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Putting a squeeze on patent licences
20 June 2017The recent case of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v UCB Pharma SA & Celltech R&D Ltd [2017] EWHC 216 (Pat)
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Home Office has released statistics on illegal working penalties for the UK
19 June 2017The Home Office has released statistics on illegal working penalties totals for the UK from 1 October and 31 December 2016. 703 penalties were issued with total value of £11,595,000 (this value may be reduced through objections and appeals).
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Beware of handing matters over to the court’s discretion
16 June 2017How often in negotiations do parties “duck” issues deemed “too difficult” and try to cope with them by adopting “reasonable” (or other) “endeavours” obligations?
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Paying different dividends to different share classes: as easy as A, B, C?
16 June 2017Giving a company the ability to pay different rates of dividend to different shareholders can be a useful tool.
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What is an independent witness?
16 June 2017If we send you a document to sign and say that you need to have someone, who is independent, “witness” your signature, there’ll be space under the section for your signature for the witness to sign and insert their contact details.
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Competition watchdog turns the spotlight on to eCommerce
15 June 2017We have written an article for Essential Retail which takes a look at the European Commission’s report on competition in eCommerce.
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Tribunal finds father entitled to full pay for shared parental leave
14 June 2017An Employment Tribunal has decided that it was direct sex discrimination not to pay full salary to a father taking shared parental leave, in circumstances where a mother taking maternity leave during the same period would have received full pay.
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Employer must provide ‘adequate facility’ to take annual leave, says Advocate General
14 June 2017An Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has given his opinion that employers must provide an “adequate facility” for workers to exercise the right to paid annual leave under the EU Working Time Directive (“WTD”). On termination of employment, the employer must pay in lieu of untaken leave for the period during which the worker did not have such a facility to take it.
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Second round of changes to Australia's Subclass 457 visa
13 June 2017Following on from our last e-flash on Australia’s recent immigration reform to scrap and replace the existing Subclass 457 visa which took immediate effect in April, the second round of immigration changes will be taking effect on 1 July 2017.
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Warranty and Indemnity Insurance – the what, why and how of it?
13 June 2017Whilst the use of W&I Insurance in M&A transactions has been available for some time, its use has increased dramatically in the past few years, particularly in the technology, real estate and manufacturing sectors.
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Budget discussion report deemed an abuse of the cost budgeting process
09 June 2017A Defendant’s budget discussion report (Precedent R) was disregarded by the court due to the “lack of reality” of the offered costs.
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What might the election result mean for employment law?
09 June 2017A handful of results remain outstanding at the time of writing, but it seems that the general election is going to end in a hung Parliament with the Conservative Party not having won quite enough seats to have an outright majority.
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Mapping the manifestos 2017 - Immigration
01 June 2017Natasha Hotson has written an article for LexisNexis UK which explores the political parties’ manifestos and discusses whether these pledges declare the end of the era for freedom of movement, as we currently know it.
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Lewis Silkin congratulates Cloudbreak Spirits on the launch of its Aluna Coconut Rum
26 May 2017Congratulations to our client, Cloudbreak Spirits, on the launch of its Aluna Coconut Rum.
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Brexit is coming for your workers, industry by industry
26 May 2017Brexit means Brexit the saying goes. The UK’s divorce from the EU, and subsequently reviewed immigration system, is a key general election issue.
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The future world of work: Lewis Silkin’s perspectives on regulating the work relationship
25 May 2017Profound underlying changes in technology and demography are transforming work.
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EU Commission publishes final report into e-commerce
25 May 2017We reported last year on the European Commission’s preliminary report into the e-commerce sector. The Commission has now released its final report, which will be of particular interest to any businesses involved in online retail or digital content.
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Election manifestos – what are the main political parties pledging on employment issues?
25 May 2017Employment issues have emerged as a major election battleground, reflecting the aspirations of the Conservatives and Labour - and perhaps to a lesser extent the Liberal Democrats – to be recognised as the ‘workers’ party’. Theresa May has rather boldly claimed to be pledging “the greatest expansion in workers’ rights by any Conservative government in history”.
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Top 5 GDPR issues for... professional service firms
23 May 2017With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) looming on the horizon, we take a look at some of the key changes of how this legislation will affect professional services firms from 25 May 2018.
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Brands and IP myth busters
22 May 2017Key take-aways from our recent Brands and IP: Myth Busters seminar.