The new judges

The new judges

Business and human rights debate in association with Herbert Smith Freehills

Contributors

Mark McAteer|James Wood

managing editor|Research editor

mark.mcateer@legalease.co.uk|

In our recent Insight report on business and human rights – published in September in association with Herbert Smith Freehills – we noted how the arrival of the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) in the UK in 2015 has crystallised awareness of the human rights concerns in business. We heard from in-house human rights experts how the debate over the last 15 years had moved beyond a vague concept to which lip service had been paid to become a mainstream business consideration, combining legal liability with potentially devastating reputational risk.

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