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Welcome to Beales Bitesize, a series of podcasts which explore and dissect some of the key legal and commercial issues in the worlds of liability insurance and construction in the UK and internationally.
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Episode #16 – Insurance – Special Risks Week – D&O around the world in seven jurisdictions
April 2025In this podcast, Nathan Penny-Larter introduces a panel discussion taken from our D&O conference on 2 April 2025. In the panel discussion, moderated by Carlo Taczalski of Crown Office Chambers, partners from a number of international law firms from the GILC legal network and US firm, London Fischer, discuss the key D&O issues from their… Read More >
Episode #15 – Insurance – Special Risks Week – Environmental risks for Directors & Officers
April 2025In this podcast, Nathan Penny-Larter introduces a panel discussion taken from our D&O conference on 2 April 2025. In this panel discussion, Beale & Co Partner Michael Salau is joined by Crown Office Chambers’ John Cooper KC and Mark Balysz KC who considered environmental risks to directors and officers with a focus on the water… Read More >
Episode #14 – Insurance – Special Risks Week – The Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023
April 2025In today’s Special Risks Week podcast, Nathan Penny-Larter introduces a panel discussion taken from our recent D&O conference on 2 April 2025. In this panel discussion, Beale & Co Partners, Ross Baker and Nathan Penny-Larter, are joined by Crown Office Chambers’ Ben Quiney KC and Carlo Taczalski to discuss the impact of the landmark Economic… Read More >
Episode #13 – Insurance – Introduction to Beale & Co’s Special Risks Week 2025
March 2025In today’s podcast, Partners, Nathan Penny-Larter and Ross Baker introduce our Special Risks Week and provide a quick look ahead at this year’s content and our overarching regulatory theme. For further information on any of the topics covered in this podcast or throughout our Special Risks Week, please see our spotlight page – SPECIAL RISKS… Read More >
Episode #12 – Digesting the Grenfell Report: Is further change needed to Building Safety laws?
October 2024Our ‘Digesting the Grenfell Report’ review continues with a Beale Bitesize podcast hosted by three of our partners Andrew Croft, Jo Lewis and Michael Salau. Tune in as we consider whether the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated legislation remains fit for purpose in view of the recent Phase 2 Report’s conclusions. Please feel free… Read More >
Episode #11 – 50 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act – Part 2: Looking towards the future
October 2024Our ‘Health and Safety at Work Act – 50 years on’ feature continues with a Beale Bitesize podcast hosted by two of our regulatory partners Michael Salau and Jo Lewis. Tune in as they examine the implementation of the Health and Safety at Work Act and areas to consider for the future, through the prism… Read More >
Episode #10 – 50 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act – Part 1
August 2024Our ‘Health and Safety at Work Act – 50 years on’ feature continues with a Beale Bitesize podcast hosted by two of our regulatory partners Michael Salau and Jo Lewis. Tune in as they examine some of the recent developments in health and safety law through the prism of “Offences and Sentencing”. This podcast is… Read More >
Episode #9 – Court Appointed Receivers – obtaining immunity for the conduct of insolvency office-holders
October 2023As part of our Special Risks Week, Martin Jensen and Zoe White take an in-depth look into the High Court decision in Denaxe Limited v Cooper & Anor [2022], which was upheld by the Court of Appeal earlier this year. The decision in the case, on which Martin and Zoe successfully acted, is significant for… Read More >
Episode #8 – Coverage declinature with Wynterhill
October 2023In this podcast, Beale & Co partner, Joe Bryant, is joined by Dan Brooks, a partner at specialist insurance law firm, Wynterhill. Joe and Dan take an in-depth look at some of the common coverage issues that are prevalent at the moment, with a debate around where policy challenges arise and why, and how formal… Read More >
Episode #7 – Insurance – The BSA 2022 and recent secondary legislation
October 2023As part of our Special Risks Week, partners, Michael Salau and Joanna Lewis, provide an overview of some of the key points in the Building Safety Act 2022 and the recent secondary legislation, together with their thoughts on some of the emerging issues and areas of risk. For further information on any of the topics… Read More >