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Laura Farnsworth comments for The Law Society Gazette
05 December 2018In this article Laura Farnsworth discusses the benefits of lawyers working part time as well as discussing how Lewis Silkin’s low cost, fixed fee service rockhopper has helped support lawyers who wish to work part time.
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Fergus Payne features for The Law Society Gazette: New model army
01 April 2019Fergus Payne recently attended the latest Gazette roundtable, where mergers, finance, technology and succession planning were high on the agenda and changing law firm business structures were discussed.
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Influencing for Impact – the Law Society report on the need for gender equality in the legal profession
25 April 20192019 marks the 100 year anniversary of women having the right to qualify as solicitors and barristers (as well as serve on juries and act as magistrates).
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News focus: Coronavirus is incubator of invention for law firms: Jo Farmer comments for The Law Society Gazette
04 May 2020Against a backdrop of Covid-19, law firms have come up with a plethora of client-facing instruments, encompassing wills and probate, property and insolvency. Is this the ‘new normal’? In this article for The Law Society Gazette, Jo Farmer comments on Lewis Silkin's new fixed-fee commercial law service, LS Assist.
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Lewis Silkin participate in Law Society LGBT+ podcast on bullying and harassment
25 February 2021Two members of Lewis Silkin’s Diversity Board discuss issues faced by the LGBT+ community.
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My Legal Life: Jo Evans Q&A for The Law Society Gazette
31 March 2022"Growing up, I had never really considered a legal career. There were no lawyers in my family and it had never crossed my mind that this was something I could do. Until, one year, I was working as a flotilla skipper in Turkey and teaching sailing and one of the clients was a lawyer. She talked so passionately about her work it did make me think that I could do this. So, when the sailing season ended, I came home and applied to law school." - Jo Evans, Partner and Chair
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Remuneration Codes – for banks, building societies and designated investment firms
19 February 2024This Inbrief provides an overview of the Remuneration Codes issued by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – we refer to these collectively as “the UK Regulators”.
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Socially embarrassing - FULLY BOOKED
12 October 2017This session will focus on what makes a good social media strategy and how brands can get it wrong.
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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Environmental, social and governance issues are currently one of the biggest priorities for all organisations around the world.
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Digital & Social Media
As Digital and Social Media continues to disrupt and provide challenges and opportunities across the Media and Entertainment industries, we are perfectly placed to understand the issues and provide converged and innovation solutions and advice.
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Environmental, Social and Governance issues
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are currently one of the biggest priorities for all organisations around the world.
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Social impact
We are driven to make a difference to our clients, our people and our communities. Our social impact work is about empowering people and improving lives, with a strong focus on raising aspirations and improving outcomes for young people.
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#acknowledge: advertising compliance on social media
26 June 2013In an article for Law In Sport, Alex Kelham discusses various celebrity tweets which have fallen foul of advertising compliance codes and laws. Alex suggests that in order to avoid the indignation of ASA complaints, perhaps the answer is for agencies to do what they do best - get creative.
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Lewis Silkin awarded Best Social Mobility Programme at the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards
24 March 2014City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has received the award for ‘Best Social Mobility Programme’ at the 2014 Awards for Management Excellence by the Managing Partners’ Forum.
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Social Media and Online Issues - Defamation and Privacy
19 July 2015Online publishing via social media is now instant, free and easily accessible. Anyone can publish content without much in the way of control or the input of an in-house legal team to veto high risk content. Such freedom and accessibility raises issues for online publishers who face the possibility of claims of defamation and breach of privacy.
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Social faux pas: Brands and celebrities
21 October 2016An Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling in September illustrates that some brands and their agencies are still getting it wrong when it comes using a celebrity’s social media presence to promote their product.
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How will the current crisis shape the social contract and business landscape?
23 July 2020“We’re facing the twin-track challenges of creating a society with better 'good work' yet also facing the headwinds of an economic crisis. Few want to return to the world exactly as it used to be. In the world of work, we have a unique opportunity but also a unique once in a generation challenge, for both employers and the government, in re-thinking the who, how, what, and where of work.” James Davies, Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP
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Government considers imposing ‘Duty of Impartiality’ on social media platforms
19 November 2020It is a lofty ideal to impose a duty of due impartiality on social media platforms. Decisions of where and whether to allow or to block various content on major social media platforms are extremely important. The flow of information, misinformation and disinformation clearly has the power to influence societies and the outcome of elections.
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Health and Social Care Levy: increase in employment costs
09 September 2021As widely anticipated, the government has announced the introduction of a levy to help pay for the NHS backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in social care.
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