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  • Tanya Mirchandani

    Tanya Mirchandani

    I am a Trainee Solicitor at Lewis Silkin and started my training contract in September 2023.

  • Vanessa Ip

    Vanessa Ip

    Practice Development Lawyer

    I am a Practice Development Lawyer in Lewis Silkin’s Hong Kong office.

  • Solicitor Apprenticeships

    We are not currently accepting applications for our Solicitor Apprenticeship scheme.

  • Modern slavery

    Lewis Silkin LLP is a commercial law firm operating across four sites in the UK and Asia. We provide legal advice on Brands & Intellectual Property, Commercial, Corporate, Data & Privacy, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Immigration & Global Mobility, Partnerships & LLPs, Real Estate, Tax, Rewards & Incentives, and Technology Contracts.

  • Getting out of a contract FAQs

    26 July 2009

    In order to obtain value for money, it is not unusual for commercial contracts to be entered into for a long period of time. Often well over a year. It is not surprising that over the life of the contract, the economic climate may change.

  • Guernsey Image Rights

    26 September 2013

    Famous sportspeople, entertainers The Bailiwick of Guernsey, the small British Crown dependency in the English Channel known as an offshore tax haven, has achieved a ‘world first’ by establishing a unique registered image rights regime.

  • Les statuts d une societe anglais

    26 March 2015

    Que vous soyez dirigeant français d’une société anglaise à responsabilité limitée (« limited ») récemment achetée, investisseur intéressé par une prise de participation majoritaire dans une limited ou tout simplement une société française actionnaire majoritaire d’une limited, cet article est fait pour vous ! Il vous permettra de comprendre comment fonctionnent les statuts ou « articles of association » d’une limited, comment les lire et les écueils à éviter…

  • Protecting your reputation via your legal and regulatory rights

    05 April 2015

    “The exercise of restraint over the media by means of the threat and/or use of all available legal and regulatory mechanisms” - The deinition of Meda Management

  • How to Protect your Format

    26 April 2015

    This paper is based on that extensive experience, and sets out a number of practical steps that you can take to make the protection of television formats easier for those that have invested substantial time and money in their creation.

  • The Bribery Act 2010 and its impact on the advertising industry

    26 April 2015

    It has been called the ‘toughest bribery legislation in the world’ and has been rumoured to spell the end for corporate hospitality, media rebates and the client lunch, but what are the real implications of the Bribery Act 2010 for the advertising industry?

  • The Law of Privacy

    07 June 2015

    The protection of privacy which embodies our law of confidentiality has become increasingly important. Together with the law of defamation, privacy and confidentiality are vital rights for individuals and corporations, especially when well known figures and celebrities attract so much attention.

  • Remuneration in financial services - new rules on deferral and clawback

    29 June 2015

    New rules on deferral and clawback of variable remuneration are set out in a joint policy statement issued by the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) and the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). They will apply to variable remuneration awarded for performance periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016.

  • Community Infrastructure Levy

    26 August 2015

    The Community Infrastructure Levy (“CIL”) is a discretionary planning charge which was introduced in 2010 through the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010.

  • Framework Agreements

    26 August 2015

    Framework agreements offer a potential solution as contracting authorities attempt to minimise the impact of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 on their business.

  • Lewis Silkin wins HR Law Firm of the Year award at The Legal 500 Awards 2015

    30 September 2015

    Lewis Silkin is delighted to be named winner of the HR Law Firm of the Year at this year’s The Legal 500 Awards.

  • New protections for workers on zero-hours contracts

    17 November 2015

    Earlier this year, we reported on the Government’s ban on the use of exclusivity clauses in “zero-hours contracts”. The ban, which came into force in May, renders unenforceable a contractual provision which prohibits an individual working under a zero-hours contract from working elsewhere. The Government has recently proposed new legislation designed to add teeth to the ban, giving employees and workers the right to bring a tribunal claim if they are penalised for working elsewhere.

  • No duty of loyalty owed by directors to shareholders

    26 November 2015

    On 12 November 2015, in Sharp & Others v Blank & Others [2015] EWHC 3220 (Ch), Mr Justice Nugee handed down his latest judgment in litigation between the directors and shareholders of Lloyds Bank. His decision is of interest to directors and shareholders alike. It re-affirms the scope of duties owed by directors to shareholders, as well as the approach to be adopted when assessing them.

  • Company directors could face prosecution if they break redundancy rules

    12 January 2016

    Michael Burd and James Davies discuss the risk associated with employers who flout redundancy procedures.

  • Court of Appeal has no appetite for salami slicing

    25 January 2016

    Without prejudice privilege is founded upon public policy. It serves to encourage litigants to settle their differences. Its effect is to exclude all negotiations genuinely aimed at settlement (whether oral or in writing) from being referred to at trial. Solicitors will often head negotiating correspondence “without prejudice” yet protection is not dependent upon use of the label. It is often misused and arises automatically in appropriate circumstances. So what happens when no label is used and attendees of a meeting later disagree as to its status?

  • UK Trade Marks

    17 February 2016

    A trade mark registration for a business, brand or product name, a logo, slogan or other trade mark provides a business with the most effective form of protection against a competitor making improper use of its trade mark. Whilst a trade mark might be capable of being protected through other areas of the law, such as passing off, copyright or design right, registering a trade mark has a number of important benefits.

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