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Find out what is happening at SMB as we celebrate the achievements of our clients, our community, and our employees.
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22nd June 2023 Media & Communications Disputes
2023: Ofcom’s 20th birthday and time to review the Broadcasting Code
Observers have not fully appreciated the significance to Ofcom of Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom’s Group Director of Broadcasting and Online Content (pictured), leaving the regulator to become Director-General of Ireland’s public service broadcaster, RTE. What should be the main priority for his successor?
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12th June 2023 Media
Nick Miller joins Razwana Akram as Head of the Film & TV team
Coming from ACK Media Law LLP, Nick is a leading practitioner who brings specialist industry expertise.
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12th June 2023 Employment & Immigration
A legal perspective of toxic culture – an article from Makbool Javaid
Makbool takes the legal perspective on toxic workplace culture in light of the recent allegations against the CBI.
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6th June 2023 Corporate, Commercial & Finance, Employment & Immigration
Simons Muirhead Burton has acted for Banijay UK in its investment into Conker Pictures
SMB are pleased to have acted for Banijay UK in an exciting new investment deal into scripted drama producer, Conker Pictures.
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15th May 2023 Crime & Regulatory
New Failing to Prevent Fraud Offence
Background
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. On 11 April 2023, the Government circulated a fact sheet,… Read more
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12th May 2023 Media & Communications Disputes
Broadcasters beware of conspiracy theories
Ofcom will be summoning GB News executives to a meeting to discuss the TV regulator’s concerns about compliance at the station.
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10th May 2023 Media
Senior Associate Blaise Gaymer advises Tuning Fork Productions on podcast, “Ministry of Secrets”
Blaise Gaymer is delighted to have advised the award-winning audio production company Tuning Fork Productions on its production of the podcast “Ministry of Secrets” for Somethin’ Else and Sony Music Entertainment.
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4th May 2023
Justice for Bahamian citizens: Privy Council strengthens citizenship rights for children born in The Bahamas to unmarried parents
Today, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) handed down judgment in Attorney General (Appellant) v Shannon Tyreck Rolle and 4 others (Respondents) (The Bahamas) [2023] UKPC 13.
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2nd May 2023 Media & Communications Disputes, Dispute Resolution
Striking the Balance between Freedom of Expression and Online Safety
The Government describes the Online Safety Bill as its way of making the UK “the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression”, but could the Bill’s attempts to protect freedom of expression actually provoke censorship?
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