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Digital Economy Act 2017 - the new Electronic Communications Code - two years on
06 October 2019
The Code was first introduced in 1984. It was then called the Telecommunications Code, and addressed the installation of landline equipment. Revisions in 2003 extended the scope to incorporate digital technology, but problems with the amended Code soon emerged.
Government amends the Working Time Regulations to allow holiday carry over for the next two leave years
13 May 2020
The government has made amendments to the Working Time Regulations which will allow workers to carry up to 4 weeks of annual leave over into the next 2 leave years, and has just published some further guidance on how this is intended to work in practice. This will apply where workers have not been able to take their statutory annual leave entitlement due to coronavirus.
GDPR Two Years On: What have we learned?
15 June 2020
The European Union's (EU) General Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into enforcement on May 25, 2018.
Junk food ad ban is two years away: Brinsley Dresden comments for The Times
28 July 2020
A 9pm watershed for junk food adverts is likely to take two years to introduce as ministers give companies time to make food healthy enough to promote.
Nick Allan comments for the BBC: Wordle code could be copied to play for seven years
03 February 2022
The code that powers the website of the viral puzzle game Wordle can be copied and saved to continue playing it for the next seven years, it has been revealed.
Gender pay gap reporting: 5 years on
28 April 2022
Now that we’ve had gender pay gap reporting regulations for over 5 years, we’ve taken a look at the impact of the regime.
A gig in five years: An immersive dream or virtual insanity? Cliff Fluet comments for City AM
25 August 2023
The pandemic is over and live music is back. The amount spent on live music event tickets in July in the UK was up 22 per cent in 2022 compared to 2019, with annual concert spending passing the £2bn threshold for the first time ever, according to data from PRS for Music, which licenses live events.
Lewis Silkin’s Belfast office sees rapid growth in first two years
02 October 2023
Lewis Silkin Northern Ireland has generated around 30 new jobs since being established two years ago, bringing the size of the firm’s Belfast team to 48.
FCA fines Equifax £11 million for 2017 data breach - five years after the ICO
25 October 2023
This insight provides a summary of The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) fines to Equifax Ltd (“Equifax”) £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data it had outsourced to its parent company in the US, following a data breach in 2017.
Government limits unfair dismissal awards to a year's salary
21 January 2013
James Davies comments on new limits on unfair dismissal awards in a Solicitors Journal article.
Lewis Silkin named one of Britain's best employers for fifth year running
04 March 2013
City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has once again been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers by the Sunday Times’ esteemed ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ survey.
Lewis Silkin named one of Britain's best employers for sixth year running
03 March 2014
City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has once again been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers by The Sunday Times’ esteemed ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ survey. Coming in at number 54, this marks the sixth successive year Lewis Silkin has been included, and the firm is one of only eight law firms to feature in the list.
The legal year ahead
26 December 2014
Fergus Payne has written an article for The Law Society Gazette.
For seventh year running, Lewis Silkin named one of Britain’s top employers
02 March 2015
For the seventh year in a row, City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has again been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers as part of The Sunday Times’ esteemed ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ survey. Maintaining its position at number 54 overall, the firm is one of 10 law firms to feature in the 2015 list.
Lewis Silkin sees big gains in this year's Legal 500 rankings
21 September 2015
City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has made significant gains for a number of its teams and specialisms in the latest Legal 500 rankings.
A year of flops and firsts
24 December 2015
2015 has been a year flops and firsts for the UK legal profession, writes Fergus Payne for The Times.
Lewis Silkin lauded for its rockhopper HR and employment law offering in this year’s FT Innovative Lawyer Awards
06 October 2016
Rockhopper, the pioneering low-cost, fixed-fee HR and employment law service from top 100 UK law firm Lewis Silkin LLP, has been commended as ‘Standout’ in this year’s FT Innovative Lawyers awards in the Innovation in Human Resources category.
The Trade Union Act 2016 - the year ahead
04 January 2017
Although the Trade Union Act 2016 (the “Act”) became law in May last year, further legislation is needed to flesh out some of its reforms and bring them into force. Now that the Government has begun publishing this additional legislation and updating related Codes of Practice, we take a look below at some areas where the impact of the Act’s reforms is likely to become clearer over the year ahead.
New Year’s resolutions for better IP (Brands & IP Newsnotes- issue 4)
08 February 2017
Why stop at making personal resolutions for the New Year when you can make them for your IP too. The start of the year is an excellent time to consider your general IP strategy and even to introduce new practices that will make protecting, using and enforcing your IP that much easier in 2017.
Lewis Silkin ranked as one of the UK's best employers for ninth year in a row
03 March 2017
Top 100 UK law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers once again in The Sunday Times’ ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ survey.