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Advertising & Marketing - Social Media: Update on the legal and regulatory risks of influencer marketing
20 November 2019
Regulators in both the United Kingdom and United States are taking an increasingly close interest in the activities of influencers.
Advertising & Marketing - Is increased privacy regulation killing targeted advertising?
17 September 2019
Whilst all the attention has been focussed on the GDPR, European legislators have been busy putting the finishing touches to the new E-Privacy Regulation.
HR Academy - September 2019
09 September 2019
This course runs over two days – 9 & 10 September 2019. Do you wish you had more time to focus on developments in employment law? Do you want to refresh your knowledge in core areas, or enhance the skills of members of your team? Would you like to learn in a practical way from specialist employment lawyers and your fellow HR professionals?
Music, Media & Entertainment 4.5: New content
10 July 2019
Lewis Silkin are delighted to invite you to the next event we are holding with Music, Media & Entertainment 4.5
Data breaches
09 July 2019
Lewis Silkin invites you to our 2018/19 series of roundtable discussions exclusively for General Counsel, COLPs and Risk and Compliance officers in Professional Services firms.
Dealing with #MeToo issues in the legal sector and creating a more positive culture
27 June 2019
Similarly to other sectors, the legal industry has not been immune from #Metoo issues.
LS Interchange - Event for up & coming professionals in the Real Estate sector
20 June 2019
We are delighted to invite you to our next LS Interchange event for up & coming professionals in the Real Estate sector. This is a great opportunity to develop meaningful connections with other professionals in the sector and to meet the Lewis Silkin Real Estate team.
Family and parental rights - Cardiff
20 June 2019
Our topical review of developments will examine recent and forthcoming changes in employment law.
Advertising & Marketing - Mergers & Acquisitions: Somewhere over the rainbow…may be your future
20 June 2019
The M&A landscape in the advertising & marketing and related technology sector has become characterised by new buyers from a variety of non-traditional backgrounds, but with the traditional network holding companies still being the most prolific acquirers.
Lachaux: defamation clients must prove “serious harm”
17 June 2019
Has a statement about you caused you serious harm? That is the question posed by section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013, which has been the subject of a long running defamation claim brought against the publishers of the Evening Standard, the Independent and the Huffington Post. The Supreme Court has now delivered its judgment on the interpretation of section 1, which has significant implications for the media industry.
IR35 – What is changing and what you need to do
17 June 2019
The government is committed to cracking down on “disguised employment”. In order to achieve that, the IR35 rules are changing in April 2020. If you engage contractors (or “off-payroll workers”) whether directly or through an agency who are providing their labour through an intermediary such as a personal services company (PSC) (that is a company owned and controlled by the contractor) you need to make changes well ahead of April 2020.
The EU gets Transparent and Predictable
14 June 2019
The EU’s Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive - long in the gestation – is on the brink of becoming law. We look at what it means.
Pensioner sues Wolverhampton Wanderers over design of logo
13 June 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club have succeeded in defending a copyright claim in which the claimant contended that he designed their distinctive wolf head logo over 40 years ago.
Family and Parental Rights - Swansea
13 June 2019
Join us for our latest employment law seminar in Swansea held in partnership with Hays.
Law Society Report: AI in the Justice System
13 June 2019
The Law Society has now published the final report of its Technology and the Law Commission (the “Commission”) investigation into the use of algorithms in the justice system. It follows a year-long exploration by the Commission of whether algorithms’ use within the justice system should be regulated to protect human rights and trust and, if so, how.
Voluntary overtime must be included in holiday pay if sufficiently regular and settled
12 June 2019
The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has confirmed that the Working Time Directive (“WTD”) requires voluntary overtime to be included in holiday pay if it is sufficiently regular and settled to amount to normal remuneration. On the wording of their NHS contracts, the claimants were also entitled to have both compulsory and voluntary overtime included in their holiday pay.
Ask about... Retail, Fashion and Hospitality
12 June 2019
Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Emma...
New processes for low-risk nationalities using e-passport gates to enter the UK
10 June 2019
Since 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.
Joanna Hunt and Kathryn Denyer write for HR Magazine: Digitalisation of the visa system: What HR should know
07 June 2019
Joanna 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.
Mark Lim writes for Accountancy Age: Insolvency of LLPs – liability and risk for partners
07 June 2019
In an article for Accountancy Age, Mark Lim outlines what partners need to know in the event of an LLP’s insolvency.