Episodes

Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Shoosmiths on TAP – Scheme funding series, episode 1: Escrow facilities
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
In this episode of Shoosmiths on TAP Lynette Lewis, partner in the Shoosmiths pensions team, and Sue Wakefield, director and head of business development, at Zedra, discuss when and why pension scheme trustees might use an escrow facility.

Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
In this episode of the Journey Through a Contract series join Julia Ishak as she provides an overview of the Incoterms® Rules, explores what the Incoterms® Rules do and don’t deal with, explains how to incorporate the Incoterms® Rules into a contract and discusses 12 top tips when using the Incoterms® Rules.
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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.

Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Shoosmiths on TAP - Risk transfer series, episode 4: What’s happening in the market?
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
In the fourth episode of our risk transfer series, Suzanne Burrell and Adam Davis (Managing Director of K3 Advisory) reflect on some of their predictions for the risk transfer market in 2024 (which you can hear in episodes 1 and 2 of our risk transfer series), what they are seeing in practice in terms of capacity, timescales and tricky issues, and what we can expect in the risk transfer sphere for the rest of the year and beyond.
Please send any feedback or questions to pensionsPSL@shoosmiths.com.

Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
The Accendo Series: An introduction to intellectual property ownership
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
In this, the second episode of the Accendo podcast series, Alice Lloyd and Eloise Ryan look provide a useful overview for start-ups on how ownership works in relation to the creation of intellectual property with a key focus on copyright.

Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Ep 7: Lights, Camera, Privacy! - Harry Potter (Part 2)
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
A podcast series that explores privacy themes within some of the most well-known movies. In this episode, William Moore and Paula Kelly return to the Wizarding World to once again discuss the Harry Potter films.
Whether you are a film buff, a privacy advocate, or simply curious about the intersection of storytelling and privacy, take a journey with us as we explore how the big screen tackles privacy.
Tune in to hear whether the ‘trace’ spell falls foul of the GDPR’s accuracy principle and what rights Harry has to challenge the Ministry of Magic.
For any feedback, please contact: William.moore@shoosmiths.com.

Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
In the third and final episode of this series of podcasts partners Michelle Craven-Faulkner, Ben Gardner and Fiona Teague discuss how new tech solutions and digitalisation are changing the nature of supply chains and manufacturing, by creating new opportunities also novel challenges. They consider how to best harness the benefit of new ways of working both legally and contractually.

Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
In the second of this series of podcasts Partners Michelle Craven-Faulkner, Ben Gardner and Fiona Teague discuss how technological advancements are creating new business models, opportunities and challenges for manufacturing and supply chain organisations.

Wednesday May 22, 2024
The ShooPod sessions - S2 Ep 10 : Journey Through a Contract – FinTech contracts
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
When the worlds of finance and technology collide, you might find that you need to look at a FinTech contract - so what are the key things you should look out for when it comes to considering a FinTech contract?
In the latest episode of the Journey Through a Contract series, Prakash Kerai and Luke Stubbs provide an overview of what FinTech is, their insight into what you should look out for when reviewing a FinTech contract and explain how FinTech contracts may differ from other types of commercial contracts.
Listen to the podcast and send us your feedback to shoopod@shoosmiths.co.uk.

Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
In the first of this series of podcasts Partners Michelle Craven-Faulkner, Ben Gardner and Fiona Teague consider the challenges faced by supply chains across a number of sectors and how to mitigate current and future risks.

Friday Apr 26, 2024
Shoospeak HR: The rise of employee influencers
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Andy Graham, Amy Anderson and Amy Leech are back again and this time look at the pros and cons of having employee influencers within your business.
Listen to the podcast below and send us your feedback to ShoospeakHR@shoosmiths.com.
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.