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US employment law firm FordHarrison joins Ius Laboris, Global HR law Alliance
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12 June 2013Ius Laboris, the world’s largest alliance of Human Resources law firms (of which Lewis Silkin is the UK member) announced that U.S. employment law firm FordHarrison LLP has joined the Alliance.
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Delay: you cannot be serious!
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11 June 2013In an article written for PLC Construction, James Levy discusses the frequent occurrence of delays in construction projects. As this affects the timescale of the project, it gives rise to the right to terminate.
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Leading IP and media lawyer joins Media, Brands and Technology team
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10 June 2013City law firm Lewis Silkin today announces the appointment of Adam Glass as partner in the firm’s renowned Media, Brands and Technology (MBT) team. He joins Lewis Silkin from Davenport Lyons, where he was a partner and head of litigation and IP.
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Association of Partnership Practitioners AGM
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28 May 2013Fergus 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.
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Flexible working - the backlash
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23 May 2013In a Financial Times article, Russell Brimelow discusses Flexible Working and how often some employers don’t realise they have health and safety obligations if staff are working from home. Not only does technology need to be safe, but the working environment needs to be as risk-free as practicable too.
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How To: sever a partnership
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20 May 2013In a Law Society Gazette article, Fergus Payne stresses the importance of studying the partnership or members’ agreement when looking to sever a partnership.
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LLPs to face NI contribution hike in move to clamp down on taxing self-employed staff
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17 May 2013Commenting 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.
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Big yourself up
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17 May 2013In an article for Building magazine, Alex Kelham discusses a government initiative that allows suppliers of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote certain work they undertook.
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Weapons of mass eviction
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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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Lewis Silkin advises London-listed Bushveld Minerals on takeover offer to acquire Lemur Resources
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13 May 2013Lewis Silkin has advised its client Bushveld Minerals Limited (AIM:BMN) on its intention to make an off-market takeover offer to acquire all of the ordinary shares in Lemur Resources Limited (ASX:LMR). The Lewis Silkin team was led by Corporate Finance partner Nadim Khan, alongside senior associate Ian McDonald.
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IntApp announce UK win with Lewis Silkin
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07 May 2013Legal IT Insider have covered Lewis Silkin's implementation of the new IntApp Open system, which is designed to streamline new client review and accelerate new matter inception. Jan Durant has also commented on why the firm decided to implement the new platform. Lewis Silkin previously implemented IntApp product, Time Builder, two years ago and partnered with IntApp on its new business acceptance initiative in 2012.
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International outlook of trainees threatened
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01 May 2013In an article for Lawyer2B, Raj Shah discusses how changes in immigration policy are making it increasingly difficult for firms to recruit immigrants as trainee solicitors. Until recently, international students could switch from the Tier 4 student migrant category to the Tier 2 category. However, changes to the Immigration Rules mean that students cannot switch from Tier 4 to Tier 2 unless they have passed a UK-recognised bachelor or master’s degree or attained certain awards in education.
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What are your work perks?
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01 May 2013In an Evening Standard article, Lewis Silkin has been included in the list of 'London's perkiest offices'. The article details the firm's commitment to ensure that working parents are able to socialise with colleagues through the regular “tea at three” afternoon events. The firm's beehives are also mentioned, which last year made 75 pots of honey.
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Can brands benefit from an ad ban?
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25 April 2013As US retailer American Apparel fell foul of the Advertising Standards Authority for the third time this year after using overtly sexual imagery earlier this month, Geraint Lloyd-Taylor warns that whilst some brands may see benefit from seeing their campaigns banned, there are serious consequences.
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To be(lly putt) or not to be(lly putt), that is the question
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22 April 2013Alexander 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.
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Thorny problems
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17 April 2013In an article for Taxation magazine, Sara Cohen discusses the Office of Tax Simplification's proposals for unapproved share schemes.
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Digital product placement creates adverts out of thin air
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09 April 2013In an article for the BBC, Philip Hughes discusses digital product placement and warns that "ensuring legal compliance across multiple jurisdictions can be expensive, risky and time-consuming," and may outweight the benefit of any such activity.
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Beware of lodgers' rights
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05 April 2013In an article for Inside Housing, Paul Hayes encourages landlords to be aware of laws concerning lodgers as the under-occupation charge, or ‘bedroom tax’, came into effect on 1 April.
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Lewis Silkin cuts reporting time by two days a month with innovative database solution
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04 April 2013In a Microsoft case study, Finance Systems Manager Michael Turner discusses the various reports, charts and graphs that are produced each month in order to allow senior managers to analyse performance. Wanting to simplify the creation of reports and increase the quality of data produced, the firm decided to implement a database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2012. As a result of this new product, the finance team now saves up to two days a month on management reporting and partners can track financial metrics and staff performance in real time.
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Penalties: the debate continues
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02 April 2013In an article for PLC Construction, James Levy discusses court decisions where they have been asked to consider what happens to money already paid by way of instalments in relation to a contract if the contract is rescinded and the seller retains the property that is the subject matter of the contract. In particular, James refers to Cadogan Petroleum v Global Process Systems and discusses how the case sits with other similar ones.