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  • Football referees employees not self-employed, says Court of Appeal

    07 October 2021

    The Court of Appeal has allowed HM Revenue & Customs’ appeal against a decision that there was insufficient mutuality of obligation and control for football referees to be treated as employees for tax purposes.

  • The Perils of Poor Security

    26 January 2018

    James Gill and Bryony Long look at the ICO’s recent fining of Carphone Warehouse, and some of the practical steps you can take to help prevent a similar experience.

  • The National Security and Investment Act 2021: will it lead to greater certainty and lower burdens for businesses?

    07 December 2023

    Since the National Security and Investment Act (the NSI Act) came into force on 4 January 2022, one of the criticisms levelled at the legislation has been its broad scope and ambiguity over whether a transaction might be captured by the mandatory notification regime or voluntary notification regime.

  • The legal sector and #metoo

    29 November 2017

    Sexual harassment is clearly big news at the moment. Not, of course, because it is a new phenomenon, but because it seems that the allegations swirling around numerous big Hollywood names have opened the floodgates and made it OK to say #metoo.

  • Will the extension of IR35 into the private sector be abandoned?

    29 April 2020

    In its eagerly awaited report into the IR35 reforms published earlier this week, the House of Lords has urged the government to “rethink fundamentally its approach” to the “flawed IR35 framework”. It has called on the government to announce by October 2020 whether the IR35 reforms will take effect from April 2021. So how likely is it that the government will change its approach?

  • Section 106 Agreements - a note for anyone developing land

    18 January 2019

    When granting planning permission for development, local planning authorities often impose planning obligations on the party promoting the development. These obligations are usually contained in what are known as Section 106 Agreements or Planning Agreements – separate legal agreements that sit alongside the planning permission. Those agreements will, generally, bind the land to which the planning permission relates – so anyone who owns that land will be bound by the obligations.

  • 60 seconds with Mathew Forde for Business & Finance Magazine

    24 July 2024

  • An insight into in-house: all about client secondments

    29 March 2023

    At Lewis Silkin, trainees are offered a range of client secondment opportunities. As we mostly work for creative businesses, there is often an opportunity to be seconded to businesses in industries like tech, film, media, and fashion.

  • A Seat in Data, Privacy & Cyber

    15 May 2023

    Data, Privacy & Cyber is an incredibly dynamic practice area, which is not only subject to constant topical change (for example Chat GPT and how data might be used in AI systems) but affects people and businesses in so many different ways.

  • A Seat in Digital, Commerce & Creative (DCC)

    26 May 2023

    The best part about the seat is you will be able to work on matters that you are personally passionate about – from music, fashion, sports and advertising and marketing. One of our Trainees was even able to attend the British Fashion Awards! There really is something for everyone in a seat in DCC.

  • Employer discriminated because of pre-employment google search

    28 August 2024

    A recent employment tribunal decision has highlighted the dangers of “googling” a candidate. Although a search might seem easy, risks relating to discrimination and processing of personal data are less straightforward.

  • Disclosure in English litigation: a sea change is coming

    09 January 2018

    English rules on disclosure (‘discovery’ in many jurisdictions) are set for a major overhaul. Draft rules were published in November 2017. Once approved by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, the resulting draft is intended to be introduced as part of a pilot scheme lasting 2 years, potentially beginning in April 2018 and running in the Business and Property Courts. This will cover virtually all High Court litigation. It will not be optional.

  • New judgment restricts employers’ scope for responding to industrial action

    30 June 2021

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has interpreted the law on detrimental treatment for trade union activities in a way that limits how employers may respond to their staff taking industrial action.

  • New judgment further restricts employers’ scope for responding to industrial action

    01 December 2021

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal recently interpreted the law on detrimental treatment for trade union activities in a way that limits the scope for employers to respond to industrial action. In another decision, it has now decided that participating staff may also bring claims under separate blacklisting regulations, which entitle employees to potentially far greater compensation in the form of an automatic minimum award of £5,000.

  • EDPB doubles down on Schrems II

    27 July 2020

    In its recently released FAQs the EDPB appears to have confirmed the expanded scope of all the potential consequences of Schrems II.

  • Covid 19 - Government schemes in other key European jurisdictions

    03 April 2020

    Many other European governments have introduced schemes, similar to the furloughing scheme here in the UK, with the aim of supporting employers experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and encouraging them to retain staff during the crisis. The below is a brief summary of the schemes in place in the key European jurisdictions.

  • Disclosure Pilot Scheme already making an impact as High Court orders list of “issues for disclosure”

    12 December 2018

    The mandatory Disclosure Pilot Scheme may not start in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales (“BPCs”) until 1 January 2019, but it seems the courts are already taking the new rules into account. In one reported case, the High Court has ordered a separate “list of issues for disclosure”, which will have to be jointly completed by the parties as part of the new Disclosure Review Document required under the Pilot Scheme.

  • Ireland: New paid parental leave scheme from 1 November 2019

    09 October 2019

    The Government has now published the General Scheme for the Parental Leave and Benefit Bill. This provides for paid parental leave benefit, to be used within the first 12 months of a child’s life or 12 months from the date of adoption.

  • Government announces the new Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)

    07 April 2020

    On 3 April 2020, the Government announced a new loan scheme to provide support for large businesses.

  • Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)

    22 April 2020

    The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) opened on Monday 20 April 2020. It provides financial support to mid-sized and larger UK businesses across the UK that are losing revenue, and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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