Legal Compliance PodBriefings

This Podbriefing includes commentary by David Potter, an Employment Lawyer who advises regularly on social media issues and a personal insight into the use of social media by Professor Liz Mossop. It summarises what social media is and depicts the use and impact of social media within the workplace. It also serves to highlight key aspects of the University’s social media policy. The case study in this video centres on an employee’s inappropriate use of social media. The video concludes with some news stories and employment tribunal decisions about the use of social media in the workplace and more broadly, which were current at the date of filming.

This Podbriefing includes commentary by David Potter, an Employment Lawyer who advises regularly on social media issues and a personal insight into the use of social media by Professor Liz Mossop. It summarises what social media is and depicts the use and impact of social media within the workplace. It also serves to highlight key aspects of the University’s social media policy. The case study in this video centres on an employee’s inappropriate use of social media. The video concludes with some news stories and employment tribunal decisions about the use of social media in the workplace and more broadly, which were current at the date of filming.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Kevin Bridges, a senior lawyer whose specialist areas of practice include health and safety and inquest work: Kevin represented the first company to be charged with Corporate Manslaughter. An illustrative court room scenario depicts the prosecution of fictional Oldtown University in connection with the death of a student in one of its laboratories. The video concludes with judgment, together with a summary of the outcomes of cases prosecuted and reported up to the date of filming.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Nick Abbott, a senior lawyer who specialises in employment law. The focus of the briefing is the Equality Act 2010 and its application to staff/the workplace. It includes consideration of the scope of an employer’s and individual employee’s duties under the Act and how issues of discrimination might arise in the workplace. The case study depicts an instance of sexual harassment in the workplace and the dispute and management actions which follow.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Richard Sykes, a senior lawyer and a public law and regulatory specialist. The focus of the briefing is the Equality Act 2010 and its application to students, (prospective, current and past), and includes consideration of the question of reasonable adjustments. The illustrative case study in this video follows Steve, a student who has a disability, as he progresses through his course.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Geraldine Swanton, a senior lawyer whose specialist areas of practice includes data protection within the education sector. The focus of the video is on the key principles outlined in the Data Protection Act 1998 and what they mean for employers as data controllers, for employees/students as data subjects and for individuals processing data in the workplace. Five “helpline” scenarios depict common workplace data protection issues and their solutions.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Neil McInnes, a senior lawyer who specialises in corporate criminal investigations. It looks at key aspects of the Bribery Act 2010, including the scope of “bribery”, what the legislation means in practice for senior managers, employees and the management of wider business relationships, and issues of personal and corporate liability. A court room scenario depicts the prosecution of Mr Pryce, a procurement manager from the fictional “Oldtown University”. The video concludes with judgment, together with a summary of the outcomes of cases prosecuted under the Act and reported up to the date of filming.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Geraldine Swanton, a senior lawyer whose specialist areas of practice includes data protection within the education sector. The focus of the video is on the key principles outlined in the Data Protection Act 1998 and what they mean for employers as data controllers, for employees/students as data subjects and for individuals processing data in the workplace. Five “helpline” scenarios depict common workplace data protection issues and their solutions.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Kevin Bridges, a senior lawyer whose specialist areas of practice include health and safety and inquest work: Kevin represented the first company to be charged with Corporate Manslaughter. An illustrative court room scenario depicts the prosecution of fictional Oldtown University in connection with the death of a student in one of its laboratories. The video concludes with judgment, together with a summary of the outcomes of cases prosecuted and reported up to the date of filming.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Nick Abbott, a senior lawyer who specialises in employment law. The focus of the briefing is the Equality Act 2010 and its application to staff/the workplace. It includes consideration of the scope of an employer’s and individual employee’s duties under the Act and how issues of discrimination might arise in the workplace. The case study depicts an instance of sexual harassment in the workplace and the dispute and management actions which follow.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Richard Sykes, a senior lawyer and a public law and regulatory specialist. The focus of the briefing is the Equality Act 2010 and its application to students, (prospective, current and past), and includes consideration of the question of reasonable adjustments. The illustrative case study in this video follows Steve, a student who has a disability, as he progresses through his course.

This PodBriefing includes commentary by Neil McInnes, a senior lawyer who specialises in corporate criminal investigations. It looks at key aspects of the Bribery Act 2010, including the scope of “bribery”, what the legislation means in practice for senior managers, employees and the management of wider business relationships, and issues of personal and corporate liability. A court room scenario depicts the prosecution of Mr Pryce, a procurement manager from the fictional “Oldtown University”. The video concludes with judgment, together with a summary of the outcomes of cases prosecuted under the Act and reported up to the date of filming.