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  • Proposed disclosure rules for non-UK entities owning property or bidding for Government contracts

    12 April 2017

    The UK Government proposes new rules requiring non-UK entities that already own, or intend to acquire, UK real estate, or that wish to bid for UK central Government contracts, to be required to disclose information about the beneficial owners of the entity.

  • Ten Creators, Makers & Innovators lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom

    Press Release

    28 March 2017

    Lewis 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.

  • Dating apps get even more interesting

    17 February 2017

    A Scottish court has recently refused to find that a legal partnership existed between two former friends and Mr Elliott in relation to a business arrangement to develop and exploit a couple of online dating apps. The court held that, without a contract, there was no partnership and Mr Elliott was not obliged to share the profits from the venture with the friends.

  • Partners profit share can be forfeited for breach of duty

    30 November 2016

    The High Court has recently ruled that a partner or LLP member, who commits a breach of fiduciary duty, may forfeit any part of his profit share which constitutes remuneration.

  • A year of flops and firsts

    Press

    24 December 2015

    2015 has been a year flops and firsts for the UK legal profession, writes Fergus Payne for The Times.

  • 'Slow evolution': Government plans further shakeup of legal regulation to encourage alternative providers

    Press

    03 December 2015

    Fergus Payne has been quoted in a Legal Business article on the government's consultation in spring 2016, part of which will be on making legal services regulators independent from their representative bodies.

  • LLPs catch their second wind

    Press

    16 October 2015

    Limited liability partnerships are still attractive for mid-sized law firms, says Fergus Payne.

  • The legal year ahead

    Press

    26 December 2014

    Fergus Payne has written an article for The Law Society Gazette.

  • Pensions: enrolment and partnerships

    Press

    10 July 2014

    In an article for The Law Society Gazette, Clive Greenwood and Christopher Hitchins examine the issue of LLPs auto-enrolling its members.

  • Streamlining partnership: The wider impact of the UK LLP tax changes

    Press

    13 June 2014

    In an article for Managing Partner, Fergus Payne discusses the impact of controversial UK LLP tax changes.

  • Partnership tax changes cause fury

    Press

    24 April 2014

    Fergus Payne has been quoted in an article by The Times on the consequences of partnership tax changes.

  • LLP legislation will affect succession planning, warn firms

    Press

    12 February 2014

    With the incoming Finance Bill legislation likely to adversely affect LLP firms' ability to thoroughly screen talent for partner roles, Fergus Payne discusses the possibility of salaried partners being asked to place more capital in the business in an article for Accountancy Age.

  • Limiting liability

    Press

    29 October 2013

    In an article for Managing Partner, Miguel Pereira considers the differences between LLP and limited company structures in restricting the liability of owners.

  • Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive

    Press

    24 October 2013

    In an article for Accountancy Age, Clive Greenwood discusses the creation, progress, and drawbacks of Alternative Business Structures (ABS).

  • Why you should avoid the distractions of the annual financial reporting round

    Press

    26 June 2013

    In an article for Managing Partner, Ian Jeffery discusses the first sets of annual results coming out of the UK's leading law firms for the financial year 11/12 and how prominence is often given to short term measures, such as profit per equity partner (PEP).

  • Association of Partnership Practitioners AGM

    Press

    28 May 2013

    Fergus Payne, Joint Head of our Partnerships and LLP team, recently spoke at the APP (Association of Partnership Practitioners) AGM. A synopsis of his pre-dinner speech was included in the most recent APP newsletter and is available to read in this article.

  • How To: sever a partnership

    Press

    20 May 2013

    In a Law Society Gazette article, Fergus Payne stresses the importance of studying the partnership or members’ agreement when looking to sever a partnership.

  • LLPs to face NI contribution hike in move to clamp down on taxing self-employed staff

    Press

    17 May 2013

    Commenting in a Legal Week article, Clive Greenwood talks about the need for clarification surrounding the definition of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) when discussing the National Insurance Contributions Bill. The Bill, which was formally announced in the Queen's Speech on 8 May, would remove the presumption of self-employment for LLP members from April 2014.

  • Consolidation in the legal sector

    Press

    19 December 2012

    Partner Fergus Payne writes about mergers in the legal sector amidst economic difficulties in an article for the Law Society Gazette.

  • Direct age discrimination

    Press

    09 October 2012

    In 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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