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What Options are Available to EU Citizens Following Brexit?

27th June 2016
In light of the recent news that the British public has voted Leave in the EU Referendum, in this article Shyam Dhir, a German National specialising in applications under EEA regulations with Duncan Lewis’s Business Immigration team, sets out the options that available to EU citizens currently in the UK. The results for the EU […]
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Brexit: The Clock Won’t Be Turned Back on Reform of Data Protection Laws

24th June 2016
Speaking before an audience of over 200 senior managers from across the financial services sector, experts from leading international law firm Simmons & Simmons and Henley Business School agreed that reform of the Data Protection Act 1998 is still on the cards following the UK’s historic vote to leave the EU, although they stopped short […]
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What Does the Brexit Decision Mean for TTIP?

24th June 2016
Following the referendum, Brexit is about to become a reality. Myriad negotiations will ensue to determine how a future trade between Britain and the European Union might work once the Lisbon treaty is invoked. In parallel, there is another trade deal under review that has renewed importance for a newly independent Britain: The Transatlantic Trade […]
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Brexit: PwC's Insight into Banking & Fintech Sectors

24th June 2016
Simon Hunt, UK head of banking and capital markets at PwC, commented: "The UK is one of the world’s leading financial centres. The banking sector plays a major part in generating exports of £23bn to the EU, which helps to drive an overall trade surplus in financial services of £20bn. Retaining this position is the […]
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Wife Implores UN to Speak Up for Imprisoned Chinese Dissident

23rd June 2016
The wife of an imprisoned Chinese dissident has called on the international community to urge China to allow her husband to receive life-saving medical treatment. Writer and 'barefoot lawyer’ Guo Feixiong (Yang Maodong) had been active in a range of pro-democracy and anti-corruption campaigns and had called for the Chinese Government to meet the standards […]
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GDPR Creates an Implementation Challenge for eDisclosure

23rd June 2016
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) intends to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals within the EU, but how will this affect the eDisclosure industry and what new challenges does it present? James Merritt, Director of Forensic Technology & eDisclosure at CityDocs, discusses. What is the GDPR? Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament […]
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Senior In-House Lawyers’ Total Earnings Jump £8,130

22nd June 2016
Senior in-house lawyers have seen their pay rise by £8,130 this year, according to the latest research from specialist legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons. According to the research, lawyers’ average total earnings (basic salary and bonus) now stand at £165,190 – which is £8,130 (5%) higher than 2015’s typical package (£157,060). This has been […]
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More IT Investment Needed For Law Firms

22nd June 2016
Cost of premises is increasing yet firms are still not investing in IT and remote working, highlights MHA Legal Benchmarking Report. The latest annual legal benchmarking review from MHA, the UK-wide group of accountancy and business advisory firms, points to encouraging signs of growth for a second year, most notably through an upturn in the […]
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CMA Guides Businesses on Online Competition Law

21st June 2016
The CMA has written an open letter to businesses alerting them that, if suppliers restrict their retailers’ prices, that can break the law. The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) open letter is accompanied by an at-a-glance guide to the law and follows two recent cases in which businesses were fined a combined total of more than £3 million for engaging […]
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Law Business to Boom in Event of ‘Leave’ Vote

21st June 2016
Legal expert and UK200Group Executive Board Member Peter Duff has forecast that, in the case of Britain leaving the European Union, lawyers will be busy as our government and businesses adapt to being outside of the trade bloc. “As a lawyer, it appears to me that the legal profession will have a boom time in […]
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