Germany: New investment opportunities under revised renewable energy scheme...
On 1 January 2021, a revised version of the German Renewable Energies Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz – EEG) entered into force (a revision to the German Offshore Wind Energy Act...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Disparate impact by age - UK
Following on from our earlier briefings in this series considering the COVID-19 pandemic and diversity issues - Coronavirus: Disparate impact across ethnic backgrounds;
View ArticleHow will UK and EU courts treat jurisdiction and enforcement following the...
The Brexit Implementation Period has now ended so what rules will govern jurisdiction and enforcement in cross-border commercial disputes after 1 January 2021? The EU has not (yet) given its consent...
View ArticleMaking sense of Brexit: How will Brexit affect where I commence my...
The UK has left the EU with a post-Brexit trade deal. The deal does not cover civil judicial co-operation and, given we have reached the end of the Implementation Period (IP) and EU law no longer...
View ArticleFocusing on dispute management: 10 things you need to know now Britain has...
Please click here to download our 10 things you need to know now Britain has left the EU guide. The guide provides answers to some of the key dispute management issues surrounding Brexit including...
View ArticleUK DAC6 reporting obligations substantively removed post-Brexit
In a low-key statement on the eve of Brexit, the UK HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced the effective repeal of the majority of UK tax reporting obligations associated with the EU DAC6...
View ArticleBeyond Brexit: employment rights and the UK-EU Trade Agreement
At 11pm on 31 December, the Brexit transition period ended and the UK, in the Government’s words, “recovered its national independence”. In the immediate aftermath of 31 December, legal continuity is...
View ArticleBrexit and FCA regulation: the impact on EU and FCA non-legislative materials
The New Year 2021 saw the conclusion of the Brexit process with the agreement of a future trade deal, together with the necessary legislative and regulatory changes to bring this into effect. In...
View ArticleNew Year, New UK sanctions regimes
As of 11:00pm on Thursday 31 December 2020, the UK was no longer required to implement EU sanctions and the new UK sanctions regimes officially came into force under the Sanctions and Anti-money...
View ArticleReport of the independent investigation into the events relating to the...
On 17 December 2020, the report of the independent investigation into the events relating to the FCA’s regulation of London Capital & Finance following the firm’s failure (the “LCF Investiga...
View ArticleThe Interplay between Data and Competition Law
In this series of briefings from our Data and Competition teams, we look at the similarities, differences and the lessons to be learned from Competition and Data law in the UK, EU and wider global...
View ArticleSmart data: unlocking innovation and putting customers in control
In part two of our series, "The Interplay between Data and Competition Law", we provide a summary of, and comment on, the steps being taken by both the UK and the European Union as a whole in order to...
View ArticleGDPR penalties: lessons that can be learnt from competition law
Like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the current UK competition law regime is derived from the European Union. Unlike the GDPR, however, EU and UK competition law has existed for...
View ArticleEducation briefing - Beyond Brexit: employment rights and the UK-EU Trade...
At 11pm on 31 December, the Brexit transition period ended and the UK, in the Government’s words, “recovered its national independence”. In the immediate aftermath of 31 December, legal continuity is...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Mutual agreements on tax treatment of home office activities by...
Germany has concluded several mutual agreements (Konsultationsvereinbarungen) for COVID-19 related home office activities of cross-border commuters with its bordering states (i.e. Austria, France,...
View ArticleChina Unveils New National Security Review Measures For Foreign Investment
On 19 December 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) jointly published the "Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment" (the...
View ArticleEU-UK data transfers post Brexit Update
EU to UK Data Transfers The United Kingdom left the EU at 11pm on 31 December 2020 and as of then, for the most part, the United Kingdom is now considered as a ‘third country’ under European Union...
View ArticleThe UK-EU trade deal and the end of the Brexit transitional period:...
It may not have been on everyone’s Christmas gift list, but on 24 December 2020 the UK and EU Brexit negotiators delivered the gift which both sides have been working towards since the UK voted to...
View ArticleLegislation for New Covid-19 Restrictions
The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No 10) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI No 4 of 2021) (the “New Regulations”) came into effect on Friday, 8 January 2021. Click...
View ArticleWhat a Biden Presidency Means for Hydrogen in the United States: Low-Carbon...
With the global energy transition gaining momentum, President-Elect Joe Biden has the opportunity to set the United States on a course to greater renewable energy reliance upon entering office on...
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