In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Hussein Mithani talk to Richard Honey QC about his role as a charity trustee, the challenges faced by running a charity which supports an overseas university, and what is on the horizon for the charity. Richard Honey QC also explains what resources he uses to get to grips with charity law rules. Part 2 of 2

Speakers: Richard Norridge, Hussein Mithani and Richard Honey QC

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Hussein Mithani talk to Richard Honey QC about his professional career as a barrister, village green disputes, and how he became involved in running a charity which supports a university in Sierra Leone. Part 1 of 2

Speakers: Richard Norridge, Hussein Mithani and Richard Honey QC.

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Jade Hu and Parveen Bird from The Big Issue continue with their discussion about The Big Issue group, including some of the challenges their organisation faces and their plans on the horizon. This episode is part 2 of 2 of our conversation with Parveen.

Speakers: Richard Norridge, Jade Hu, and Parveen Bird, The Big Issue

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Jade Hu and Parveen Bird from The Big Issue discuss some of the work and history of The Big Issue group; how Parveen became involved; and her roles within the network. This episode is part 1 of 2 of our conversation with Parveen.

Speakers: Richard Norridge, Jade Hu and Parveen Bird, The Big Issue

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Phoebe Fox and David Clarke, Chief Operating Officer (and formerly Director of Services) at the Royal National Institute of Blind People, discuss in more detail the charity's past, present and future. Part 2 of 2.

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Phoebe Fox and David Clarke, Chief Operating Officer (and formerly Director of Services) at the Royal National Institute of Blind People, discuss David's career to date, including his various roles within the British Paralympic Association, and the work he does at RNIB. Part 1 of 2.

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, Hussein Mithani and Dr Dan Guinness (Managing Director of Beyond Equality) discuss the challenges which face Beyond Equality and explore the regulatory landscape, COVID-19, and what is on the horizon for Beyond Equality. Part 2 of 2

Speakers: Richard Norridge and Hussein Mithani

Beyond Equality links:
Website: https://www.beyondequality.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyond_equality/?hl=en

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, Hussein Mithani and Dr Dan Guinness (Managing Director of Beyond Equality) discuss Dan's background (including his career as a professional rugby player), how that inspired the creation of Beyond Equality, and the most recent successes of the charity. Part 1 of 2

Speakers: Richard Norridge and Hussein Mithani

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, Rebecca Perlman and Joss Saunders, General Counsel for Oxfam, discuss the changing regulatory landscape for charities, trends in the sector and Joss's advice for charity lawyers. Part 2 of 2

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, Rebecca Perlman and Joss Saunders discuss Joss's route to General Counsel for Oxfam, the legal set-up at Oxfam and the biggest legal challenges faced by the charity. Part 1 of 2

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, Matteo Yoon and Dr Rebekah Delsol, Trustee of charity StopWatch, continue discussing the charity's past, present and future.  Part 2 of 2

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, Matteo Yoon and Dr Rebekah Delsol, Trustee of charity StopWatch, continue discussing the charity's past, present and future. StopWatch can be found here.  Part 1 of 2.

Speakers: Matteo Yoon, Richard Norridge and Dr Rebekah Delsol, Trustee of charity StopWatch

In the twelfth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge and Natalie Curtis discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown continues, and we reach first place on the podium of the most significant risks for our respondents, we explore the regulatory compliance risks faced by trust companies.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here, and our Financial Services Regulatory offering here.

In the eleventh episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Susannah Cogman and Daniel Hyde discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown continues, and we reach second place on the podium of the most significant risks our respondents face, we explore the money-laundering risks faced by trust companies.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

A link to our previous briefing on the 5th Money Laundering Directive is here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here, and our Corporate Crime and Investigations offering here. 

In the tenth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, and Elena Hogg discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown continues, and we reach the podium of the most significant risks our respondents face, we explore the cyber security risks faced by trust companies.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here, and our Cyber and Data Security offering here. 

Speakers: Richard Norridge, Elena Hogg

In the ninth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, and Nick Clayton discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown of the most significant risks trust companies face continues, we explore the tax risks faced by the respondents to our survey.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

You can find the recent blog postings mentioned in the podcast here  and here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here and our Tax Disputes offering here. 

Speakers: Richard Norridge and Nick Clayton

In the eighth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, and Miriam Everett discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown of the most significant risks continues, we explore the data protection and data privacy risks faced by trust companies.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here.

In the seventh episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, and Julia Bihary discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown of the most significant risks continues, we now explore the potential of reputational risk for clients being associated with structures in offshore jurisdictions.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here. 

Contacts: Richard Norridge, Julia Bihary

In the sixth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Will Turner and Julia Bihary discuss the results of our Trust Companies Survey. As our countdown of the most significant risks begins, we explore the risks beneficiary disputes pose to trust companies.

Our Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog is available here.

You can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here. 

Contacts: Richard Norridge, Will Turner, Julia Bihary

In this episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge, and Ben Pollard, Founder and CEO of charity Local Welcome discuss the charity's past, present and future. Local Welcome aims to make it fun and easy to cook and eat with refugees in various communities across the UK. 

You can find out more about Local Welcome and what they do at https://www.localwelcome.org/. Speaker info: Richard Norridge – Partner, Head of Private Wealth and Charities Ben Pollard – Founder and CEO of Local Welcome

In the fourth episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series, Richard Norridge, Michael Hunt and Jade Hu discuss the ins and outs of registering a charity in England & Wales. We focus on some common pitfalls and problems which we have seen arise in practice when applying to register a charity, and share some of our top tips on how to avoid these, with particular examples drawn from cases where non-charities set up charities.

The Herbert Smith Freehills Private Wealth and Trust Disputes blog mentioned in the podcast is available here, and you can find out more about or Private Wealth and Charities offering here.

In this third episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Mark Adair discuss music and law. Mark had a successful career as a composer before joining the firm, and shares his thoughts on what he has taken from his creative past into his legal career. Part 2 of 2

In the third episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Mark Adair discuss music and law. Mark had a successful career as a composer before joining the firm, and shares his thoughts on what he has taken from his creative past into his legal career.  Part 1 of 2

The second episode of our Private Wealth and Charities podcast series considers some recent decisions from the English courts in respect of out of time claims for reasonable financial provision brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

The Herbert Smith Freehills Private Wealth and Trusts blog, where you can find more detail about the cases discussed in this podcast, is available here.

The first episode of our new Private Wealth and Charities podcast series considers three recent decisions from the English and New Zealand courts in respect of some potentially surprising heads of liability individuals involved in private wealth structures might face.

The HSF Private Wealth and Trusts blog is available here.

Our case update on Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords [2017] UKSC 67 is available here.