The risks of retirement – can employers ever justify a normal retirement age? *

Canada - May 10 2012
Two recent decisions of the Supreme Court Seldon (Appellant) v Clarkson Wright and Jakes (A Partnership) (Respondent) [2012] UKSC 16 (“Seldon”) and Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2012] UKSC 15 (“Homer”) provide useful guidance on the approach to take when justifying retirement of employees at a particular age.

Co-authors: Michael McCartney , Rebecca Johns .

Spam and cookies: legal obligations on unsolicited electronic mail and cookies in the UK (Europe) and Canada *

Canada, European Union, United Kingdom - August 10 2011
In 2002 the EU issued the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (2002/58/EC), which covers the sending of unsolicited commercial email.

Co-authors: Zehra Kasapoglu.

Raising equity finance in the UK *

United Kingdom - October 7 2010
This is the second of a two part article addressing the United Kingdom's securities, mergers and acquisitions regimes and it focuses on an overview of the methods, both public and private, of raising equity finance in the United Kingdom.

Co-authors: David Smith, Daniel Joll , Kayleigh Wilshaw .