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got the nods up, got the heads up from all the team there.

So sit back and listen to Nick Humphrey, aviation partner of Clyde & Co, talking about, yeah, you guessed it, aviation.

Why? Because we've seen a number of delays, obviously with the uncertainties here in the region at the moment.

A lot of people think it might be aligned with that.

Delays ranging from 30 minutes to six hours.

Overall, it was a tough day.

on the air schedules, or was it? Let's ask a man in the know, aviation partner of Clyde & Co, Nick Humphrey, our go-to when we are confused as to what's going on up there in the air.

Morning to you, Nick.

And then did bits of consulting as well, and then moved that into full-time consulting for about 12 years.

And then just recently this year, I've gone back into corporate, which is not where I expected to be, but now I'm working with Clyde & Co, um, full-time as their learning and talent partner for Mia.

So I think if I look back, there has been a purpose to every step-

Mm-hmm

head of indirect tax at Grant Thornton.

He came down to join us, as did Nick Humphrey, aviation partner, Clyde & Co. Nick was on hand to talk all things planes, why just that ATM, come to a conclusion.

Large part of that was some of the big airlines announcements coming out of the meetings.

Also that British Airways announcement overnight that they are looking to get back early November.

From British Airways, they've confirmed that they will resume flights to Dubai from the 3rd of November.

They say with one daily service from London before increasing to twice daily, restoring direct connectivity on what is a key Gulf route as the carrier adjusts its Middle East network for the winter travel season.

OK, is that going to be the case? Let's get some more details on British Airways and other airlines are available with Nick Humphrey, the aviation partner of Clyde & Co.

Nick, good to have you on board.

Climate litigation has grown extraordinarily quickly over the past decade in scale and in sophistication and in its implications for anyone providing liability cover to companies, directors or governments with climate-related exposures.

Nigel Brooke at Clyde & Co has been tracking this landscape carefully.

And when I spoke to him first in episode 24 back in 2021, he had tracked over 1,800 climate litigation cases.

By mid-2025, this had risen to over 3,000 cases, so he was right to see this was just the beginning.

But with socioeconomic impacts far beyond the UK's control and a raft of legislative and policy shifts to contend with, how can London's developers meet that challenge? I'm Jess Harold, here with the latest Estates Gazette Property Podcast, recorded here in historic Guild Hall, right in the heart of the London Real Estate Forum.

And I'm delighted to be joined by Annabel Redman, partner at Clyde & Co, and Mark Eden, board director at Arada London, to discuss these issues.

Welcome to both of you.

How are you enjoying LREF so far?

Thanks, Faye.

And our guest today is Rebecca Ricketts, director of strategy, transformation, and people experience at Clyde & Co. Rebecca is responsible for helping one of the world's leading law firms navigate change, whether that's improving the way people work, embracing new technology, or leading really complex transformation programs.

It's a fascinating role just at a time when really every organization is asking, "How do we evolve without really losing what makes us su- successful?" Rebecca, welcome to the podcast.

It's great to have you with us.

And then after having my first son, I moved to Standard Chartered where I focused on HR transformation, service delivery, and again implementing a new HR target operating model.

And later I became, uh, global head of talent deployment and strategic projects, where I was responsible for the bank's internal mobility strategy, alumni, and also leading a global product design and change portfolio.

And then three years ago, I joined Clyde & Co, my current role as director of strategy, transformation, and people experience.

Uh, so today my role comes a number of things, um, spanning technology, strategy, people experience, governance, and process improvement, as well as leading our enterprise PMO that sits outside of HR, uh, which is responsible for delivering a number of the firm's strategic initiatives.

But what does it mean, mean factually for the business? And, um, and we've been struggling with it, with it for a long time until we actually, um, funnily enough, it was a law firm.

One of our clients is a, it's a huge global law firm and, uh, called Clyde & Co.

And, um, they really, uh, thought of, thought through it, and they were like, "You know what? Let's just measure it." You know, it's, it's doing proper modeling.

What does it mean, uh, in our effectiveness and efficiency and rewor-lack of rework and, uh, and so forth.

Absolutely.

So I have a report here from the law firm Clyde & Co., published in July 2026, detailing the South African ARB Sunlight Platinum decision.

And it is important to define what an advertising code ruling actually is, just to set the parameters for you listening.

It is a judgment on the overall meaning of one specific package claim under one country's specific advertising code.