Budget 2018 Tax Highlights
The Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba, delivered South Africa’s 2018 Budget speech to Parliament on 21 February 2018. In his speech the Minister noted that there is an expected R48.2 billion revenue...
View ArticleCrossing Oceans - a global sandbox and the FCAs deal with the CFTC
The traditional model of regulation Traditionally, the prudential supervision and continuing financial wellbeing of a financial institution was the responsibility of the financial regulator in that...
View ArticleEducation e-briefing - Student Accomodation Contracts: When is the contract...
Welcome to the second in our series of Student Accommodation e-briefs for universities, colleges and private institutions. These e-briefs highlight aspects of the student accommodation contract which...
View ArticleUK completes domestic legislative requirements to ratify, German...
UK On 8 February 2018, the UK Privy Council made the The Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 (here), following approval in December 2017 of the draft text by the UK Parliament....
View ArticleLitigation privilege in internal investigations
Bilta v (1) Royal Bank of Scotland ("RBS") (2) Mercuria Energy Europe Trading ("Mercuria")1 R (for and on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive) v Paul Jukes2 To what extent do these recent...
View ArticleEducation Briefing - Regulatory Framework for Higher Education in England...
Introduction The Office for Students (OfS) has today published the new regulatory framework for HE in England under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA). This new framework – “Securing...
View ArticleThe war on plastics and the evolving legal landscape
There is increasing focus on plastic waste both at a national and international level with news articles published daily detailing the environmental issues surrounding the use of plastics and its...
View ArticleIts snow laughing matter UWOs hit home
Whilst the rest of the UK has been feeling the cold, the National Crime Agency (“NCA”) has turned up the heat on a Politically Exposed Person (“PEP”). On 28 February 2018 the NCA announced that they...
View ArticleHong Kong Voluntary Liquidation: recognition granted in landmark US...
Re Manley Toys Limited, Case No. 16-15374 (United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey) On 13 February 2018, following a heavily contested US Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition proceeding,...
View ArticleEducation e-briefing - Safeguarding Children - Government Consultations and...
During late 2017, the Government launched two public consultations to seek views on proposed changes to two important pieces of statutory guidance designed to protect and promote the health, safety...
View ArticleThe impact of Brexit on the automotive sector: new report says a 'no-deal'...
The House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has today released a paper on the potential impact of Brexit on the automotive sector – its fifth report in the series. The...
View ArticleDraft Withdrawal Treaty Crosses UK Red Lines
On 28 February 2018, the EU published the first draft of a Brexit Withdrawal Treaty. The text largely reflects the terms agreed in December, as set out in the Joint Report on Phase 1 of the Brexit...
View ArticleHelping it click into place - Our monthly Asia cybersecurity update
During 2017, cyberattacks continued to evolve and develop sophistication, exploiting both previously unidentified vulnerabilities and known vulnerabilities in new ways. Ransomware attacks such as...
View ArticleNew challenges posed by the Payment Services Regulations 2017 how an ASPSP...
Payment service providers (“PSPs”) are grappling with changes to the UK payment services regulatory regime introduced by the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (“PSRs”). These include changes to the...
View ArticleUK HR E-briefing: Dont overlook Aprils changes to tax and termination...
Changes to the tax treatment of termination payments from 6 April 2018 Significant changes to the tax treatment of termination payments are being implemented on 6 April 2018. Broadly speaking, these...
View ArticleCarriage contract and the obligation to pay late return charges on containers
Our law firm successfully assisted an Italian forwarding agent (DHL Global Forwarding Italy) in defending against the claim of a carrier for the payment of late return charges on containers involved...
View ArticlePayment Matters: No. 32
Payment Accounts Directive (“PAD”) and Payment Accounts Regulations (“PARs”) Legal Update European Central Bank Member delivers speech on the regulatory technical standards under the revised Payment...
View ArticleChina's Belt and Road Initiative: Investing in key Belt and Road countries
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a multi-trillion Chinese led initiative to strengthen trade routes and related infrastructure across over 150 countries worldwide. The initiative covers over 60%...
View ArticleEducation HR e-briefing - Don't overlook April's changes to tax and...
Changes to the tax treatment of termination payments from 6 April 2018 Significant changes to the tax treatment of termination payments are being implemented on 6 April 2018. Broadly speaking, these...
View ArticleUK pensions speedbrief - DC - developments on disclosure, governance and...
The Government had a busy week last week and published several sets of regulations which will have an impact on trustees and employers of pension arrangements that provide DC benefits. The regulations...
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