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The Law Commissions’ final report on driverless cars proposes shifting liability away from the person in the driving seat…
31 January 2022Following a three-stage project including safety assurance and legal liability and HARPS (looking at how automated vehicles could be used to improve public transport), the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission have published their eagerly awaited report on autonomous vehicles.
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Roundtable with the ICO: A discussion of recent developments: GDPR and Privacy Shield
23 March 2016Following a four-year gestation period, a near final draft of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is available. The new rules will not apply until 2018 at the earliest depending on when the regulation is finally adopted but there is a lot to do in advance as organisations will need to demonstrate compliance. Steps should be taken now in readiness
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The CJEU’s decision in Schrems II: Privacy Shield invalidated (and SCCs in jeopardy)
17 July 2020The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield is invalid and that, while model clauses remain a valid mechanism for cross-border data transfers, this validity is subject to an equivalent level of protection being provided in the recipient country as that afforded by EU law.
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COVID-19: 10 legal considerations of extending the football season in England: John Shea comments for LawInSport
03 April 2020John Shea comments on the turmoil caused by Covid-19 to sports globally and football in particular, discussing the multitude of issues to work out in a landscape which is changing on almost a daily basis.
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Manchester City's CAS appeal - the big questions answered: John Shea comments for The Athletic
15 April 2020John Shea comments in this article by The Athletic on the main questions behind Manchester City's CAS appeal regarding their two-year UEFA ban from European club football.
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Manchester City escapes Champions League ban: John Shea comments for Bloomberg
14 July 2020The credibility of UEFA’s financial fair play rules has been questioned after Europe’s top soccer regulatory body lost in its attempt to ban Manchester City for two years from the Champions League.
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I am a Managing Associate in the Digital, Commerce & Creative (DCC) team, with a particular focus on the media & entertainment, sport and technology sectors.
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Alan Hunt comments in The Luxury Law Alliance: Accessing luxury in the sharing economy - the legal issues
02 March 2017Senior Associate, Alan Hunt has written an article for The Luxury Law Alliance which discusses the legal issues of accessing luxury in the sharing economy of the fashion industry.
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Shares & Options for Businesses
Recruiting, motivating and retaining management and staff is a key issue for most employers and getting it right at the outset is crucial – tax rates on share and option plan gains can vary between 0%/10% at one end, and 54.59% at the other, but the rules are complex.
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Shares & Options for Employers
Recruiting, motivating and retaining management and staff is a key issue for most employers and getting it right at the outset is crucial – tax rates on share and option plan gains can vary between 0%/10% at one end, and 54.59% at the other, but the rules are complex.
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Failing to enhance pay for shared parental leave is not sex discrimination
28 May 2019In an emphatic judgment, the Court of Appeal (“CA”) has ruled that it is not direct discrimination, indirect discrimination or breach of equal pay rights to provide enhanced pay for maternity leave and statutory pay only for shared parental leave.
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Failing to enhance pay for shared parental leave is not sex discrimination – permission to appeal refused
19 February 2020The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal in the case of Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall. This means the law remains as set out in the Court of Appeal’s judgment, which said that failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave was neither indirect discrimination nor a breach of equal pay rights.
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Paying different dividends to different share classes: as easy as A, B, C?
16 June 2017Giving a company the ability to pay different rates of dividend to different shareholders can be a useful tool.
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Location, context and place-shaping challenge - The Great Office Occupier & Developer Debate
24 May 2022Office premises come in a wide variety of forms from new, smart buildings to older traditional and historic stock. One thing that is common to both is the need for context and location – a sense of physical place.
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No break for KitKat as EU court rules against monopolies of shapes
16 September 2015James Sweeting has been quoted in an article by The Independent which looks at the European Court of Justice’s decision that the shape of Nestlé’s famous four-finger KitKat bar does not merit a trademark.
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The Immigration Bill and sham marriages
14 February 2014In an article for The Law Society Gazette, Samar Shams discusses the new measures on sham marriages and civil partnerships arising from the new Immigration Bill.
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“One shall be conducting an independent investigation”
05 March 2021Whatever you might have to say about the timing of fresh bullying allegations being made against the Duchess of Sussex, the response of Buckingham Palace echoes that of many other high-profile companies and institutions over recent months and years: an investigation will take place. In this article, we consider the many important and complex issues organisations need to navigate when conducting investigations into allegations in the workplace.
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I have been a Partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward division since 2016 having joined the firm as a trainee in 2002. I am also the firm’s Training Principal. I have a particular focus ...
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Just a bit of banter - or endemic sexual harassment?
12 August 2016More than 52% of women surveyed said they had been sexually harassed at work, according to a new report by the Trades Union Congress in conjunction with the Everyday Sexism Project. Perhaps even more surprising than that headline figure is the fact that 79% of the women who said that they had experienced harassment did not inform their employer
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LS Live: Sexual Harassment in the live entertainment industry
13 June 20182017 was the year the issues of workplace sexual harassment dominated the public conversation. As the year closed, the media spotlight was firmly focused on sexual harassment and the far reaching #metoo campaign.