These are unprecedented times, but helping you overcome challenges is what Geldards does best. As part of our commitment to supporting you through this challenging period, the Geldards Public Sector England Team will deliver a series of training and legal update webinars in 2021.

This month, we are taking a look at the way businesses are having to diversify commercially as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic with Pret A Manager being a great example. We also consider Twitter’s use of AI technology to detect harmful tweets and whether cookies are a thing of the past.

In response to a Parliamentary question, Ministers have finally announced a commencement date for the long awaited no fault divorce system which will allow couples to divorce without being forced either to establish blame or a period of separation in order to end their marriages.

At the end of last week, the EU Commission adopted a new version of its Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data from the EEA to third countries (the ‘New SCCs’).