Shoosmiths Podcasts

In Early - The Crypto Podcast (Episode 4)

Blockchain litigation lead, Matt Green will be hosting our latest podcast series, 'In Early - The Crypto Podcast' - Listen to episode 4.

During this five-part series, Matt will be speaking to special guests at the forefront of the digital asset space, telling real life stories, discussing the growth and growing pains of the industry, and exploring how blockchain technology has made an impact on people’s lives.

This week we hear from Brian Mondoh, who talks about how crypto sits in the world of academics, alternative use cases for blockchain technology along with more about Brian himself, a dual qualified barrister, originally from Kenya with deep roots in Trinidad and current resident of Nottingham.

Listen to the podcast below and send your thoughts to matt.green@shoosmiths.co.uk.

Journey through a contract: Termination and Consequences of Termination

Episode 12 of our Journey Through a Contract sees Caroline Chester and Charlotte Robinson consider Termination and Consequences of Termination.

Caroline and Charlotte discuss some of the key considerations to be given to termination provisions and the importance of looking to the practicalities of terminating a contract.

Listen to the podcast and send us your feedback to shoopod@shoosmiths.co.uk.

The Journey Through a Contract series is brought to you by the Commercial and Projects team at Shoosmiths, aimed at explaining the basic terms of a commercial contract.

 

Public Procurement Post Brexit: Navigating supplier exclusions

Welcome to our new bitesize podcast series.

Jennifer Clarke, Principal Associate in our Commercial team is joined by colleagues Aimee Cook and Joel Murphie from our Public Procurement team in this podcast series, “Public Procurement Post Brexit".

During this series, the team will discuss the key parts of the procurement Bill, highlighting key changes from the existing to the new Bill and the direction of procurement law.

In this episode:

We consider the new exclusion grounds, the obligations on a contracting authority and what a supplier has to demonstrate to avoid being excluded.

Please listen to the podcast below and send any feedback to Jennifer.Clarke@shoosmiths.co.uk.

Journey through a contract: Intellectual Property

Episode 11 of our Journey Through a Contract sees Eloise Di Pasqua and Nicky Jenkins look at Intellectual Property.

Eloise and Nicky discuss how intellectual property can be created and protected within a commercial contract with a particular focus on why it's important to consider these points, even in a situation where the parties don’t consider that the contract has a particular Intellectual Property focus.

Listen to the podcast and send us your feedback to shoopod@shoosmiths.co.uk.

The Journey Through a Contract series is brought to you by the Commercial and Projects team at Shoosmiths, aimed at explaining the basic terms of a commercial contract.

In Early - The Crypto Podcast (Episode 3)

Blockchain litigation lead, Matt Green will be hosting our latest podcast series, 'In Early - The Crypto Podcast'.

During this five-part series, Matt will be speaking to special guests at the forefront of the digital asset space, telling real life stories, discussing the growth and growing pains of the industry, and exploring how blockchain technology has made an impact on people’s lives.

This episode details the fundamentals of Bitcoin, its history, what it is and why it's important, why it has value and how it's different from other crypto assets, why self-custody is important, what Bitcoin culture is and where it's going.

These questions are expertly answered by Andrew Howard of Bitcoin Reserve who also talks about that business, addresses Bitcoin’s main criticisms and considers the future of the asset.

Listen to the podcast below and send your thoughts to matt.green@shoosmiths.co.uk.

UK-India commerce: Competition and bilateral investment

Kiran Desai and Manu Mohan are joined by Anshuman Sakle of Khaitan & Co., an Indian law firm, to discuss competition policy and law in the context of UK / India commerce.

Noting a desire for a closer trading relationship expressed at the political level, we discuss cooperation between the respective competition authorities, jurisdiction and proposed legal amendments.

Please listen to the podcast below and send any feedback to Kiran.Desai@shoosmiths.com.

National Security and Investment

Kiran Desai and Simon Barnes are joined by Jon McLeod and Claire Harris from DRD Partnership, political risk advisors, to discuss the National Security and Investment Act 2021; including the background to the Act and the first nine months of its full implementation, addressing both practical and strategic aspects.

Please listen to the podcast below and send any feedback to Kiran.Desai@shoosmiths.com.

Shoospeak HR podcast: End of match report - is love for a football club a philosophical belief?

Andy Graham, Amy Anderson and Amy Leech talk through a recent employment tribunal case which looked at whether support for a football club could be a philosophical belief. 

Listen to the podcast below and send us your feedback to shoospeakhr@shoosmiths.co.uk. 

The Shoospeak HR podcast is brought to you by the national employment team at UK law firm Shoosmiths. Tune in for your fix of the latest legal views, thought provoking discussions and opinions about all things employee relations and human resources.

In Early - The Crypto Podcast (Episode2)

Blockchain litigation lead, Matt Green will be hosting our latest podcast series, 'In Early - The Crypto Podcast'.

During this five-part series, Matt will be speaking to special guests at the forefront of the digital asset space, telling real life stories, discussing the growth and growing pains of the industry, and exploring how blockchain technology has made an impact on people’s lives.

In episode two, Matt is joined by Carmel King, a Director at Grant Thornton UK, to discuss the development of a specialised digital asset recovery practice, how to identify fraudsters, how education is fundamental in helping the industry grow and much more.

Listen to the podcast below and send your thoughts to matt.green@shoosmiths.co.uk.

Shoospeak HR podcast: Are you asking everyone to dance? Fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Our Shoospeak HR podcast welcomes special guests Michael Briggs and Robert Dagge.

Amy Leech is joined by Michael Briggs (Partner at shoosmiths) and Robert Dagge (CEO at Kinverse) to discuss all things diversity and inclusion. This special episode touches on:

• D&I generally including the difference between diversity and inclusion 
• The role of employee networks 
• Recruiting a diverse workforce
• Retention and culture 
 
Listen to the podcast below and send us your feedback to shoospeakhr@shoosmiths.co.uk. 

The Shoospeak HR podcast is brought to you by the national employment team at UK law firm Shoosmiths. Tune in for your fix of the latest legal views, thought provoking discussions and opinions about all things employee relations and human resources.