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The IPA Legal department

The IPA Legal Department deals with a variety of member enquiries on the law and regulation of marketing communications and employment law/HR in the UK (English Law and UK regulation). It also represents members and lobbies Government on issues and new legislation. From August 2010 led by commercial lawyer Richard Lindsay.

The IPA legal service is used by over 80% of IPA members. The team is led by Legal Director Richard Lindsay and includes Senior Legal Manager India Forsyth, Senior Legal Manager (Employment) Juliet Bawtree and Legal Associate Rebecca Chong.


Left to right: India, Rebecca, Richard and Juliet.

Legal Department  


You can call or email the team or search for standard advice via this page.

For what we do:  Legal Advisory Services 
 
For routine enquiries on marketing communications issues email legal@ipa.co.uk 
For routine enquiries on employment /HR issues email juliet@ipa.co.uk

Team members:

Richard Lindsay, Legal Director, 
India Forsyth, Senior Legal Manager,
Juliet Bawtree, Senior Legal Manager (Employment),
Rebecca Chong, Legal Associate.


Members can also find extensive and comprehensive contract advice by using the online IPA Contract Bank .



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Employment/HR Guidance:


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Advertising Codes of Practice:

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