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  • Are contract amendments made in an economic downturn legally binding?

    03 February 2023

    Performing obligations in commercial contracts in the current downturn is a serious challenge for some businesses. Sometimes that challenge will be so great that it is the catalyst for a breakdown of a business relationship. But where there is a common desire to get through these tough times, the focus may be on how contractual terms might be varied to ensure that both parties are able to survive.

  • Francesca Mack

    Francesca Mack

    Senior Associate

    I am a Senior Associate in Lewis Silkin’s Commercial legal practice group, having completed my training contract at the firm.

  • Luxury & Lifestyle

    The Collective by Lewis Silkin brings together a “collective” of ideas and thoughts from leading figures and commentators in the fast-moving luxury, lifestyle and premium brands sector.

  • Keeping the luxury in brands?

    22 February 2018

    In Coty v Parfumerie Akzente (Case C-230/16) the CJEU has stated that luxury brand owners, can, in certain circumstances prohibit reselling of their products through some internet platforms

  • Amazon loses Lush keyword battle

    12 February 2014

    The High Court judgment handed down on Monday 10 February 2014, which ruled in favour of Lewis Silkin's client Lush, has been covered in a Managing Intellectual Property article.

  • Ludivine Gegaden

    Ludivine Gegaden

    Associate

    I am an associate in the Employment, Immigration and Reward division. I am also a member of the French Desk and part of the investigations team.

  • Lucy Hendley

    Lucy Hendley

    Head of Client Training

    I am an Employment solicitor and Head of Client Training specialising in legal training and workplace mediation in the employment team.

  • Lucy Lewis

    Lucy Lewis

    Partner

    I joined Lewis Silkin on qualification in 2002. I was made a partner in 2009 and in 2012, I opened our office in Cardiff where I manage the office and head a growing employment team.

  • LSPrivacyDesk

    LSPrivacyDesk is a dedicated, client helpline service which can provide you with ad hoc cross-disciplinary data and privacy compliance advice during business hours.

  • LSAssetProtect

    Protecting property, brands, staff and customers.

  • LS In-house

    LS In-house is our flexible resourcing service.

  • LS Assist

    The business community is facing many real and unique challenges in today’s fast-changing world. We understand the pressures you are under and we want to play our part in helping you and your business adapt and thrive. One way in which we’re doing this is by offering you a new and innovative legal service; LS Assist.

  • ‘Loophole’, or lobbying for change?

    31 August 2018

    Migration Watch UK has recently published a paper drawing attention to a perceived abuse by certain employers of part of the UK’s immigration system. Distortion of the ICT visa system suggests that the Tier 2 (Intracompany Transfer) (‘ICT’) visa route is currently being exploited by employers who are ‘undercutting the domestic labour market’. The ‘law that is’ and the ‘law that ought to be’ by nature pull in opposite directions. Taking UK immigration law as a ‘closed circuit’, the use of the word ‘loophole’ might better be categorised by some as simply ‘poor regulation’.

  • No Longer Grounded – Changes in Leasehold Enfranchisement

    24 June 2022

    Outside of case law tweaks to the aging legislation, it is rather rare that anything significant happens in the world of enfranchisement. June 2022, however, is different.

  • Bryony Long

    Bryony Long

    Partner

    I am Co-Head of Lewis Silkin’s Data, Privacy & Cyber Group. I work in three main areas: data, privacy & cyber; commercial & consumer; and technology.

  • London Calling

    14 March 2012

    Chinese companies expanding in the UK or anywhere abroad must carefully follow local employment law, says James Davies and Sarah McWhinney of law firm Lewis Silkin in London. Both are members of a member of Ius Laboris, a human resources law firm alliance. Download the full news article.

  • Employment implications of exiting lockdown

    27 May 2020

    We are pleased to announce our spring/summer series of online updates. This programme is aimed mainly at HR managers and those with equivalent experience of dealing with workplace employment issues – but we’d be delighted to welcome you whatever your background or grounding in employment law.

  • Ireland: Employment implications of the gradual exit from lockdown

    28 May 2020

    As other countries take their first steps out of lockdown, the Irish government announced that from 18th May lockdown restrictions would begin to be relaxed. We have also seen the publication of the roadmap for reopening society and business, and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation also published the Return to Work Safely Protocol with its seven steps for getting back to work.

  • Are contract amendments agreed during lockdown legally binding?

    08 April 2021

    Performing obligations in commercial contracts during the Government enforced lockdown has been a serious challenge for many businesses. Sometimes that challenge was so great that it was the catalyst for a breakdown of a business relationship. To avoid remaining bound by onerous obligations some parties felt compelled to terminate contracts.

  • Lisa Dafydd

    Lisa Dafydd

    Senior Associate

    I am a Senior Associate based in Cardiff in the Employment, Immigration and Reward division.

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