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Collective and individual redundancies
03 October 2018
The current political and economic climate is unfortunately making downsizing necessary for many businesses, which may involve making redundancies.
Code red! (How to deal with a media crisis)
09 November 2017
Every brand’s nightmare. It’s 5 o’clock on a Friday and the phone rings….a tabloid newspaper has an exposé and they want your comment for their article on Sunday.
Recent developments in legal privilege: A practical approach
07 March 2018
Companies and their in-house lawyers frequently face the task of maintaining and protecting privilege. The English courts have recently considered a number of issues relating to legal advice privilege, litigation privilege and without prejudice privilege.
Gender Pay Parity – Does it really make a difference?
25 June 2018
Kathryn Weaver joined a recent BritCham panel discussion in Hong Kong on Gender Pay Parity to discuss if the rising awareness has really made a difference.
Creating a lasting change (Reading)
04 July 2018
2017 was the year women’s workplace issues dominated the public conversation. As the year closed, the media spotlight was firmly focused on sexual harassment and the far reaching #metoo campaign. But it hasn’t just been about sexual harassment - the Hampton-Alexander review showed that women remain under-represented at senior levels across all sectors and the pace of change needs to be accelerated.
Rates debate - Re-development or disrepair?
07 July 2017
Business rates have been big news recently following the Government’s controversial revaluation which took effect from 1 April 2017. Against the backdrop of all this negativity, the Supreme Court decision of Newbigin (Valuation Officer) v S J & J Monk [2017] at least provided some positive news for those carrying out developments or refurbishments of property.
Irate RBS bankers could challenge bonus clawbacks
08 March 2013
In an eFinancialCareers article, James Davies suggests that the investment bankers who have had their bonuses reduced, or even clawed back, in response to the breaches of others may challenge the decision as it could appear to be legally dubious. James argues that issues arise when bonus clawbacks are used as penalties rather than as recompense for damage done. RBS, which is 82 percent owned by the UK government, announced last week that it was cutting bonuses for 2012 and clawing back bonuses for previous years to cover its £390m Libor fixing fine.
Andrew Osborne's comments featured for a range of leading news outlets
22 November 2018
Andrew Osborne's comments on the effect of Brexit on foreign player imports to the Premier League have been featured for ESPN, Mail Online and Bloomberg.
Raising finance in London
09 February 2009
Initial public offerings are not the only way to raise money in London writes Nadim Khan in the Mining Journal article.
Raising funds in 2013
25 January 2013
Nadim 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.
Broadcast: Fremantle raises questions over Bring the Noise
28 October 2015
Originally published in Broadcast: Fremantle Media UK has written to Sky and the indie behind Bring the Noise seeking assurances that the music panel show is unrelated to a format it previously pitched to the broadcaster.
It never rains, but it pours…(Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 1)
27 September 2015
Registered designs are used to protect the appearance of products. In considering whether to allow registration, several factors come into play: what else is already out there (the ‘prior art’); who will use it (the ‘informed user’); and what ‘degree of freedom’ does the designer have in arriving at the particular design?
Cliff Fluet to lead International Radio Festival's Audio Conference
03 October 2018
The use of Blockchain technology in the audio world will be explored by Cliff Fluet at the International Radio Festival’s Audio Conference in Malta on 1st November.
Brinsley Dresden interviewed for BBC Radio 5 Live: Iceland's banned Christmas ad
15 November 2018
Brinsley Dresden has taken part in an interview for BBC Radio 5 Live in which he discusses Clearcast's decision to refuse clearance for a Christmas TV commercial for Iceland.
A milestone for R&D agreements?
06 July 2017
R&D agreements can often cover commercially significant and highly technical subject areas. In Astex Therapeutics Limited v AstraZeneca AB [2017] EWHC 1442 (Ch) the court has had to decide on the interpretation of an R&D agreement and whether certain “collaboration compounds” were within the scope of the agreement, triggering milestone payments or not.
Adam Glass quoted in The Global Legal Post: Private prosecutions can help luxury companies
19 May 2017
Adam Glass has been quoted in an article by The Global Legal Post which comments on how private prosecutions can be helpful in the fight against counterfeiting, but must be used with caution.
Diversity quotas in the law - the issues
10 November 2014
Karen Baxter has been quoted in The Law Society Gazette in an article examining the issue of diversity quotas in the legal profession.
Joanna Hunt comments for Lexis Nexis: 'Breakthrough' Brexit deal provides as many questions as answers
11 December 2017
Joanna Hunt comments on the deal struck by the UK and EU, as well as the implications of the agreement, in an article for Lexis Nexis.
To be(lly putt) or not to be(lly putt), that is the question
22 April 2013
Alexander Milner-Smith and Richard Berry discuss the legality of belly putters in golf in light of Adam Scott’s victory in the Masters last weekend. The two ruling bodies of golf, the US Golf Association (USGA) in the USA and the Royal and Ancient (R&A) everywhere else, had already announced prior to last week’s tournament that they propose to ban players anchoring putters to their bodies from the beginning of 2016.
E-cigarette brands prepare to emphasise quality message
14 June 2013
In an article for Marketing Week, Lewis Silkin discusses how, from 2016, the current type of ads in the UK which arguably market e-cigarettes in a glamourised manner will cease to exist.