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An insight into in-house: all about client secondments
29 March 2023At Lewis Silkin, trainees are offered a range of client secondment opportunities. As we mostly work for creative businesses, there is often an opportunity to be seconded to businesses in industries like tech, film, media, and fashion.
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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) releases second edition of alcohol advertising guide
22 October 2015As the sole UK representative in the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance ("GALA"), Lewis Silkin is pleased to announce the release of the second edition of GALA’s “Alcohol Advertising: A Global Legal Perspective”, a book which reviews the laws and trends governing alcohol advertising in more than 60 countries, from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
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A Seat in Data, Privacy & Cyber
15 May 2023Data, Privacy & Cyber is an incredibly dynamic practice area, which is not only subject to constant topical change (for example Chat GPT and how data might be used in AI systems) but affects people and businesses in so many different ways.
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A Seat in Digital, Commerce & Creative (DCC)
26 May 2023The best part about the seat is you will be able to work on matters that you are personally passionate about – from music, fashion, sports and advertising and marketing. One of our Trainees was even able to attend the British Fashion Awards! There really is something for everyone in a seat in DCC.
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I advise multi-national and UK employers on all aspects of UK and Irish employment law.
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I work in two main areas: data, privacy & cyber, and employment law.
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Disclosure in English litigation: a sea change is coming
09 January 2018English rules on disclosure (‘discovery’ in many jurisdictions) are set for a major overhaul. Draft rules were published in November 2017. Once approved by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, the resulting draft is intended to be introduced as part of a pilot scheme lasting 2 years, potentially beginning in April 2018 and running in the Business and Property Courts. This will cover virtually all High Court litigation. It will not be optional.
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New judgment restricts employers’ scope for responding to industrial action
30 June 2021The Employment Appeal Tribunal has interpreted the law on detrimental treatment for trade union activities in a way that limits how employers may respond to their staff taking industrial action.
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New judgment further restricts employers’ scope for responding to industrial action
01 December 2021The Employment Appeal Tribunal recently interpreted the law on detrimental treatment for trade union activities in a way that limits the scope for employers to respond to industrial action. In another decision, it has now decided that participating staff may also bring claims under separate blacklisting regulations, which entitle employees to potentially far greater compensation in the form of an automatic minimum award of £5,000.
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Life Sciences & Pharma
We work with leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies to protect and enhance their most important assets — their ideas, their people, and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities.
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EDPB doubles down on Schrems II
27 July 2020In its recently released FAQs the EDPB appears to have confirmed the expanded scope of all the potential consequences of Schrems II.
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In House Data Club: Implications of the CJEU’s decision in Schrems II
30 July 2020Please join us for our fourth In House Data Club of 2020 where we will discuss the implications of the CJEU’s decision in Schrems II, including hearing from Christopher Knight of 11KBW, who acted for the UK Government intervening in the case.
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Covid 19 - Government schemes in other key European jurisdictions
03 April 2020Many other European governments have introduced schemes, similar to the furloughing scheme here in the UK, with the aim of supporting employers experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and encouraging them to retain staff during the crisis. The below is a brief summary of the schemes in place in the key European jurisdictions.
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Disclosure Pilot Scheme already making an impact as High Court orders list of “issues for disclosure”
12 December 2018The mandatory Disclosure Pilot Scheme may not start in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales (“BPCs”) until 1 January 2019, but it seems the courts are already taking the new rules into account. In one reported case, the High Court has ordered a separate “list of issues for disclosure”, which will have to be jointly completed by the parties as part of the new Disclosure Review Document required under the Pilot Scheme.
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Ireland: New paid parental leave scheme from 1 November 2019
09 October 2019The Government has now published the General Scheme for the Parental Leave and Benefit Bill. This provides for paid parental leave benefit, to be used within the first 12 months of a child’s life or 12 months from the date of adoption.
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Government announces the new Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
07 April 2020On 3 April 2020, the Government announced a new loan scheme to provide support for large businesses.
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Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
22 April 2020The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) opened on Monday 20 April 2020. It provides financial support to mid-sized and larger UK businesses across the UK that are losing revenue, and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Furloughing employees - FAQs for employers on the coronavirus job retention scheme
25 February 2022The furlough scheme is due to end on 30 September 2021, with employer contributions gradually increasing from July onwards. These FAQs cover all aspects of how the scheme operates.
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Brexit – the “no deal” scenario
10 December 2018On 5th December 2018, the UK Government published its latest policy paper setting out what rights EU citizens will have to reside in the UK in the event the UK exits the European Union without a deal in place.
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IHELC meeting: Horizon scanning
03 December 2020This event is only open to in-house lawyers who either specialise exclusively in or undertake a significant proportion of employment work.