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Richard Miskella writes for The Drum: 'Businessman' injunction: what can and can't be published in press and social media
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25 October 2018Richard Miskella has written an article for The Drum which discusses the recent injunction put in place by a 'leading businessman' against Telegraph Media Group.
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Kathryn Weaver speaking at Women in Leadership forum in Hong Kong
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24 October 2018Kathryn Weaver, head of Lewis Silkin’s Hong Kong office, will be speaking at the Women in Leadership forum hosted by Elliott Scott, LinkedIn and Arcadia Consulting on Wednesday 14 November.
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Matthew Rowbotham comments for Essential Retail: Will an Amazon Tax really save the UK high street?
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24 October 2018In an article for Essential Retail, Matthew Rowbotham comments on the Chancellor of the Exchequer suggestion of bringing in a special tax on online businesses coined the "Amazon Tax" in an attempt to rescue brick and mortar retailers in the UK.
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Court of Appeal holds employer liable for wrongful disclosure of personal data by ‘rogue’ employee
24 October 2018The supermarket chain Morrisons had an internal auditor who went rogue. Aggrieved at an internal disciplinary process, he disclosed payroll data on the internet relating to about 100,000 of his colleagues. He was tracked down, charged and sentenced to eight years in prison. But was Morrisons liable to the employees whose information he had leaked?
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Brand Clearance Guide
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23 October 2018A practical guide to brand clearance including details on the range of searches available (such as trade mark searches, strapline searches, common law searches and domain name searches), information on budgeting for clearance and general strategic advice.
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Colin Leckey writes for The HR Director: Ethnicity pay equality – gender pay gap-style reporting won’t work
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23 October 2018Colin Leckey has contributed to an article for The HR Director in which he discusses the proposed new law which requests feedback on the sort of information that employers should be required to publish and whether this should follow current gender pay gap reporting rules.
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Company held liable for managing director’s violent conduct
18 October 2018The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has ruled that a company was vicariously liable for the violent conduct of its managing director in physically attacking one of his employees at a Christmas party, leaving him severely disabled.
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Ethnicity pay reporting: why it's not that simple
18 October 2018The Government says it is “time to move to mandatory ethnicity pay reporting”. Last week it launched a consultation on a possible new law.
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Karen Baxter writes for Accountancy Age: Can you keep a secret?
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18 October 2018In this article for Accountancy Age, Karen Baxter looks at how the role of settlement agreements may have kept abusive behaviour quiet in accountancy firms.
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Two wrongs don’t make a right: Court of Appeal decides illegality is no defence to professional negligence claim
16 October 2018For public policy reasons, the Court of Appeal has held that the defence of illegality was not available to a firm of solicitors that failed to register a property transfer to a client involved in mortgage fraud. The court decided that there was no risk that enforcing the client’s negligence claim would undermine the integrity of the justice system and she was entitled to damages, in spite of the fraud.
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Alex Kelham writes for LawInSport: The challenges of digitally placed advertising: Ofcom’s decisions on ‘undue prominence’ from the Singapore Grand Prix
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15 October 2018Alex Kelham has authored an article for LawInSport on how Ofcom (the British regulator of TV broadcasting in the UK) felt Formula One Management (FOM) had gone too far with its commercial creativity in its coverage of the 2016 Singapore Grand Prix.
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Sarah Mogford and David Lyons co-write for Building: Blockchain and the UK property industry: opportunities and risks
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12 October 2018Sarah Mogford and David Lyons have co-written an article for 'Building' which discusses the use of Blockchain in the UK property industry.
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Refusal to provide cake supporting gay marriage was not direct sexual orientation discrimination
11 October 2018The Supreme Court (“SC”) has ruled that a bakery did not discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation when it refused to provide a cake for a customer bearing the words “support gay marriage”. The bakery’s refusal was based on the owner’s Christian beliefs that the only form of marriage acceptable to God was between one man and one woman.
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Promoting mental health awareness in the workplace
10 October 2018Today is World Mental Health Day, an appropriate time for employers to reflect on how this issue impacts the workplace and consider measures they can adopt to promote mental health and support their employees.
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SFO v ENRC landmark privilege case: no appeal but the story continues…
10 October 2018The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed that it will not appeal the Court of Appeal’s landmark ruling that documents created during an internal investigation by Eurasion Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) were protected by litigation privilege and do not have to be disclosed to the SFO. However, the story does not end there because in a new twist, ENRC has applied for a judicial review of the SFO’s investigation into criminal allegations of corruption and financial wrongdoing by ENRC.
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Heathrow fined over data breach
09 October 2018The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has made a civil monetary penalty order for the sum of £120,000 against Heathrow Airport Ltd (“HAL”) after a lost data stick containing the sensitive personal information of a number of staff members was found by a member of the public.
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Lewis Silkin joins forces with The Old Vic to tackle workplace abuse
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04 October 2018Lewis Silkin the first law firm to join The Old Vic’s new Guardians Network
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Launch event for Lewis Silkin’s Dublin office shines light on Brexit opportunities for Ireland
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04 October 2018In an article, Irish Legal News has covered the upcoming Lewis Silkin Ireland office opening and discussed the post-Brexit opportunities for Ireland.
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Launch event for Lewis Silkin's Ireland office shines light on Brexit opportunities for the country
04 October 2018In an article, Irish Legal News has covered the upcoming Lewis Silkin Ireland office opening and discussed the post-Brexit opportunities for Ireland.
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“Settled Status” and supporting employees through Brexit
04 October 2018Following the Government’s announcement of its plan for EU migrants following Brexit, many UK employers are struggling to understand the potential effects of its proposal on employees who are EEA nationals or family members of EEA nationals.