In Depth: Legal expenses cover proves value in volatile times
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The turmoil caused by pandemics and politics in the past two years has created an increasingly litigious landscape and served to highlight the value and benefit of legal expenses to businesses, says Tim Evershed
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the last 24 months, the UK has also undergone significant changes to its political and trading landscape due to Brexit. Together these two events have had a seismic impact on business, supply chains and people’s working lives.
The pandemic has turned conventional models of working on their heads. Businesses have had to navigate lockdowns, remote working and furlough, and are now assessing how best to return workers to offices as many employees re
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