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Is the recent Uber ruling on workers basic rights a game changer
10 November 2016James Storke has written a piece for 'Silicon Roundabout'.
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Lewis Silkin creates three best-practice guides for Digital Doughnut
09 November 2016Lewis Silkin is delighted to be partnering with leading online marketing resource, Digital Doughnut, to produce best-practice guides for professionals in the advertising and marketing sector.
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Short-term lettings
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08 November 2016If you are looking for new short-term premises for your business, did you know that there are actually a whole range of legal forms a short-term letting can take? This Inbrief sets out the different options available for short-term occupation of business premises and considers the advantages and disadvantages associated with each.
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The only constant changes to the UK Immigration Rules
08 November 2016Sponsored Migrants - the Tier 2 Skills Transfer subcategory will close on 24 November 2016.
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Video commerce the next frontier for retailers
08 November 2016Retailers are increasingly becoming broadcasters and looking to sell their goods via shoppable videos and other platforms.
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...a little bit of law - Plans
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06 November 2016Plans often need to be drawn up as part of the process of documenting a land transaction. Historically, the Land Registry would accept most plans, as long as they were clear. Those days are long gone. The Land Registry now has a detailed list of requirements and they will refuse to register a transaction where the relevant plans do not comply with these requirements.
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...a little bit of law - Back to Basics
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05 November 2016There are certain basic steps that apply to almost all transactions involving the acquisition of land. There may be a tweak here or a bolt-on there but the basic underlying steps are often the same.
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Brexit legal challenge succeeds
03 November 2016The High Court has decided that the Government does not have prerogative powers to give the Article 50 notice terminate the UK’s membership of the EU.
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Guest opinion: Engineered for success? Immigration and the automotive industry
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03 November 2016Neil Jennings and Sam Koppel have written an article for AM Online which comments on Immigration and the automotive industry.
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Facebook forces Admiral to pull plan to price car insurance based on posts
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03 November 2016Lewis Silkin commented in an article for The Guardian which reports on Facebook's objection for Admiral to use Facebook posts to analyse the personalities of car owners and set the price of their insurance.
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The implications for data protection law in the UK and GDPR compliance plans in the eye of the Brexit Storm
03 November 2016On the 4th May 2016, a fundamental milestone in the history of EU Data protection law was reached with the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) achieving harmonisation of the rules across the EU after four years of hard-fought negotiations.
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The Lawyer In-House Counsel as Business Partner Conference
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02 November 2016Lewis Silkin is delighted to be speaking at the upcoming In-House Counsel as Business Partner conference hosted by The Lawyer on 7-8 November 2016.
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Recognition for Lewis Silkin’s Michael Burd in The Spear’s 500
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02 November 2016The long-standing market leading position of Michael Burd has once again been reinforced in The Spear’s 500 as ‘outstanding in field’ in the Employment Lawyers category.
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Workplace sexual harassment - how employers in Europe must respond
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31 October 2016Hannah Price has written an article for People Management discussing Workplace sexual harassment and how employers in Europe must respond. The article comments on how more than half the women surveyed by the TUC earlier this year said that they had been sexually harassed at work, with most admitting they had not reported it.
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Uber drivers win first round in employment status dispute
31 October 2016An employment tribunal has ruled that drivers engaged by Uber are “workers”, not self-employed contractors, meaning they will be entitled to national minimum wage, paid annual leave and whistleblower protection
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Advertising needs a rethink in a brand new world
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31 October 2016Brinsley Dresden has commented in an article for the Financial Times which discusses the increasing problems that advertisers faces in the "brand new world" and how they are having to work harder than ever to find their audience.
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Remuneration code - For banks, building societies and investment firms
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30 October 2016The financial services industry has been the focus of wide-ranging reform over the past few years as a result of both UK Government and European initiatives. In January 2014, a package of reforms implementing the fourth set of amendments to the EU Capital Requirements Directive (“CRD4”) took effect.
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Immigration and nationality
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28 October 2016Andrew Osborne has commented in the Lawyer Monthly on the potential Brexit effects and impacts on the sports sector, and the business therein.
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Our thoughts on 'Brexit'
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27 October 2016Having listened to the concerns of our clients, and considered what the potential impact will be, we have prepared the following series of briefings on 'Brexit'.
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Lewis Silkin partners with ad and creative agency leading lights for LGBT event
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26 October 2016First of its kind networking forum to feature thought provoking Q&A session with LGBT luminaries.