The government plans to ban high-caffeine energy drink sales to under-16s in England. A consultation is open until 26 November, businesses should share feedback now. What is a high caffeine energy drink? A high caffeine energy drink is a soft drink that contains at least 150 milligrams (mg) of caffeine per litre of drink. Currently, manufacturers must label any such drink (excluding tea and coffee) with the words ‘High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women’...
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Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for their ability to focus on what matters.
From offices across the UK and Brussels, the firm supports some of the world's most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact.
Shoosmiths empowers its people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The firm has won prestigious industry awards, such as 'Law Firm of the Year' at the Legal Business Awards 2022, 'Legal Team of the Year' at the Estates Gazette Awards 2022 and has been recognised for being the most active law firm advising on corporate transactions across the UK (Experian, 2022).
Shoosmiths' innovative approach is also embodied in their non-legal solutions for clients, which complement its technical legal expertise.
The firm also believes in supporting the communities in which it operates, and it is firmly on its ESG journey, with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validating near-term science-based emissions reduction targets, and launching grant-making body 'The Shoosmiths Foundation'. To find out more about Shoosmiths and the positive impact the firm is making across its clients, people, and ESG and innovations, please visit: Impact report 2022 (shoosmiths.co.uk).
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Melissa Barker
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Paul Carney
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Kirsty Chalkley
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Ruth Clare
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Patrick Duffy
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Thomas Hall
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Ian Hardman
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Kellie Hatton
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Kathryn Jump
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Jody Kite
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Peter Marsden
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David Mathias
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Andrew Millar
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Richard Millington
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Elia Montorio
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Bethan Moore
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Emma Morgan
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Andrew Pattinson
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Luke Stubbs
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Liz Sweeney
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Richard Symonds
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Suzanne Taylor
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Sarah Teal
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Lisa Tye
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Andrew Whalley
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Adam Barrett
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Matthew Brown
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Leah Cairney
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Kirsty Day
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Hannah Gaskell
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Holly Gerard
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Emily Holt
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Sam Jadhav
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Alex Jones
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Kendra McCullough
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Sarah Minshull
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Tony Nutting
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Anjali Patel
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Gemma Porter
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Amy Price
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Daniel Pugh
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Sylwena Sempa
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Jonathan Smith
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Shantelle Taylor
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Sophie Tracey
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Ben Traynor
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Alexandra Ventham
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Jen Armstead
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Abigail Bowers
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Rosannah Byrne
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Olivia Henry
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Alexandra Kinsey
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Sarah Palmer
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Saima Rasool
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Eloise Ryan
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Anna Sherwood
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Abigail Wood
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Hollie Wright
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Lyndsay Crowder-Barton
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David Goy
Legal Director
Stephanie Macpherson
Legal Director
Kate McGoverne
Legal Director
Robert Nieri
Legal Director
Noelle Petty
Legal Director
Vanessa Rickard
Legal Director
William Sanderson
Legal Director
Emma Tonge
Legal Director
Lucy Walsh
Legal DirectorArticles
Employment Rights Bill: Extended rights for agency workers
The Employment Rights Bill (the Bill) will grant more rights to agency workers, including new routes to employment tribunal claims. This article examines the types of claims available if employers try to bypass these rights. Other articles in our series (Employment Rights Bill Shoosmiths) give more details of what to expect from the Bill...
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Shoosmiths strengthens real estate offering with Partner hire in London
London, Monday 24 November 2025 – Shoosmiths is pleased to announce the appointment of Jasvinder Sahotay as Partner in London’s Commercial Real Estate team. Jasvinder joins from Steptoe International (UK), bringing extensive experience in advising on major domestic and cross-border commercial real estate transactions. His broad and sophisticated practice spans significant acquisitions and disposals, complex development projects, and high-value joint venture arrangements. A substantial part of Jasvinder’s work centres on operational real estate, where he has developed deep expertise in both the senior living and data centre sectors...
Shoosmiths Guides S&W Group Through Major UK Acquisitions as Growth Strategy Advances
Law firm Shoosmiths has advised accounting and advisory firm S&W Group, a leading professional services group, on two UK acquisitions as it accelerates its growth strategy in partnership with Apax Funds.The firm has advised S&W on its acquisition of London based ClearViewIP, a global intellectual property advisory firm which offers clients intellectual property strategy, operational, and transactional advisory services across a broad spectrum of market sectors, and Peppercorn Tax, a specialist tax advisory firm based in Newcastle. The transactions broaden S&W’s range of complementary services and also builds on its regional growth in the north of England...
