Jacob Montague

Senior Solicitor

Jacob Montague

Senior Solicitor

Jacob is a senior solicitor working with organisations and individuals across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial law issues.

Jacob acts for domestic and international businesses across a range of sectors, with particular interest in the arts, media, and technology sectors. Jacob has extensive experience assisting clients with commercial agreements, transactions, and managing data protection obligations, including data transfers and data subject access requests.

Jacob Montague

Senior Solicitor

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04 December 2017
Employment

Does government face ‘steep learning curve’ on apprenticeships?

As reported previously, in April this year the apprenticeship levy came into force. This introduced a 0.5% levy on employers with payrolls over £3million.

30 November 2017
Employment

Monica Atwal comments in the Raconteur on ‘Want to know how much colleagues are paid?’

Monica Atwal comments in the Raconteur on ‘Want to know how much colleagues are paid?’Whether or not individuals’ pay should be made public is a matter of controversy.

30 November 2017
Employment

Closing Report from 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Michael Sippitt, Chairman of Clarkslegal and the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform, reports from the closing day of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.

29 November 2017
Privacy and Data Protection

The Uber Hack: How not to respond to a data security breach

It has been just over a week since the news broke that Uber concealed a major data security breach in which names, email addresses, and phone numbers associated with around 57 million individuals were leaked, including 2.7 million in the UK. Given the scale, it seems likely that the personal data of UK and EU citizens will have been compromised and the reaction of relevant data protection and cybercrime agencies will be instructive for many data-oriented companies going forward.

29 November 2017
Employment

Further Reports from 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Michael Sippitt, Chairman of Clarkslegal LLP and the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform, reports further from the 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. One key concern about the future of work in developing countries is the probable displacement of low skilled work by technology.

24 November 2017
Privacy and Data Protection

Company fined £80,000 for selling personal data without owners’ consent

The ICO has fined data brokering company Verso Group (UK) Ltd £80,000 for a serious and deliberate contravention of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).An ICO investigation found that the company had supplied personal data to two other companies who then used the data for telemarketing purposes (including nuisance calls).

Contact Jacob Montague

+44 118 960 4613 contact@clarkslegal.com