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Building contracts - good practice and inspections
06 August 2019This guide will look at how employers, contractors and consultants can form, improve and maintain good relationships. Many of these tips are not exclusive to building contracts, but are especially important in construction projects due to the number of parties involved and the often complex nature of the work. Good faith and alliancing provisions are outside of this note.
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Trade Mark and Design Service Charges
13 August 2019This inbrief will cover Trade Marks and Design Service Charges including applications, renewals, revocation, opposition, invalidity, European trade mark action and foreign marks.
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Home Office consultation on modern slavery statements and compliance audit
15 August 2019A consultation has been launched to strengthen the obligation to publish a modern slavery statement under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“MSA”) and to improve the quality of statements being published. Meanwhile, a Home Office audit on business compliance with the legislation is ongoing.
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Leading IP lawyer announced as Master of Wine
30 August 2019Lewis Silkin is proud and delighted to announce that Dominic Farnsworth, Partner and Head of the Trade Mark and IP Portfolio Management Legal Practice Group, is one of the new eight Masters of Wine announced today.
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Assumptions and discrimination in the employment process
30 August 2019The Court of Appeal has confirmed it was unlawful for a police officer to be refused a transfer because of a mistaken perception that her disability would affect her future performance. The ruling found that the Acting Chief Inspector of Norwich (ACI Hooper) had rejected Ms. Coffey’s transfer application based on the assumption that her hearing loss would render her incapable of successfully undertaking front-line duties, despite her experience as a front-line police officer for two years in Wiltshire, without any adjustments to the role.
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Populism and employment law
02 September 2019This study of the impact of the recent emergence of ‘populist’ political parties on global employment law is based on a survey of 11 jurisdictions where populism is assessed to be a significant political force. It was produced in collaboration with Ius Laboris member firms in those countries.
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Mock employment Tribunal - Cardiff - FULLY BOOKED
05 September 2019In our latest event held with Hays, Lewis Silkin invites you to experience all the drama and tension of an employment tribunal hearing without the responsibility and risk that goes with fighting a real-life case. In both Cardiff and Swansea, we will hold a live hearing, complete with documents, witnesses, cross examination and a verdict from the tribunal panel at the end.
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Smart Floorspace Digitalising Retail Experience
10 September 2019Media coverage over the last year for the retail sector has been saturated with reports about the decline of the nation’s high streets.
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Home Office expands shortage occupation list as part of Immigration Rule changes
11 September 2019The Home Office laid a new Statement of Immigration Rules (HC 2631) on 9 September, immediately before Parliament was prorogued.
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The Labour Party announces plans for new Workers Protection Agency and Ministry for Employment
12 September 2019The Labour Party announced the proposals at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference this week, with the Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, promising the “biggest ever” extension of employment rights in the UK designed to “put power in the hands of workers”.
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Mock employment Tribunal - Swansea - FULLY BOOKED
12 September 2019In our latest event held with Hays, Lewis Silkin invites you to experience all the drama and tension of an employment tribunal hearing without the responsibility and risk that goes with fighting a real-life case. In both Cardiff and Swansea, we will hold a live hearing, complete with documents, witnesses, cross examination and a verdict from the tribunal panel at the end.
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Migration Advisory Committee publishes call for evidence on salary thresholds
16 September 2019The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has issued a call for evidence from employers and other stakeholders, to feed into its consideration of what salary thresholds should be put in place for skilled workers under the post-Brexit immigration system. The scope of the Government’s commission to the MAC also includes a consideration of adding points-based eligibility criteria for skilled worker visas.
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Kathryn Weaver speaking at LAWASIA Conference
18 September 2019Head of Lewis Silkin’s Hong Kong office Kathryn Weaver is speaking on panel discussion on sexual harassment and equality and diversity
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Employer ordered to disclose privileged material
19 September 2019In a recent decision, an employer was ordered to disclose comments received from its external solicitor in relation to the dismissal of an employee because it had deliberately disclosed other related privileged documents which were helpful to its case. It could not cherry pick which privileged documents to rely on.
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Law Commission confirms legality of electronic signatures
19 September 2019Following consultation, the Law Commission has published its report on the electronic execution of documents and confirmed that, “An electronic signature is capable in law of being used to execute a document (including a deed) provided that (i) the person signing intends to authenticate the document and (ii) any formalities relating to execution of that document are satisfied.”
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Travel to the EEA for British citizens after a no-deal Brexit
26 September 2019Despite many of Brexit’s particulars remaining up in the air, with 31 October fast approaching it is crucial to be aware of a no-deal Brexit’s implications for British citizens intending to travel to the EEA.
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New application deadlines for Tier 1 Investors in Government bonds
30 September 2019There are new Immigration Rules in effect from 1 October 2019 which affect Tier 1 Investor migrants whose first grant of leave was made under the rules in place before 29 March 2019 and who have invested in UK Government bonds.
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Responsibility for pay information transfers under TUPE
02 October 2019In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled that the duty of an employer to keep and provide pay records under national minimum wage legislation transferred under TUPE from the transferor to the new employer.
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Employee entitled to long-term disability benefits after TUPE transfer
02 October 2019The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) concluded in a recent case that, following a TUPE transfer, an employee who was unfairly dismissed and suffered disability discrimination was entitled to compensation on the basis he would have been entitled to long-term disability benefits until death or retirement, had he not been dismissed.
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EU Acquired Rights Directive may apply to transfer of client investments to new firm
02 October 2019In a Slovenian case, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has considered whether the EU Acquired Rights Directive (“ARD”) applied to a situation in which a stock market intermediary ceased operations, but gave its clients the option to transfer their financial instruments and other managed assets to another named intermediary.