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Thorny problems
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17 April 2013In an article for Taxation magazine, Sara Cohen discusses the Office of Tax Simplification's proposals for unapproved share schemes.
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Digital product placement creates adverts out of thin air
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09 April 2013In an article for the BBC, Philip Hughes discusses digital product placement and warns that "ensuring legal compliance across multiple jurisdictions can be expensive, risky and time-consuming," and may outweight the benefit of any such activity.
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Beware of lodgers' rights
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05 April 2013In an article for Inside Housing, Paul Hayes encourages landlords to be aware of laws concerning lodgers as the under-occupation charge, or ‘bedroom tax’, came into effect on 1 April.
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Lewis Silkin cuts reporting time by two days a month with innovative database solution
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04 April 2013In a Microsoft case study, Finance Systems Manager Michael Turner discusses the various reports, charts and graphs that are produced each month in order to allow senior managers to analyse performance. Wanting to simplify the creation of reports and increase the quality of data produced, the firm decided to implement a database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2012. As a result of this new product, the finance team now saves up to two days a month on management reporting and partners can track financial metrics and staff performance in real time.
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Penalties: the debate continues
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02 April 2013In an article for PLC Construction, James Levy discusses court decisions where they have been asked to consider what happens to money already paid by way of instalments in relation to a contract if the contract is rescinded and the seller retains the property that is the subject matter of the contract. In particular, James refers to Cadogan Petroleum v Global Process Systems and discusses how the case sits with other similar ones.
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Lewis Silkin announces new partner
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02 April 2013Rebecca Peedell has been appointed partner in Lewis Silkin’s renowned Employment, Reward and Immigration team effective 1st April 2013.
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The state of migration: employing migrant workers
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21 March 2013Practice Development Lawyers Samar Shams and Bethan Carney, have contributed to a report for The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) which explores the trends and the factors that influence employers in recruiting migrant workers. The report discusses issues such as skills shortages, the availability of UK-born workers, and ‘work ethic’.
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Are the courts moving to a more restrictive approach to exclusion clauses?
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12 March 2013In an article written for PLC Construction, James Levy discusses a growing trend of more restrictive approaches when it comes to construing the scope of an exclusion clause. The latest example of this can be found in the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Kudos Catering (UK) Ltd v Manchester Central Convention Complex Ltd.
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Collective agreements and TUPE - more dynamic than you might think
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12 March 2013In Beerg's Global Labor newsletter, Katherine Shaw discusses the transfer of employees to another employer under TUPE.
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Irate RBS bankers could challenge bonus clawbacks
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08 March 2013In an eFinancialCareers article, James Davies suggests that the investment bankers who have had their bonuses reduced, or even clawed back, in response to the breaches of others may challenge the decision as it could appear to be legally dubious. James argues that issues arise when bonus clawbacks are used as penalties rather than as recompense for damage done. RBS, which is 82 percent owned by the UK government, announced last week that it was cutting bonuses for 2012 and clawing back bonuses for previous years to cover its £390m Libor fixing fine.
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Estranged hedge fund couple to meet in court
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06 March 2013In their City Diary, the Daily Telegraph have mentioned Lewis Silkin's representation of Ikos co-founder, Martin Coward. Coward's dispute is with his wife, Elena Ambrosiadou, who built up Ikos Partners with him. Ambrosiadou has arrived in London from her Greek-Cypriot home to fight her intellectual property dispute with him.
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Love and spying among the hedgies
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06 March 2013In a Sunday Times article, Lewis Silkin is mentioned as being the firm representing Martin Coward in a dispute with his wife and fellow Ikos Partners founder, Elena Ambrosiadou.
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Lewis Silkin named one of Britain's best employers for fifth year running
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04 March 2013City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has once again been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers by the Sunday Times’ esteemed ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ survey.
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The Great British immigration scandal
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27 February 2013In an article for Management Today, Mary Croydon discusses Silicon Roundabout's rich, cosmopolitan identity but is concerned about the squeezing of entry routes into the UK for overseas talent. Mary goes on to warn that unless companies find ways to overcome these hurdles in order to attract the brightest and the best, it is questionable how long Silicon Roundabout will remain open for business.
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European carve up
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25 February 2013In an article for the New Zealand Rugby Players' Association (NZRPA), Scott Anderson discusses a feud which is threatening the future of Europe’s premier club rugby competition, the Heineken Cup. Although ostensibly about the structure of the Cup, is the dispute really about who can claim a larger slice of the European club rugby revenue pie?
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Alex Kelham's appointment is covered in City A.M.
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14 February 2013Senior Associate Alex Kelham's appointment has been mentioned in this morning's City A.M. 'City Moves' section.
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Senior LOCOG lawyer joins Lewis Silkin
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12 February 2013Alex Kelham brings Olympic and Paralympic experience to enhance the firm’s sports and brand management expertise.
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Can we stop our former multichannel director disclosing our strategy to her new retail employer?
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08 February 2013James Walters discusses the possibility of former employees disclosing sensitive company information and how best to approach it in an article for Retail Week.
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EU data protection proposals - implications for employment
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07 February 2013Steven Lorber discusses the impact of the Data Protection Regulation for employers, and explains how EU lawmakers are ducking employment issues.
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Rules of eviction
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07 February 2013Paul Hayes encourages Housing Officers to be aware of the recently outlined principles for Article 8 defences, citing a recent case, in an article for Inside Housing.