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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.
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Why government reforms on employment law make little sense
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28 January 2013In a Law Gazette article, Michael Burd discusses new governmental employment reforms and mentions how, in some aspects, they may actually be doing the opposite of what they set out to do.
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Raising funds in 2013
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25 January 2013Nadim Khan and Ian McDonald write about their expectation for alternative financing to continue to be sought in the year ahead in their article for Mining Journal.
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Government limits unfair dismissal awards to a year's salary
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21 January 2013James Davies comments on new limits on unfair dismissal awards in a Solicitors Journal article.
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What can brands learn from Instagram?
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21 January 2013In an article for The Guardian's Media Network, Jo Farmer discusses the perils of using user generated content (UGC) and the lessons Facebook and Instagram have learnt as a result.
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Organising chaos: Creating electronic matter files
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18 January 2013In an article written for Managing Partner, Jan DeCerce discusses how she created user-friendly electronic matter files at Lewis Silkin. Due to the sheer volume of information that the firm deals with every day, it was necessary for the firm to find a system that uses the familiarity of Microsoft Outlook and combine it with our document management system. The answer to this was BAInsight's TotalView for Legal.
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Motivating shop floor staff
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18 January 2013Laura Farnsworth discusses the changes in buying habits and how this affects shop workers in an article for Retail Week.
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Legal Moves mentions new partner appointment of James Gill
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17 January 2013James' appointment has also now appeared in Legal Moves.
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The Lawyer covers the appointment of James Gill
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14 January 2013The Lawyer mentions Lewis Silkin's appointment of Partner James Gill to the Media, Brands and Technology team.
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Let's not lose disabled talent
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11 January 2013Richard Miskella urges all to make the Paralympic legacy last in an article for Broadcast.
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Workplace rights : General strikes
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03 January 2013Michael Burd and James Davies discuss anti-austerity unrest and explain where the law stands on general strikes in an article for Management Today.