Related insights: Chemicals

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Leading the conversation: How to continue to increase diversity in the chemical sector and celebrate existing role models

27 Mar 2024
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has shone a spotlight on key issues around gender diversity and the challenges faced by women working in the chemicals and process industry.

WBD brought together leading individuals in the North East chemicals and process community at a panel event hosted at the Wilton Centre in Teesside, home to the largest chemical complex in the UK and second largest in Europe.
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Bond Dickinson advises on Chemoxy International acquisition

04 Jul 2017
Bond Dickinson's corporate team in Leeds advised the shareholders on the successful sale of a majority stake in North-East chemicals manufacturer Chemoxy International Ltd. Chemoxy has now been acquired by a French based trade buyer, Novacap SAS, as it seeks to expand its Performance Chemicals division and geographical presence.
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Too big to pay: compensation for inventive employees

24 May 2017
The Court of Appeal has considered the right of employee-inventors to apply for compensation from their employer where they have produced a valuable invention in the course of their employment. In Ian Alexander Shanks v Unilever plc, Unilever NV and Unilever UK Central Resources Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 2, the Court provided guidance on what considerations are relevant when assessing whether or not a patent for an invention has conferred an outstanding benefit on the employer – the factor under the Patents Act 1977 for determining if an employee-inventor is entitled to an award.
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Pensions Green Paper: a conversation about DB schemes

24 Feb 2017
The Government has published a Green Paper on the key challenges facing defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.


Increasing pension fund deficits in recent years together with several high profile cases during 2016 have led commentators and the Work and Pensions Select Committee to question whether there is a fundamental problem with the funding and regulation of DB schemes.