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Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for The Drum: Tui ad banned by ASA for claiming that summer 'includes October'
23 August 2018In an article for The Drum, Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments on the ASA banning Tui advertising summer holiday packages in September and October, as the offers are misleading to customers.
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Outsourcing: TU recognition application against service provider and client thrown out
05 April 2019The High Court has dismissed a judicial review of two decisions of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) in relation to outsourced workers based at the University of London. The CAC had rejected applications by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) for recognition for collective bargaining.
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‘Tsunami’ of Irish legal issues: Linda Hynes comments for Irish Daily Mail
24 August 2021Linda Hynes discusses discrimination issues that may occur when employees in Ireland return to the workplace.
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Lewis Silkin has advised international engineering and consulting group, Systra Limited, on its acquisition of TSP Projects
06 September 2019Lewis Silkin has advised international engineering and consulting group, Systra Limited, on its acquisition of TSP Projects.
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Steven Jennings comments for The Telegraph: Fraudsters try to cash in on the good name of British legal companies
15 July 2019Steven Jennings has commented in an article for The Telegraph that discusses how leading British law firms are being targeted by cyber criminals who set up fake email accounts and pose as top lawyers to try to con people and companies out of millions.
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Hidden Truths Of COVID-19: Digital Discrimination
15 April 2020With millions of people migrating from working on-site to working from home, the resulting culture shift has given rise to a wave of aggressive and discriminatory behaviour in the digital workplace. Lewis Silkin estimates that around 59% of large multinational enterprises have already put into place a plan to respond to pandemic diseases such as Coronavirus.
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Misrepresentation: the truth, the half-truth and anything but the truth
19 September 2019When negotiating a deal, counterparties often exchange pre-contract statements and promises. Sometimes those statements and promises turn out to be wrong. Exaggerations, mistaken beliefs, misleading opinions as well as statements made recklessly might result in an aggrieved counterparty seeking redress.
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Misrepresentation: the truth, the half-truth and anything but the truth
19 September 2019We would like to invite you to our next seminar on Thursday, 19 September 2019. We will be discussing the litigation risks associated with pre-contract statements.
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Employee Ownership Trusts: Employee ownership for business startup succession and transition
13 October 2016Employee ownership is one of the most rapidly growing alternative business models in the UK. Employee-owned businesses are proven to have improved productivity, better levels of employee engagement, recruitment and retention, and even healthier employees. The Finance Act of 2014 introduced new provisions offering significant tax relief to company owners who transfer their business to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), and to their employees.
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The emerging agency buyers - Private Equity and Employee Ownership Trusts…same same but different
11 November 2021Gone are the days when independent agencies were faced with a simple choice of which global holding network they could attract to buy them.
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Lewis Silkin successfully defends Trust Risk Group SpA in the High Court
28 July 2015Lewis Silkin has successfully defended its client Trust Risk Group S.p.A. (“TRG”) against an anti-arbitration injunction brought by AmTrust Europe Limited (“AmTrust”).
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Sara Cohen participates in round-table for Architecture Today: Trust in Employee Ownership
10 September 2019Sara Cohen has taken part in a round-table discussion for Architecture Today that discussed employee ownership among architects.
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Lewis Silkin announces new charity partnership with the Sutton Trust
20 September 2023We are proud to announce our new charity partnership with the Sutton Trust, an organisation dedicated to fighting for social mobility.
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Carolyn Soakell comments for The Times - Gender pay reforms will not reveal true size of the gap
24 May 2017Carolyn Soakell has commented in an article for The Times Brief which discusses the new Gender Pay regulations that came into force on the 6 April.
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Sports Q&A - Is there trouble on the horizon for algorithms in sport?
10 September 2020Algorithms have featured heavily in the news lately, albeit for the wrong reasons. The algorithms used to determine UK school examination results were eventually abandoned after a chorus of derision and condemnation over their apparent discriminatory bias against students from disadvantaged backgrounds and some questionable outcomes.
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Double trouble: is dual employment a recipe for disaster?
16 January 2024Double the employers means double the trouble according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which, in a decision last year, cast doubt on the legal possibility of dual employment. However, although there might be a presumption against this arrangement, there are situations when the law allows for this.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Norstella on disposal of Clinerion to form a strategic partnership with TriNetX
21 April 2023Lewis Silkin has advised leading pharmaceutical solutions provider Norstella on the formation of its strategic partnership with TriNetX, the global healthcare network driving real world research, which included the sale of Clinerion.
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Home Office guidance on immigration fraud, tricks and scams
18 April 2024Immigration scams are an ongoing concern for businesses and individual users of the immigration system. This article provides some guidance on actions that sponsors of workers and individuals can take if they receive an unexpected email, call or letter purporting to be from the Home Office.
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A tribute to John Fraser: 1934 to 2017
11 April 2017We pay tribute to John Fraser, whose contribution to the development of Lewis Silkin was considerable.
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How is Covid-19 affecting Employment Tribunals?
27 August 2020Covid-19 has created a significant backlog problem in the Employment Tribunal. Employers are increasingly likely to see claims relating to furlough and/or a safe return to work, and many hearings will be dealt with remotely.