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  • Smart Cities and Renewable Energy

    14 May 2018

    In the time before smart cities, electricity by and large was generated by burning fossil fuels in relatively remote locations before being transmitted via high-voltage power lines to population centres.

  • The new 2018 QCA Corporate Governance Code for small & mid-size quoted companies

    27 June 2018

    The Quoted Companies Alliance, the independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-size quoted companies, has recently released its revised and updated QCA Corporate Governance Code 2018.

  • Brexit: from a slow drip to a full-on leak

    27 September 2017

    On 5 September 2017, the Home Office Post-Brexit Immigration Document was leaked to the public. The document – the exact publication date of which we do not know – provides a screenshot of government policy towards EU nationals and their non-EU family members. The document talks about how those individuals will be affected at three separate stages: (1) those in the UK ‘before exit’, (2) those who come to the UK during the ‘implementation phase’, and (3) those who arrive ‘after the implementation period’.

  • The implications of proposed powers for councils to block slow developers: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Resource

    11 May 2023

    A legislative tweak allowing councils to refuse applications anywhere in their area from applicants deemed slow to build out a site will be challenging to implement, may unfairly penalise smaller developers and could deter brownfield redevelopment, commentators fear.

  • BA’s sky-high fine for GDPR breach

    09 July 2019

    British Airways (BA) are potentially facing a £183m fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) following last year’s cyber-attack. The actual amount of the fine will be determined after representations are made by BA and by other supervisory authorities.

  • Immigration programmes for low-skilled labour: alternatives to freedom of movement

    08 September 2016

    The UK relies on EU migrants for low-skilled labour. When the current immigration system was introduced in 2008, Tier 3 of the UK Points-Based System was earmarked for low-skilled immigration routes.

  • Gender pay gap reporting – six-month deadline extension announced

    25 February 2021

    Employers must report their gender pay gap statistics relating to the “snapshot date” of 5 April 2020, but they now have until 4 October 2021 to do so following an extension of the deadline due to the impact of Covid-19.

  • Six countries added to COVID-19 red list for England

    26 November 2021

    South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe have been added to the COVID-19 travel red list for England from midday GMT on Friday 26 November 2021.

  • Siobhra Rush has commented in the Independent.ie on the results of Ryanair’s latest gender pay gap report

    23 February 2022

    The report, submitted during the pandemic, shows the gap in average hourly pay between men and women is 67.8pc despite an increase in female pilots. Siobhra has said the legislation is still valuable, promotes transparency, and “requires employers to reflect on why they have a pay gap and diversity issues”…

  • Employment law in Singapore – an overview

    01 December 2020

    Singapore’s rapid economic development since it gained independence in 1965 is well documented. This economic success, combined with the country’s lightly regulated business environment, has long made it a natural “hub” for many multinational employers. This in-brief provides an overview of some of the key aspects of employment law in Singapore.

  • Gender pay gap reporting and Simpson’s Paradox

    05 May 2016

    The draft gender pay gap reporting regulations were published early this year.

  • Hong Kong’s MPF Authority launches e-platform to simplify MPF administration for employers and employees

    26 July 2024

    The Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Schemes Authority (“MPFA”) has commenced a major overhaul of the Hong Kong pensions system with the launch of the eMPF Platform in June 2024. The eMPF Platform is a centralised electronic platform designed to streamline MPF administration for employers, employees and MPF trustees. This is the largest reform of the MPF system since its inception in December 2000.

  • NDAs made simple - latest requirements and best practice

    04 December 2019

    The Solicitors Regulatory Authority has reissued its warning notice on non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”), shortly after publication of new guidance by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We’ve created a table to clarify current legal and regulatory requirements, best practice and future proposals for using confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements and employment contracts.

  • Explainability and AI: the silver bullet?

    17 January 2024

    Lawmakers faced with rapid advances in AI are turning to the safeguards needed to protect individuals whose interests are affected by AI systems and to build trust in automated decision-making. Building trust in automated outcomes will be much more of a challenge for many years following the revelations which are emerging from the Post Office scandal. Common among these safeguards are auditing, human oversight, effective contestability, transparency and explainability. But what is most likely to be effective?

  • Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc’s Brandwidth Marketing on the acquisition of Cubaka Limited

    08 April 2022

    Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client, Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, the digital communications and growth consultancy group, on the acquisition of Cubaka Limited, an award-winning social media agency.

  • Lewis Silkin has advised IFF Research on a senior debt plus equity investment from Connection Capital LLP

    28 September 2022

    Lewis Silkin has advised its client, IFF Research, on an investment into the UK-based public sector and Policy Research provider by Connection Capital LLP.

  • “Eight drivers of change – 2022 and beyond” (By James Davies, Lewis Silkin LLP)

    22 November 2022

    Last year James Davies published a report the Eight Drivers of Change – the future of work for the Future of Work Hub. It identified eight key drivers of change in society as a whole, and in the workplace in particular. It considered how these interconnected drivers were accelerating change at an unprecedented scale and speed and how these changes were influencing the what, where, from where, when, how, how much/many, who and why of work.

  • Post-Brexit legal reform: Lewis Silkin responds to consultation on plans to reform EU-based employment law

    11 July 2023

    The government’s consultation on plans to reform retained EU employment laws after Brexit has now closed. We’ve put in our response.

  • BA’s jumbo fine significantly reduced

    21 October 2020

    In what has so far been a torrid year for British Airways (“BA”), the ICO decision to significantly reduce the level of fine it intended to issue following their data breach in 2018 is likely to be seen by BA as a glimmer of hope.

  • Company’s register of people with significant control (PSCs)

    22 March 2023

    Most UK companies and LLPs are required to find out and record details of the individuals or legal entities that have significant beneficial ownership or control over them. The information must be recorded in the company’s register of people with significant control (PSC register) as part of its statutory books.

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