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Lewis Silkin opens third office in Cardiff
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12 November 2012The new Cardiff office is scheduled to open on Monday 19th November. The office will initially focus on supporting clients on issues related to employment law.
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Learning Curve : Doing an MBA
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08 November 2012Managing Partner Ian Jeffery talks about the value of an MBA in the legal sector in an article for The Lawyer.
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Cliff Fluet on the Music Ally podcast
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06 November 2012Cliff Fluet recently joined Eamonn Forde for the recent Music Ally podcast to discuss the burning topics of the past seven days.
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ASA hits 50 with confidence
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25 October 2012Jo Farmer discusses the self-regulated Advertising Standards Authority and questions whether Governmental regulation of advertising would be productive in an article for Marketing Week.
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Law Society attacks government over changes to Equality Act
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24 October 2012James Davies has commented in an article for the Solicitors Journal about the government's proposed plans to scrap two sections of the Equality Act, and the effect this may have on employers.
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Playing ball with Financial Fair Play?
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20 October 2012Iain McDonald and Karish Andrews discuss whether the proposed Financial Fair Play rule is being taken seriously enough by elite European clubs and the problems UEFA may have if it is implemented.
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Decision to retire ageing chairman could open FA to legal challenge
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18 October 2012James Davies comments on the FA's decision to not extend their chairman's contract beyond 70 in an article for HR Zone.
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Tax experts note holes in planned rights for shares scheme
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12 October 2012Simon Allum comments on George Osborne's 'rights for shares' scheme in an article for Thomson Reuters.
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UK targets China's big spenders
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11 October 2012Partner Andrew Osborne discusses a new visa initiative which aims to attract more wealthy visitors to the UK.
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'Owner-employee' plan poses unfair dismissal risk
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10 October 2012Steven Lorber outlines his concerns about the Chancellor's proposal for a new type of employment contract in a letter to the Financial Times.
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Direct age discrimination
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09 October 2012In their article for the Law Society Gazette, Fergus Payne and Clive Greenwood discuss the recent Supreme Court Decision which found that age discrimination can be justified and the effect this has had on the legal industry.
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Age Discrimination : lessons from abroad
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08 October 2012Tom Heys discusses some of the issues arising out of age discrimination law in Canada, New Zealand and the USA in his article for the ELA.
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Lewis Silkin receives numerous awards from the Lex 100
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05 October 2012Lewis Silkin has received a number of awards in the annual Lex 100 survey. The survey collects data on leading law firms from those working within the firms. This year the firm has been awarded five medals, including ones for job satisfaction, friendliness of the firm and living up to expectations.
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Mutual contempt means the comeback of Kevin Pietersen will be tense
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03 October 2012Alexander Milner-Smith discusses the role that lawyers have played in the possible reinstatement of Kevin Pietersen to the England cricket team in The Guardian.
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Lewis Silkin mentioned in The Next Web's coverage of Social Media Week London
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24 September 2012Partner Jo Farmer's talk at Social Media Week London has been praised in a review by The Next Web UK Editor Jamilla Knight.
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The internet needs new boundaries
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14 September 2012Partner Rod Dadak suggests that in the wake of Prince Harry's notorious photos being published, more needs to be done to ensure the protection of privacy in the age of the internet.
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The continued rise of E-cigarettes
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08 September 2012Lewis Silkin discusses the problems advertisers will face when marketing e-cigarettes in an article for the Huffington Post.
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Changing law firms' culture
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06 September 2012Miguel Pereira and Fergus Payne discuss whether external investment in law firms will have a detrimental effect on a firm's culture.
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Investing in Football Players Can Generate Profits for HNWs
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05 September 2012Senior Associate Karish Andrews talks about an increasingly popular and profitable way of investing funds; third party ownership of footballers.
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Lewis Silkin acts for the first company operating in Kosovo to list on AIM
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03 September 2012Lewis Silkin LLP has acted for Fox-Davies Capital Limited (“Fox-Davies”) in its role as nominated adviser and joint broker, and Merchant Securities Limited (“Merchant Securities”) in its role as joint broker, to Fox Marble Holdings plc (“Fox Marble”) in connection with Fox Marble’s successful fundraising and admission to AIM.