Lewis Silkin

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Lewis Silkin acted on behalf of Deliveroo before the Supreme Court in the long-running litigation concerning the employment status of its riders, which began before the Central Arbitration Committee and established that riders are not “workers” for employment law purposes.

The firm is advising X (formerly Twitter) on a complex, fast-moving restructuring and headcount reduction exercise against the backdrop of a significant amount of publicity and governmental interest after the completion of Elon Musk’s acquisition.

It acted for both John Lewis and the advertising agency adam&eveDDB over the famous annual John Lewis Christmas ad. The firm successfully defended a claim brought by the author Fay Evans, who claimed that the fire-breathing dragon Edgar featured in the 2019 John Lewis Christmas ad had copied one of her books. The High Court ruled that there was no evidence that the team from the retailer and DDB had been aware of her work and ordered that Evans publicise that her claim had failed.