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Migration Advisory Committee recommends retaining Graduate route
14 May 2024In its rapid review, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended retaining the Graduate route in its current form. The Home Office will now consider the report and whether to accept its recommendations.
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Contract termination checklist May 2024
15 May 2024We have produced a contract termination checklist exploring issues to consider when terminating contracts, common pitfalls and how to avoid getting it wrong.
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Employment status and different types of work contract
17 May 2024Our interactive guide explains different types of employment status and work contract. You can use the guide to understand different sorts of working arrangement, when they are used and which employment rights will apply. You can also see how the UK compares to other countries when it comes to defining employment status.
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INTA Annual Meeting 2024
18 May 2024Lewis Silkin will be attending the International Trade Mark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting on 18 May – 22 May 2024.
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Blockchain and IP rights
23 May 2024Blockchains, crypto assets and distributed ledger technology are all experiencing increased interest and sizable adoption. There are multiple websites, YouTube channels, blogs, articles, and communities committed to exploring their possibilities, development, and application.
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Pre-settled status improvements
23 May 2024The Home Office has announced that pre-settled status extensions will be in five-year blocks and that repeat right to work and right to rent checks will be abolished. New regulations also increase the absence period that causes pre-settled status to lapse.
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Contract Interpretation Guide
29 May 2024The meaning of words used in contracts is of key importance. The choice of certain words or phrases can significantly impact upon the obligations of one party to another and using them in contracts without thought to their meaning and implications can result in uncertainty, unintended consequences, a mismatch of expectations and, ultimately, legal disputes.
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Unsigned contracts prior to performance
29 May 2024Though not best practice, it is not uncommon for parties to begin to perform duties under a contract before it is signed. When this situation arises, the question is what terms, if any, are the parties bound by?
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Contractual good faith
29 May 2024The concept of good faith is something of a problem child in contract law. English law has no general doctrine of good faith in contracts. The law has traditionally prized party autonomy in contract formation. That being the case, contracting parties are free to agree to include duties and obligations of good faith in their agreements. This is frequently done, and so despite the absence of a good faith doctrine, the English courts have nevertheless grappled with the question of what is meant by a duty of good faith when interpreting contracts containing such provisions.
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Holiday entitlement and pay
31 May 2024Holiday entitlement and pay is regulated by the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR). The law in this area can be complex, and there are different rules for different types of worker. This Inbrief gives an overview of an employer’s main obligations relating to holiday entitlement and pay under the WTR. This Inbrief covers the legal position in England, Wales and Scotland. The law in Northern Ireland is different in some respects (please contact us for support if needed).
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Finance for Non-Finance Managers
05 June 2024Join us for the fourth in a series of pro bono webinars from the Lewis Silkin Pro Bono Skills Academy.
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Employees can waive future claims under a settlement agreement
18 June 2024An employee waived his right to bring future employment claims when he signed a settlement agreement on transfer to a long-term disability benefits scheme, according to a recent decision. The waiver was valid even though it covered future claims. It meant that the employee could not complain about the lack of any salary review when participating in the scheme.
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Auctioning off privacy
21 June 2024A well known auction house with operations in Hong Kong was recently hit by a major cyberattack, resulting in a shutdown of its website just days before its spring auctions began. The ransomware group, RansomHub, claimed to be behind the cyberattack and threatened to release sensitive personal information of at least 500,000 clients worldwide unless a ransom was paid.
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Skilled Worker sponsor licence suspensions and revocations surge
24 June 2024The Home Office has markedly increased the level of Skilled Worker sponsor licence suspensions and revocations in the first quarter of 2024. There are also indications a focus on sponsorship compliance will continue under the next government.
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Mock Employment Tribunal - 10 July 2024
10 July 2024Numbers of Employment Tribunal claims remain high and many hearings are still taking place entirely online.