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Three-quarters have furloughed staff, despite warning it should be used as last option: James Davies comments for HR Review
10 April 2020James Davies comments on this article by HR Review that despite warnings, employers should refrain from the furlough of staff and only use it once all other options have failed, three-quarters of employers have already done so or plan to do in the future.
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FCA issues warning to CEOs of almost 28,000 credit consumer firms in light of the cost of living crisis
24 May 2022On 6 May 2022 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a letter to almost 28,000 firms providing credit broking services or high cost lending products. Noting the fact millions are facing the biggest cost of living crisis in more than a decade, the FCA unambiguously reminded consumer credit firms they have a responsibility to not exploit these circumstances.
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Patents Court maintains injunction protecting Warner-Lambert’s second medical use patent for pregabalin
07 June 2017Joanna McCulloch and Dr Chris Hayes have written an article for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.
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LLP legislation will affect succession planning, warn firms
12 February 2014With the incoming Finance Bill legislation likely to adversely affect LLP firms' ability to thoroughly screen talent for partner roles, Fergus Payne discusses the possibility of salaried partners being asked to place more capital in the business in an article for Accountancy Age.
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Lewis Silkin advises on sale of Games Warehouse to Blueprint Gaming
31 January 2018Lewis Silkin has advised its client on the sale of omni-channel gaming provider Games Warehouse to Blueprint Gaming, part of the Gauselmann Group.
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The gender pay gap: Tom Heys and Rachel Ward comment in a briefing paper for the House of Commons
20 November 2020This briefing paper provides statistics on the size of the gender pay gap in the UK, looks at some of the reasons why the gender pay gap arises and discusses the duty on large employers to report on the size of the gender pay gap in their workforce.
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Brand owners gain another tool in the war against counterfeits (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 3)
23 October 2016Brand owners will welcome a ruling from the CJEU over the summer that an operator of a physical marketplace can be an ‘intermediary’ for the purposes of Article 11 of the IP Enforcement Directive.
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Johnson wages war on junk food ads in bid to tackle UK obesity: Brinsley Dresden comments for City A.M.
27 July 2020Boris Johnson is set to announce sweeping measures to overhaul junk food advertising in the UK, which could include a 9pm watershed on TV adverts.
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Culture war: should British brands fly the union flag on packaging? Brinsley Dresden comments for The Grocer
07 May 2021The newest front in Britain’s culture war is seeping into food and drink. So should brands adopt the union flag on packaging and marketing – or steer clear?
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The war in Ukraine – employment issues
03 March 2022The shocking situation in Ukraine raises some potentially tricky issues about employees who are called up to active duty or wish to join the armed forces voluntarily, and about managing relationships within the workplace.
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Fathers don't want to split parental leave with mothers because of fears over losing money and their career status
02 December 2014Lucy Lewis has been quoted in an article by the Daily Mail.
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Bosses don't want a Brexit bonfire of red tape say Michael Burd and James Davies
26 July 2017Contrary to popular perception, most employers are happy with current levels of regulation" write Michael Burd and James Davies write Management Today.
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Sports Q&A - I want to make alterations to my sports venue due to Covid-19 – do I need any third-party consent(s) for this?
15 June 2021The answer is, maybe! This depends on a few factors, which are set out below.
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The increasing popularity of group litigation – and the risk for corporates. Andrew Wanambwa comments for International Bar Association
06 September 2021Group litigation is on the rise, spurred on by the global nature of business and the introduction in some jurisdictions of legislation friendly to, for example, class action lawsuits. In-House Perspective considers what’s driving the trend and its implications for corporate risk, and, by extension, for in-house counsel.
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I am an employment lawyer with many years’ experience advising HR professionals, in house counsel and senior management at UK and international businesses across a variety of industry sectors.
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Schrems II – The Wall Street Journal reports that the Irish DPC will order Facebook to stop transfers of personal data to the United States
10 September 2020In the first major supervisory authority action The Wall Street Journal reports that “Ireland to Order Facebook to Stop Sending User Data to U.S.”. We have previously written that the key to dealing with the fallout from Schrems II is to have a calm head, and not to panic; does this decision change things?
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Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for the Wall Street Journal
20 October 2022The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority received 45 complaints about HSBC's ads, including from Adfree Cities, which led the campaign against the bank.
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Lewis Silkin advises Publicis Groupe on acquisition of 75.1% of Walker Media
28 November 2013Lewis Silkin has advised Publicis Groupe, one of the largest communications groups in the world, on its acquisition of 75.1% of Walker Media, one of the leading independent media agencies in the UK.
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Court of Appeal upholds enforcement of Chinese arbitration award in England & Wales despite allegation of attempted fraud
05 July 2018One of the attractive features of arbitration is the ease of enforcement of arbitral awards in other jurisdictions. The New York Convention (the “Convention”) provides a regime by which an award made in one Convention state should be enforceable against any assets in any of the other Convention states around the world. A recent Court of Appeal decision shows that the English court will only exercise its power to refuse to recognise or enforce an arbitral award on public policy grounds in limited circumstances.
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Hague Convention - Obtaining Evidence In England And Wales For Use In Another Jurisdiction
21 July 2021Parties to proceedings in other jurisdictions often need access to evidence located in England and Wales. This guide explains how to obtain evidence in England and Wales for use in another jurisdiction.