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Lewis Silkin is delighted to have been appointed to Sainsbury’s legal panel
Press Release
14 August 2017Lewis Silkin is delighted to have been selected as one of the 11 panel firms, known as the ‘Sainsbury’s Legal Community’ following the three yearly review of firms and competitive tender.
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Your employees and Brexit: the situation so far
14 August 2017With the Government’s announcement in June 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.
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Lewis Silkin expands employment team establishing Japan Business Group
Press Release
11 August 2017Hire of Koichiro Nakada and Yoko Nakada extends focus on Asia-Pacific region.
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Lewis Silkin advises British start-up behind pioneering ‘flight suit’ on VC investment
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11 August 2017Partner David Willbe advises Gravity Industries on investment from renowned American venture capitalists Tim and Adam Draper.
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Tom Heys comments for The Economist: ‘A legal defeat for a pious prison gardener is good news for bosses’
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09 August 2017Tom Heys has commented in an article for The Economist discussing religious rights at work, in light of a recent case in which an individual failed in his religious discrimination claim after being disciplined for causing offence by quoting Bible passages.
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Lewis Silkin has commented in an article for Finance Monthly: 'UK-EU Free Movement to End March 2019'
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09 August 2017Lewis Silkin has commented in an article for Finance Monthly following the recent government announcement that a new immigration system will be in place by March 2019, when the free movement of people between the EU and the UK ends.
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Cliff Fluet quoted in The Guardian: 'AI and music - will we be slaves to the algorithm?'
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08 August 2017Cliff Fluet has commented in an article for The Guardian which discusses the role of AI in creating music and whether machines will soon be composing symphonies, hit singles and bespoke soundtracks.
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BAME footballers, unconscious bias and the workplace
08 August 2017A study published last year analysed the racial composition of professional football club leadership, looking at players, coaches and key decision-makers in Premier League and Football League clubs.
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Latest decision on holiday pay - regular voluntary overtime payments to be included
07 August 2017The EAT has clarified that regular voluntary overtime payments form part of “normal remuneration” and should be included in the calculation of holiday pay for the purposes of the four weeks’ minimum annual leave entitlement required by EU law.
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James Davies comments in ‘Brexit: Deal or no deal’ in The Law Society Gazette
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07 August 2017James Davies, divisional managing partner and joint head of Lewis Silkin’s employment, immigration and reward department comments on the issue of reciprocity for legal services and how the Norway model would be a good fit and on potential changes of immigration and employment rules.
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"No veneer in 'ere": separating the wood from the MDF
07 August 2017In what is a highly unusual volte-face, an advertiser has succeeded in turning the tables on the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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Thorny issues arising from the abolition of Employment Tribunal fees
04 August 2017The Supreme Court ruled last week that Employment Tribunal (“ET”) fees are unlawful. The case has significant constitutional and political implications, but also raises a number of thorny practical issues. We explore some of these issues here and will provide further updates as matters develop.
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Right to paid parental bereavement leave is coming
04 August 2017The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill, introduced into Parliament last month, would entitle employed parents who have lost a child to take statutory paid leave to allow them time to grieve. Although this is a private member’s bill, it is supported by the Government and would meet a Conservative manifesto promise to ensure “bereavement support” for employees – so there is a good chance it will become law in due course.
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Lewis Silkin advises Publicis Groupe on the acquisition of translate plus
Deal
04 August 2017Lewis Silkin has advised Publicis Communications’ cross-media production platform, Prodigious, on its acquisition of global Top 50 language service provider, translate plus.
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Colin Leckey comments in AccountingWEB’s ‘Rogue bosses beware: Tribunals won’t cost and the labour-market tsar has promised action’
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04 August 2017Employment partner, Colin Leckey commented in AccountingWEB on the fees that attach to employment tribunals.
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Lewis Silkin’s Hong Kong office shortlisted for three Asian Legal Business awards
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03 August 2017Market-leading employment and immigration law specialist Lewis Silkin has been shortlisted for three awards in the Macallan ALB (Asian Legal Business) Hong Kong Law Awards 2017.
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Sam Pennington writes for Essential Retail: Buying your way to success – clicks to bricks from an M&A perspective
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03 August 2017Sam Pennington has written an article for Essential Retail magazine which takes a look at mergers and acquisitions in an omnichannel world.
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Joanna Hunt writes for HR Magazine: EU nationals in the UK: Brexit and beyond
02 August 2017Joanna Hunt has written an article for HR Magazine as the government announces its long overdue plan for EU nationals and their family members.
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Beating the Brexit deadlock: squaring free trade with immigration controls
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01 August 2017James Davies and Natasha Hotson have written an article for International Law Office which discusses the UK's position on immigration controls in current Brexit negotiations and possible framework options to maintain free movement of persons.
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Defences to infringement in the EU trademark reforms: a mixed bag
01 August 2017Simon Chapman has written an article for World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) which discusses how the EU trademark reforms have provided a mixed bag for right owners.