 2020
IR35: how employers should prepare for April 2021
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Jessie Basra is joined by Employment Partner, Emma Bartlett, and Tax Legal Director, Hugh Gunson, to discuss the key upcoming changes to the off-payroll working rules in April 2021 - commonly known as IR35 – and how to start preparing for these changes now.

Monday Sep 21, 2020
Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Business Interruption
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Tim Maxwell is joined by Manoj Vaghela to discuss some interesting insights with regards to how business interruption has affected many people, including:
- How we help clients with Business Interruption, and advice with insurance cover
- Event cancellation reimbursements for Landed Estates
- How this has affected the Arts world
- FCA guidance

Monday Sep 07, 2020
Retail Recovery: Restructuring
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
In this episode we discuss how the retail and food & beverage sectors can reset, restructure and plan for the future. Caroline is joined by two partners from our corporate restructuring team: Roger Elford and Jason Freedman, and founder and CEO of the procurement and cost reductions specialists, Procure4: Nigel Scorey.

Thursday Sep 03, 2020
The New Normal: Adjudication Update
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
In the latest episode of The New Normal, Michael O’Connor and Jane Robertson discuss two recent cases concerning the enforcement of adjudication proceedings.

Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Staging outdoor events – part 3
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Naomi Nettleton, one of our Real Estate partners, is joined by Olivia Crane, an associate in our Commercial team, and Manoj Vaghela, a partner in our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, to discuss further insights with regards to staging outside events, including:
• Data protection considerations for Landed Estates
• The 'test & trace' programme in relation to events
• Insurance aspects involved with Landed Estates hosting events
• Event cancellation policies

Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Julie Sharpe, one of our real estate Senior Associates in Cheltenham is joined by Kristina Appleby, an Associate from Savills and Mark Ryan, a manager from Close Brothers. In this podcast, they focus on development finance and discuss:
• How the current crisis has affected the property finance industry
• Changes to lending appetite, asset classes and LTVs
• General market valuation issues
• Market uncertainty clauses
• Areas for opportunity and the legacy left by Covid-19 on valuation and lending

Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Staging outdoor events - part 2
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Naomi Nettleton, one of our Real Estate partners is joined by Richard Davies, a senior associate in our Commercial team and Syma Spanjers, a senior associate in our Employment team to discuss further insights with regards to staging outside events, including:
• The importance of event contracts for landed estates
• The consumer law position
• Cancellation elements of events
• Employment protection
• Furlough and flexible furlough

Monday Aug 17, 2020
Workplace re-occupancy – What you need to know
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
In this podcast we will discuss some of the opportunities and issues about returning to the workplace as well as some wider market predictions and Health & Safety law. Speakers include Sarah Morley & Noel Wardle of Charles Russell Speechlys as well as Kersten Muller, Head of Real Estate at Grant Thornton.

Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Investigations: Fraud in the time of pandemic
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
As a result of the ongoing pandemic, many business have experienced massive disruption and, where possible, their workforces have been required to work remotely. With reduced scrutiny of IT systems and tools, and with a degree of detachment from typical business practices, weaknesses in remote working practices and systems are being exploited by cyber fraudsters which in turn is leading to a significant rise in fraud cases.
In the first episode of our new Investigations podcast series, Charlotte Pender is joined by Stewart Hey and Caroline Greenwell from our Fraud team to look at the problems this poses to businesses and to offer their advice and recommendations on how to best tackle such issues.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with one of the team if you have any questions. You can find out more on our Investigations and Fraud pages.