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Supreme Court tells UK Borders Agency that its current immigration practices are unlawful
19 July 2012The Supreme Court has ruled that a significant part of the UK Border Agency’s practice and policies for corporate immigration is unlawful. Shahram Taghavi, lead adviser and junior counsel in the case of R (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JCWI Intervening), comments on the judgment.
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Lewis Silkin advises United Agents on its restructuring and acquisition
17 December 2012Lewis Silkin has recently completed a reorganisation and acquisition for its client, United Agents.
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Fighting back against misleading competitor advertising: How Garmin successfully navigated a route to banning misleading claims by TomTom in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
11 June 2015Brinsley Dresden and Daniel Bugler have co-authored an article with Andrew Etkind, General Counsel at Garmin, and Daniël Haije, Partner at Hoogenraad & Haak, for the International In-house Counsel Journal. The article covers misleading competitor advertising and focuses on how Garmin successfully navigated a route to banning misleading claims by TomTom in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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Ten Creators, Makers & Innovators lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom
28 March 2017Lewis Silkin is pleased to announce that ten partners across the Creators, Makers & Innovators division have been listed in this year’s edition of Best Lawyers 2018 United Kingdom.
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Union reforms will provoke backlash
23 July 2015Colin Leckey has been quoted in an article by The Times which examines the Trade Union Bill published last week - highlighting the significant changes to the law on strike ballots, staffing, and picketing.
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Sean Dempsey comments for HR Magazine - The state of the union: The future of IR
13 February 2017Employment law Partner, Sean Dempsey has commented in an article for HR Magazine which discusses the following question: are trade unions really representing modern workers or do they need to change with the times?
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Lewis Silkin acted for Deliveroo in its successful defence of an application for trade union recognition by the IWGB union
16 November 2017The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) wanted Deliveroo to recognise it for collective bargaining purposes in respect of riders in Camden and Kentish Town. The application before the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) was heard over four days in May and June 2017. The CAC held that Deliveroo riders were not “workers” for the purposes of employment law, but self-employed independent contractors, and therefore the application failed.
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Fusions-Acquisitions au Royaume Uni : 1er trimestre 2018: quelles tendances ?
07 June 2018Dans un précédent article, nous avions regardé les statistiques des transactions concernant des sociétés britanniques en 2017.
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'Owner-employee' plan poses unfair dismissal risk
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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Andrew Osborne comments for Relocate Magazine: Businesses uneasy over post-Brexit immigration policy
04 October 2018In an article for Relocate Magazine, Andrew Osborne discusses the immigration proposals coming out of the Conservative party conference.
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CMA undertakings with Social Chain highlight ad disclosure law
19 August 2016Head of Brands & IP, Jo Farmer has commented in e-commercelaw&policy regarding the CMA's announcement that it has secured undertakings from marketing company Social Chain.
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Immigration in the manufacturing industry: understanding the landscape
16 January 2017Neil Jennings and Sam Koppel have written an article for Manufacturing Global which comments on the political pressure to reduce migrant labour in the UK and the serious challenges this will cause to the industry.
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Search terms under scrutiny as decision in Lush and Amazon dispute issued
11 February 2014The High Court judgment handed down on Monday 10 February 2014, which ruled in favour of Lewis Silkin's client Lush, has been covered in a World Trademark Review blog.
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Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive
24 October 2013In an article for Accountancy Age, Clive Greenwood discusses the creation, progress, and drawbacks of Alternative Business Structures (ABS).
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Lewis Silkin acknowledged in The Times: Common law libel rules unaffected
17 October 2017Lewis Silkin have been acknowldged in an article for The Times which discusses a number of cases including Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd, Lachaux v Evening Standard Ltd & Lachaux v AOL (UK) Ltd.
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UK targets China's big spenders
11 October 2012Partner Andrew Osborne discusses a new visa initiative which aims to attract more wealthy visitors to the UK.
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UK Court sets online ad precedent with Lush Cosmetics ruling over Amazon
12 February 2014Following Lewis Silkin and Lush's successful trade mark win over Amazon, Brand Channel have covered the High Court ruling which determined that the online retailer breached the copyright of cosmetics company Lush by attempting to divert customers to rival products through online search results.
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UK 'loses control' of immigration
23 April 2014Andrew Osborne has been quoted in an article by The Times on the UK's overcomplicated immigration rules.
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Save Chinas Tigers Exonerated in UK High Court
28 October 2014Mark Lim has been quoted in an Article by PR Newswire regarding the exoneration of Save China's Tigers in UK High Court.
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Lewis Silkin advises France-based Raja Group on acquisition of Morplan, mail order distributor to UK’s retail and fashion industry
19 March 2015Lewis Silkin has advised France-based Raja Group, the leading European industrial packaging distributor, on its acquisition of Morplan, the number one B2B mail order distributor to UK’s retail and fashion industry.