This month, the world witnessed an extraordinary event. The United States captured a sitting president and transported him to New York to stand trial.

In a landmark judgment with significant implications for employers, HR professionals and service providers across the UK, the Supreme Court ruled on 16 April 2025 that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer exclusively to biological sex.

In this special edition of Ardent Insights, we're bringing you a digestible analysis of Jersey’s Moneyval report and we're delighted to say that Jersey has excelled, achieving one of the highest levels of effectiveness among assessed jurisdictions.

Embracing neurodiversity can drive innovation, creativity, productivity and profitability. However, neurodivergent employees are often at greater risk of work-place discrimination.

In today's digital age, data breaches have become an unfortunate reality. Whether it's a small-scale incident or a major cyber-attack, the consequences can be severe for both businesses and individuals. 

What happens when you’re at work, the place you spend most of your time, and suddenly you’re done. You want out.Can you just hand in your resignation and walk out?Well, sometimes. It's called constructive dismissal.

The top sanctions question of the moment is whether the UN (or any other international organisation) is likely to instigate new sanctions measures given the current conflict in Israel.

A compromise agreement, or settlement agreement as it is also called, is a legal document that sets out the terms of settlement between an employer and employee when an employment relationship comes to an end.

Over the last few years, companies have faced increasing pressure from shareholders, governments, regulators, employees, customers, and other stakeholders to improve their records on boardroom diversity.

For businesses, preparing for a MONEYVAL assessment requires a comprehensive understanding of the assessment criteria and a diligent approach to compliance. But what are the key areas of concentration and steps that businesses can take to effectively prepare for MONEYVAL assessment?

The UK first announced its intention to prevent Russia from accessing trust services in June 2022. However, 6 months passed without those measures coming to fruition.

In Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd [2021] UKSC 49, the prosecution authority sought to enforce confiscations orders made in criminal proceedings against assets that were the subject of competing proprietary claims brought by Aquilla.

Despite a major UK government-backed review to ensure a third of every FTSE 350 company board is made up of female professionals, just under half of the index is still falling short of this benchmark.[1] Now, Business Secretary Alok Sharma has given businesses a matter of months to make sure that 33% of their board members are women.

If one were to think of the characteristics typical of someone who has changed the world, the quiet intelligence embodied by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would perhaps not rank top of the list.

Lots of businesses were using instant messaging as a way of communicating with their teams before the coronavirus pandemic. Instant messaging services such as Slack were becoming more commonplace but because of the pandemic, remote working and the rise of other instant communication tools like Microsoft Teams, the use of these services between colleagues has increased exponentially. 

As a local business it’s important to us to contribute to and support our local community. So, we are proud to sponsor and support the team at Beresford Street Kitchen for the second year running. 

If you’re an employer, you have a duty of care to your employees. Whilst this covers things like providing a safe working environment, it’s not just about creating a physically safe place to work. Employers also have to consider how to make sure their working environments protect employee mental health too.

Nigeria, the most populated county in Africa, was ruled by President General Mohammed Abacha from 1993 to 1998. During that time, he stole hundreds of millions of dollars of Nigerian public money with help from his second son, Mohammed Sani Abacha, and their associate Abubakar Atiku Bagudu.

We all know that employers, have a duty of care to their employees. This means they have to make sure they’re prioritising the health, safety and welfare of their employees whilst they’re at work. 

If you’re a business owner currently faced with a substantial drop in income whilst your outgoings remain the same, you’ll be thinking about your bottom line and how to reduce costs. 

As local Advocates we want to do our bit to support as many people as possible during this difficult time. We asked local forums what business or employment law questions coronavirus had them asking and we got an amazing response.

With the ever-evolving challenges presented by Covid-19, many businesses are hunting out and dusting off their business continuity plans and their employee handbooks, only to find that their policies and procedures aren’t fit for a global pandemic. 

When you ask someone to think of a judge, they’ll probably imagine a stern-looking, middle aged man or woman, in red robes and a white wig or perhaps a sombre suit.

Good leaders know it is the responsibility of a Board to lead by example and set the tone from the top. With an increasing focus on the protection of individuals’ personal data, it is the responsibility of Boards and business leaders to put information governance on their Agenda. But what if, as a Board member, you aren’t quite sure where to start?

Effective from January 2019, the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, will have new tax legislation in place to ensure that tax resident companies of each of those jurisdictions have a real operational presence or ‘substance’ in the relevant jurisdiction.

Recent Judgments in the UK looking at the operation of companies such as Uber, Deliveroo and Addison Lee have raised questions about employment status and rights.

Why transparency and enforcement are equal partners in helping move the debate forwards 

Get our free guide to GDPR compliance - The guide will take you through the steps of mapping your data to implementing your own GDPR ready policies and procedures.

“Me Too”, two simple terms that have stormed social media in the last week, raising awareness around sexual assault and harassment in a big way.

Individual officers of companies and entities personally face civil penalties of £1 million if they are involved in failing to comply with sanctions requirements under new UK legislation.

Ardent Chambers & Sator Regulatory Consulting are proud to present "The Untouchables" a three hour, relevant, thought provoking CPD seminar on "How high profile clients get out of control".

At a Mediation Symposium in London this week Lord Justice Briggs spoke of “Taking the A out of ADR”.

Mediation is a private and confidential process in which a professionally trained impartial third party works with those persons involved in a conflict or dispute to try and assist them to reach a mutually acceptable outcome.

Last Month OFAC, the US financial sanctions enforcement body, issued an enforcement notice against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.

A survey of CEOs, VPs and middle managers identified that they spent 24% of their time managing conflict. For any business conflict management has the potential to make serious inroads into the time, resources, productivity and performance of a business.

Advocate Matthew Jowitt has won a landmark $300 million Royal Court case on behalf of the US Government.

A report by the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel released on 11 July 2016 suggests businesses who utilise zero hours contracts need to urgently review the terms of their use.

On 20 May 2016 the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal heard the first case of its kinds under the Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013. The case concerned a transgender person who alleged both direct and indirect discrimination against Condor Ferries.

Michael is a Jersey Advocate and an English Solicitor with over 30 years’ experience in complex commercial, corporate and trust litigation and advisory work.

Windward Trading Limited pleaded guilty to four counts of money laundering in Jersey’s Royal Court on 24th February 2016.