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ESG in the balance: Will crypto be a vehicle for advancement or will it undermine positive change? Part 2

17 February 2022

S is for Social: Is crypto only an investment trap for the unwary consumer, and a vehicle for financial crime, or can it facilitate positive societal benefits?

ESG in the balance: Will crypto be a vehicle for advancement or will it undermine positive change? Part 3

18 February 2022

G is for Governance: Can the crypto governance conundrum be resolved to realise its potential social and environmental benefits?

Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Implementing Electric Vehicle Schemes

16 July 2024

Employers are increasingly implementing salary sacrifice EV schemes, and with good reason! Not only can these schemes provide a (welcome) reduction in employer national insurance (NI) costs but they can reduce employee tax and NI, and provide staff with access to healthy discounts on the purchase price of EVs. They are also a convenient way for employers to help staff achieve a greener form of driving and can contribute towards an organisation’s own ESG goals. This type of ‘benefit’ can also be another way to help retain staff and to attract new talent, especially those for whom sustainability is an important factor in their choice of employer.

Compulsory vaccination rules: can they apply to vegans? Colin Leckey comments for The Telegraph

30 July 2021

Legal experts say proposals to make vaccination compulsory raise some challenging issues, for example whether vegans could be exempt under equalities laws.

Lewis Silkin advises VCCP on the acquisition of adconnection

19 November 2015

Lewis Silkin LLP has advised VCCP (part of the Chime Communications) on its acquisition of media buying agency adconnection. Founded in 2002, VCCP is a fully integrated creative agency, with billings of over £220m.

Lewis Silkin advises British start-up behind pioneering ‘flight suit’ on VC investment

11 August 2017

Partner David Willbe advises Gravity Industries on investment from renowned American venture capitalists Tim and Adam Draper.

Her Majesty’s Government enters the VC market

24 April 2020

The UK Government is now to become the latest VC to provide finance to start-ups, but what are the terms of this support? Is this finance likely to be useful or are those terms overly punitive? Will this impact on the terms available from existing investors? We analyse this below.

Ali Vaziri

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I specialise in information law and media litigation, acting for claimants and defendants, businesses and individuals alike, to protect their brands and reputations.

Companies face greater risk as GDPR class actions emerge: Ali Vaziri comments for Compliance

24 September 2020

In the past month, three of the world’s largest tech firms have been hit with legal actions that could lead to billion-dollar damages suits for alleged violations of Europe’s privacy law, GDPR. Unusual for Europe, the complaints are led by a consumer rights group and a U.K. citizen rather than regulators. Ali Vaziri shares his opinion in this article for Compliance Week.

As many return to the office, tensions flare between the ‘vaxxed and unvaxxed’: Lucy Lewis comments for CNBC

13 September 2021

As many people return to their offices, tensions appear to be emerging between colleagues along new lines: Those who are vaccinated against Covid, and those who are not.

VAT and income tax deferrals to assist VAT-paying businesses and the self-employed during Covid-19 Outbreak

27 March 2020

As part of the sweeping financial package announced by the Government on 20 March 2020, the Government is offering VAT and income tax deferrals to assist with the cash-flow of VAT-paying businesses and the self-employed. These deferrals are expected to provide over £30bn of additional cash-flow to a wide variety of British businesses.

Sam Minshall comments for Sky News, The Telegraph, The Independent and ITV: Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish's sex discrimination case against UK Sport and British Cycling begins

10 December 2018

Sam Minshall has commented in articles for Sky News and The Telegraph which discuss Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish's sex discrimination case against UK Sport and British Cycling.

Employee undergoing IVF feels sidelined after seeking support from management – Catherine Hayes comments for the Irish Times on the various employment issues to consider and how best to proceed

13 June 2024

Over recent years efforts have been made to make the workplace more family friendly and support for those going through IVF has increased. However, some worry that being too truthful about what they’re going through can have unintended consequences. Catherine Hayes comments on how best to proceed and employment law considerations.

Apprenticeships: jurisdictional variations

08 February 2024

It’s National Apprenticeship Week and, continuing our focus on hiring apprentices, we consider how the requirements for apprenticeships vary across the United Kingdom, and highlight key considerations for employers operating across different jurisdictions when hiring apprentices.

Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity, Cash is Reality

31 March 2023

Hardly a day goes by when a residential landlord is not bombarded by a seemingly endless torrent of bad news about the future of owning Buy-to-Lets or investment portfolios. Residential landlords and investors are leaving the market in droves. Driven away by rising interest rates, ever-increasing costs and the perceived burden of legislative and regulatory reforms.

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the vanishing director

30 August 2016

Any good director knows that they have a duty to act in accordance with the company's articles of association. These dictate how directors should be appointed and removed, how shares are transferred and how key decisions should be made. Yet real life isn’t always that neat in practice. So what happens if a company discovers that it has invalidly appointed directors over the past twelve years? A recent judgment tells us that company articles can be amended by conduct – but warns that your articles can still come back to bite you in the end.

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