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Michael Anderson comments for The Financial Times, The Law Society Gazette & Staffing Industry Analysts: ‘Victory for employers’ as Supreme Court rules in landmark competition case
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03 July 2019Michael Anderson has commented in an articles for The Financial Times, The Law Society Gazette and Staffing Industry Analysts. In all three articles he discusses the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a non-compete restriction today in the first employment competition case to have reached the court and its predecessor in over a century.
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Naomi Hanrahan-Soar and Kathryn Denyer write for LexisNexis: An update on the start-up and innovator endorsing bodies
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03 July 2019Naomi Hanrahan-Soar and Kathryn Denyer provide an update for LexisNexis on the start-up and innovator visa endorsing bodies, and whether they are in a position to endorse.
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Cliff Fluet comments for Managing IP: UKIPO looks to AI to fight “disastrous and archaic” rights
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26 June 2019Cliff Fluet has commented in an article for Managing IP which discusses UKIPO's statement that 'Improved awareness of high quality data, together with greater use of AI and emerging tech, is likely to increase value for IP owners'.
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Joanna Hunt writes for FreeMovement: Why can’t politicians get over the idea of an Australian-style immigration system?
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24 June 2019In an article for freemovement, Joanna Hunt asks, why can’t politicians get over the idea of an Australian-style immigration system?
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Naomi Hanrahan-Soar writes for Building: Are speedier visas enough to ease the skills crisis?
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21 June 2019In an article for Building, Naomi Hanrahan-Soar asks, are speedier visas enough to ease the skills crisis that the Architecture profession is facing?
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Lucy Lewis comments for The Telegraph: South Western Railway strike: Can I be sacked because my trains keep getting cancelled?
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18 June 2019Lucy Lewis has commented in an article for The Telegraph that discusses the five-day rail strike across South Western Railway (SWR) services that's threatening to disrupt journeys for hundreds of thousands of commuters as workers walk out in a long-running dispute over the role of train guards.
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New processes for low-risk nationalities using e-passport gates to enter the UK
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10 June 2019Since 20 May 2019 citizens of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand Singapore, South Korea and USA have been able to use e-passport gates at airports in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, the East Midlands, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, London City, Luton, Manchester and Stansted, as well as the Eurostar terminals at Brussels and Paris.
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Joanna Hunt and Kathryn Denyer write for HR Magazine: Digitalisation of the visa system: What HR should know
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07 June 2019Joanna Hunt and Kathryn Denyer have written an article for HR Magazine that discusses how HR teams need to get up to speed with the transformation of the UK's visa system, including digital visa status and online right to work checks.
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Mark Lim writes for Accountancy Age: Insolvency of LLPs – liability and risk for partners
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07 June 2019In an article for Accountancy Age, Mark Lim outlines what partners need to know in the event of an LLP’s insolvency.
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James Davies comments for Compliance Monitor: Office autocrats: facing dominant behaviours in financial services
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06 June 2019James Davies has commented in an article for Compliance Monitor which discusses forceful personalities in the financial services industry, the negative group behaviours that arise from them and how bucking these pressures is a formidable task for an individual and, lamentably, most whistleblowers still experience adverse reprisals.
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Tom Heys comments for The Economist: Don’t talk (too much) about religion at work
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05 June 2019Tom Heys has commented in an article for The Economist which discusses religion in the workplace.
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Dominic Farnsworth comments for Managing Intellectual Property: Lawyers head to Ireland to secure IP audience rights
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03 June 2019In an article by Managing Intellectual Property, Dominic Farnsworth comments on the lack of clarity over Brexit that's leading more lawyers to seek to secure their rights in Ireland.
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Toni Lorenzo, Michael Anderson and David Samuels write for People Management: Mitigating the impact of an unlawful team move
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30 May 2019Can you prevent former employees from competing even in the absence of enforceable restrictive covenants? Toni Lorenzo, Michael Anderson and David Samuels report for People Management in light of a recent Court of Appeal ruling.
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Adam Glass comments for The Guardian: Landmarks in law: Sally Bercow and the first major 'Twibel' case
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29 May 2019Adam Glass has commented in an article for The Guardian which discusses how defamation cases used to focus primarily on broadcasters and newspapers – until social media changed everything.
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James Davies comments for Legal Business: Market Report: Employment – The toughest gig in town
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28 May 2019James Davies comments in an article for Legal Business which discusses how #MeToo's influence on employment litigation in firms is likely to come into full swing in 2019.
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Karen Baxter comments for The Telegraph: The toxic legacy of bosses who just won't quit (like Theresa May)
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24 May 2019Karen Baxter has commented in an article for The Telegraph which asks 'what can employees do when their boss refuses to quit?'
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Michael Burd comments for The Financial Times: Sexual harassment and bullying rife in legal profession
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15 May 2019Michael Burd has commented in an article for The Financial Times that discusses bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession. Workplace training is having little or no effect on tackling the issues, according to a global survey of 7,000 people working in the sector.
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Nigel Dewar Gibb comments for Music Week, MusicBusiness Worldwide and Record of the Day: 'Digital licensing needs to be fit for purpose': MMF calls for reform to DSP royalty payments
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09 May 2019Nigel Dewar Gibb has commented in articles for Music Week, MusicBusiness Worldwide and Record of the Day that discuss a new report published by the Music Managers Forum (MMF). It claims that inefficient payment systems are reducing the digital royalties that creators receive.
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Richard Miskella comments for The Lawyer: Learning the practical lessons of #MeToo: Two City firms appoint workplace guardians
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03 May 2019Richard Miskella has commented in an article for The Lawyer which discusses #MeToo and the “Guardians Programme” put in place by Lewis Silkin. This has seen us appoint designated members of staff to be a confidential port of call for colleagues who are concerned about behaviours or the culture at work.
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James Davies comments for LexisNexis: Are payslip laws the start of transparency over worker rights?
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26 April 2019James Davies has commented in an article for LexisNexis which discusses the feasibility of payslip laws, the extent of transparency over worker rights and the challenges posed to the government.