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Kathryn Weaver takes part in Q&A for Asia Business Law Journal: HK protest protection
10 September 2019Kathryn Weaver has taken part in a Q&A for Asia Business Law Journal . Kathryn answers questions such as 'What are your responsibilities as an employer if your workers attend a protest rally?', 'What if they are injured somehow on their way to work?', 'Are you liable?' and more.
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Kathryn Weaver comments for The Financial Times: Singapore eyes opportunity to supplant Hong Kong
12 September 2019Kathryn Weaver has commented in an article for The Financial Times. The article discusses the unrest in Hong Kong that has escalated over the summer and asks if Singapore stands to benefit.
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Dealing with redundancy in Hong Kong: Kathryn Weaver comments for South China Morning Post
23 June 2020In an article in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SMCP), Kathryn Weaver discusses trends by employers in Hong Kong in dealing with redundancies as well as a redundancy checklist for employees to discuss with their employer should they feel redundancy is on the horzon.
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A Hong Kong legal perspective: The cost of ignoring employees’ mental health - Kathryn Weaver speaks to Human Resources Online
01 July 2020Kathryn Weaver speaks to Human Resources Online on how employers can manage the mental wellbeing of their employees returning to the office in Hong Kong after months of lockdown isolation.
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Multinationals gear up following Hong Kong BNO announcement: Kathryn Weaver and Naomi Hanrahan-Soar comment for Law.Com International
16 July 2020A new immigration scheme that could give up to three million Hong Kong residents a path to British citizenship has piqued the interest of both corporate and private clients.
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Weapons of mass eviction
17 May 2013In an article for Inside Housing, Paul Hayes discusses increasing rent arrears and the Registered Providers who are using mandatory grounds for possession. The rising rent arrears are a result of welfare reform. In a bid to defend their income, housing associations are increasingly considering the use of mandatory grounds for possession and, last year, social landlords filed 96,742 possession claims in the county courts.
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Can we stop our former multichannel director disclosing our strategy to her new retail employer?
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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But we settled that! (Brands & IP Newsnotes - Issue 2)
28 March 2016Parties will understandably often be relieved to sign on the dotted line of that “full and final” settlement agreement. But two decisions of the High Court earlier this year may give pause for thought. What is the practical effect of such a settlement and is it really what the parties want?
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Brexit means... it's the end of free movement as we know it
18 January 2017As expected, Prime Minister Theresa May today laid out plans for what has come to be known in the press as a “hard Brexit”.
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We are family – I’ve got all my passports with me
09 February 2017An EEA national using the online application form for a registration certificate or for a document certifying permanent residence can now add their close and extended family members to their online form.
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Cliff Fluet quoted in The Guardian: 'AI and music - will we be slaves to the algorithm?'
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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James Davies is quoted in an article for Personnel Today: “We’re not like Uber or the other gig economy companies” – Hermes
08 December 2017James Davies’ quotes from his talk on ‘Defining the status of employees and workers: challenges for the legislative framework’ at this week’s Westminster Employment Keynote Seminar: Employment rights and practices in the UK were picked up in this article.
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Can we remove “limited” from the end of our company name?
30 July 2018In certain circumstances a private limited company can apply to Companies House to be registered with a name that does not have “limited” (or the Welsh equivalent) at the end. This article summarises the circumstances of this exemption.
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Equivalent ways to infringe a patent (Eli Lilly v. Actavis) (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 6))
12 October 2017The Supreme Court has had to determine to what extent courts should depart from the literal wording of a patent claim and consider whether equivalent means to those literally specified in the claim would infringe a patent.
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...a little bit of law - Wayleaves
18 August 2016If there’s a way you can leave these alone, then great: they can be a pain.
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The half way point to Brexit: 12 months down, 12 months to go
29 March 2018Today marks the one year anniversary since Article 50 was triggered on 29 March 2017. The last 12 months have seen a number of key developments. Following the end of the first stage of negotiations in Brussels, there is now an agreement in place for the rights of EU nationals and their family members living in the UK. Last week saw the announcement that the UK and EU have finally agreed a deal on the transition period.
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Lewis Silkin advises global communications agency Way To Blue, on its acquisition by The Miroma Group
29 November 2018The Lewis Silkin Corporate team has advised its client, Way To Blue, on its acquisition by The Miroma Group.
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IPO waves through “should’ve” trade mark application
17 August 2016In a trade mark application that will raise a few bespectacled eyebrows, Specsavers has successfully managed get its application to register “should’ve” (as in, “should’ve gone to Specsavers”) past the examination stage at the UK’s Intellectual Property Office.
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Jeremy Summers comments for iNews: Radiohead v Del Rey: how record companies use waveform analysis, forensics and… Shazam to avoid being sued
12 January 2018Jeremy Summers comments in an article for iNews, discussing how to identify copyright infringement in the music industry.
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How to read an investment termsheet: Part 2 – The liquidation preference and waterfall
02 February 2017David Willbe has written a piece for Startup Grind.