Ashurst Legal Outlook Podcast

Feb 26 2025 100 ep. 24 mins 10
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The commercial world is always changing and the legal landscape never stands still. Keeping pace with all those changes, and knowing how they affect your organisation, is a big responsibility and a challenging task. Ashurst Legal Outlook will keep you at the forefront of the most pressing legal issues, offering insights from legal experts across our international network.

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Season 2 episode 5: How should you respond to an FCA intervention?

Feb 26 2025 23 mins  
In a bid to root out harm before it occurs, the Bank of England's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is stepping up its use of intervention tools as an alternative to formal investigations.

Season 2 episode 4: Doing the right thing: Consumer Duty enforcement risk

Feb 05 2025 30 mins  
How effective have new Consumer Duty protections been since being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2023? How have financial services firms responded? And what kind of enforcement risks should firms be concerned about? Now that the dust has somewhat settled, this podcast looks at the impact of new consumer protections introduced by the FCA in 2023. For many fin

Revealed: The issues that could make or break UK construction businesses in 2025

Feb 03 2025 19 mins  
In this episode, we pinpoint the business trends and legal issues that will shape the UK’s construction landscape in 2025. From challenges and risks to opportunities and innovations, our expert panel covers a range of ground. Insolvency risk. Legislative developments. Labour shortages. Difficulties like these made 2024 a challenging year for many in the UK’s constructio

Financial Services Regulatory Enforcement mini-series, season 2, episode 3: The FCA Strikes Back

Jan 23 2025 20 mins  
Last year, financial services firms were left reeling by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s transparency proposals (aka "naming and shaming" firms that are under investigation). Since then, the proposals have been amended by way of a second consultation. In today’s episode, we explain what’s changed, what’s been clarified, and what all this could mean for reg

The legal shifts reshaping the UK’s real estate disputes landscape

Jan 20 2025 29 mins  
Explore the pivotal legal challenges and anticipate risk areas that are set to define the UK real estate disputes in 2025, from sustainability mandates to tenant insolvency and landmark legislative changes. The UK real estate sector is poised for significant legal developments in 2025. Ashurst’s specialist real estate disputes lawyers Alison Hardy, Joe Perry-Courtade, and Deb

Season 2 episode 2: How do you solve a problem like the Financial Ombudsman Service?

Jan 08 2025 32 mins  
In this episode, our expert panel weighs up potential changes to the way that the UK's Financial Ombudsman Service resolves customer complaints, with a view to clearing up uncertainty and creating a more consistent framework for firms to follow. Our panel for this episode includes host Nathan Willmott, his Ashurst colleague Adam Jamieson and special guest Adam Temple, a barrister a

These legal forces will shape the UK’s real estate landscape in 2025

Dec 18 2024 25 mins  
In the wake of the government’s recent infrastructure announcements, we pinpoint the legal issues to watch out for in real estate. The coming year will see widespread activity in the UK’s real estate asset classes, from logistics to the living sector (in its broadest sense), and from data centres to office space. In this episode, we discuss the legal changes, risks and

Season 2, episode 1: What's on the horizon for FCA and PRA Enforcement in 2025?

Dec 11 2024 29 mins  
Season 2 of our regulatory enforcement mini-series kicks off by considering what the 2025 priorities are (and should be) for the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). With a busy year ahead for the PRA and FCA, this episode highlights some of the issues and trends that financial services firms should watch out for. For this episode, host

Industrious Conversations: The rebalancing of Australia's industrial relations system under Closing the Loopholes

Nov 13 2024 25 mins  
In the final episode of our Industrious Conversations series for 2024, we explore the latest shifts in Australia's enterprise bargaining landscape under the Fair Work Act, with practical insights and strategies for employers adapting to the new challenges.

World @ Work: What UK employers can learn about trade union dynamics from Australia and Asia

Nov 11 2024 34 mins  
In this episode, we hear from employment lawyers in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and the UK. Together they describe and compare the industrial relations landscapes in their respective countries – and reflect on what UK employers can learn from these. Host Crowley Woodford reflects on the potential impacts of the UK’s long-awaited Employment Rights Bill, which is shaping up t