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Lewis Silkin wins Gold and Silver at Corporate Content Awards 2018
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09 February 2018Lewis Silkin won awards in the "Best use of a visual property" and "Best branded content site” categories.
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LS In-house launched GC offering
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07 February 2018As one of the first law firm offerings of its kind, LS In-house has seen a fivefold increase in its flexible resourcing service since its inception in 2013. LS In-house supports clients’ existing in house legal teams with large projects, surges in work or cover for an existing team member’s absence, by providing lawyers to work as part of the client team, in their offices for as long as required.
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Lewis Silkin partner, Giles Crown, is listed in Whos Who Legal Data 2018
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23 January 2018Lewis Silkin is pleased to announce that Giles Crown, our Divisional Managing Partner, has been listed in the Data Legal Practice Area for Who’s Who Legal 2018.
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Penny Newman comments for HR Magazine: Discussing the data: Roundtable debate
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29 November 2017HR now has access to more data than ever – but is the function using it effectively? Chief People Officer, Penny Newman discusses HR and data at the HR Magazine Roundtable debate.
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Lewis Silkin acted for Deliveroo in its successful defence of an application for trade union recognition by the IWGB union
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16 November 2017The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) wanted Deliveroo to recognise it for collective bargaining purposes in respect of riders in Camden and Kentish Town. The application before the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) was heard over four days in May and June 2017. The CAC held that Deliveroo riders were not “workers” for the purposes of employment law, but self-employed independent contractors, and therefore the application failed.
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Lewis Silkin submits evidence to The Home Affairs Committee
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10 November 2017The Home Affairs Committee has published Lewis Silkin’s submission to its inquiry on the capacity of the Home Office to deliver Brexit.
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Lewis Silkin hosted Global Labour Law Conference in Hong Kong with Ius Laboris
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03 November 2017The Shifting World Dynamics and the Evolving Workplace: Global labour law conference was held in Hong Kong last month in conjunction with Ius Laboris, the leading international law alliance combining the world’s leading employment, labour and pensions firms.
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Press Release: Lewis Silkin wins double Bronze at Digital Impact Awards 2017
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18 October 2017Lewis Silkin were shortlisted for its efforts in "Best digital rebrand" and "Best use of digital from the professional services sector." This marks a significant achievement to the hard work of all those involved including the Brand creation team at Living group.
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The Legal 500 ranks Lewis Silkin’s employment practice in the top tier again
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16 October 2017Lewis Silkin has again achieved Legal 500 Tier 1 rankings for Employment: London and Employment: Thames Valley as well as retaining its ranking in Employment: Cardiff.
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Lewis Silkin achieves top tier rankings again in this year's Legal 500 UK
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13 October 2017It has been another great year of results for Lewis Silkin to maintain top-tier rankings in brand management, employment and media and entertainment and moving up the rankings in two practice areas.
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WORKSPHERE commended by FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2017
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06 October 2017Lewis Silkin’s comprehensive HR service WORKSPHERE has been commended in the FT Innovative lawyers 2017: New Products and Services category.
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Busting Brexit
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25 September 2017At the Shifting World Dynamics and the Evolving Workplace: Global labour law conference which will be held in Hong Kong on 6th October, James Davies from Lewis Silkin will be speaking on Busting Brexit myths in our first session.
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Lewis Silkin authors a chapter in David Liddle's 'Managing Conflict: a practical guide to resolution in the workplace’
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25 September 2017Laura Farnsworth, Partner and Laurence Mills, Associate, in our Employment, Immigration and Reward team have authored Chapter 4 of the guide: 'Managing conflict from a legal perspective'.
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Lewis Silkin is delighted to have been appointed to Sainsbury’s legal panel
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14 August 2017Lewis Silkin is delighted to have been selected as one of the 11 panel firms, known as the ‘Sainsbury’s Legal Community’ following the three yearly review of firms and competitive tender.
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Lewis Silkin expands employment team establishing Japan Business Group
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11 August 2017Hire of Koichiro Nakada and Yoko Nakada extends focus on Asia-Pacific region.
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Lewis Silkin’s Hong Kong office shortlisted for three Asian Legal Business awards
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03 August 2017Market-leading employment and immigration law specialist Lewis Silkin has been shortlisted for three awards in the Macallan ALB (Asian Legal Business) Hong Kong Law Awards 2017.
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Lewis Silkin shortlisted for 2017 Digital Impact Awards
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27 July 2017Lewis Silkin has been shortlisted for the "Best digital rebrand" award, as part of the Digital Impact Awards 2017.
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Lewis Silkin's rockhopper service expands with external hire
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24 July 2017rockhopper, the fixed-fee HR and employment law service from Lewis Silkin, has expanded its team with the hire of Nicola Penny, an external hire to the rockhopper team.
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Lewis Silkin co-host gender pay gap roundtable discussion with techUK
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29 June 2017Lewis Silkin recently co-hosted a second roundtable discussion on the subject of how best to approach gender pay gap reporting which involved senior representatives of a number of leading technology companies.
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Lewis Silkin is proud to support Createch 2017
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23 June 2017Createch - the emerging category in which technology enables new forms of creativity and vice versa - was celebrated as a new growth opportunity for the UK at a unique gathering of business leaders, entrepreneurs and creatives.