Jessica Jarvis

Professional Blog

  • Zoom Trials – A Privacy Nightmare?

    In March 2020 courts rapidly moved online. The three Covid lockdowns accelerated HM Courts & Tribunals Service’s existing digital plans, with the roll-out of the Cloud Video Platform in July 2020. Since then remote hearings have become part of the legal landscape. But feedback has been mixed, depending on the type of court, case and Read more

  • Insurance Companies And The Inflation Crisis

    Insurance Companies And The Inflation Crisis

    At present, increasing inflation rates are affecting prices across multiple sectors of the economy to varying extents. This article will explore the ways in which inflation is impacting the insurance industry, alongside potential methods of mitigating inflationary pressures.  Rising Inflation Rates  As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, UK inflation rates have risen to 9.4% in June Read more

  • Flexible working reforms

    Flexible working reforms

    The government has published its response to the 2021 consultation on “Making flexible working the default”. In its response the government outlined the following proposed reforms: Although the government’s response reiterates that it remains a right to request (rather than a right to have), these reforms will make it easier for employees to make flexible Read more

  • The effects of the Bank of England increasing interest rates

    The effects of the Bank of England increasing interest rates

    The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 3%. This is an increase of 0.75% – the biggest since 1989. With a target inflation rate of 2%, the current rate of inflation has reached a 40-year high of 10.1%. Therefore, the Bank of England was forced to take steps to stabilise the economy. This Read more

  • Reasonable Adjustments At School and The Workplace

    Reasonable Adjustments At School and The Workplace

    “Disability does not have to be a social barrier. Good etiquette stats with inclusion, not exclusion.” Robert M.Hensel Two in five disabled employees are not receiving the reasonable adjustments they need from their employer, a poll has found. The survey of 400 workers, conducted by Pearn Kandola, found that 27 per cent of individuals who Read more

  • The IPO Move Into The Digital World

    The IPO Move Into The Digital World

    Generations of legislation specifying that ‘the registrar’ or ‘the comptroller’ must carry out certain tasks may have to be amended to allow the automation of Intellectual Property Office services, the agency said today.  In a consultation, the IPO sets out the legislative changes that will be necessary to automate and streamline its services under the ‘One Read more