Updates on the Implementation of the New Laws on Maternity Leave
Further to our earlier update, near end of 2020, the Labour Department published an F...
View ArticleHong Kong Court of Final Appeal provides further guidance on the Sex...
This e-briefing discusses the implications of the case Leung Kwok Hung also known as “Long Hair” v. Commissioner of Correctional Services (FACV 8/2019) on whether dress codes for employees are...
View ArticleCOVID-19 - Visa Extension Applications by Non-Permanent Residents Outside...
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions, on 31 December 2020, the Immigration Department announced measures relating to application for extension of stay by non-permanent residents who...
View ArticleThe Importance of Right Timing No Delay in Application for Injunction to...
In the recent case AB Club Ltd & Anors v Chan Yin Ki Cubie & Anors [2020] HKCFI 2769, the Court refused to grant interim interim injunction to restrain former employees of the plaintiffs from...
View ArticleUS Target China's National Offshore Oil Corporation with Export Sanctions
In the latest of a series of measures targeting China before this week’s transition of administrations, on January 14, 2021, the Trump Administration added China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd....
View ArticleBusiness interruption test case: landlords and tenants benefit from...
To the relief of policyholders, the Supreme Court has ruled decisively in favour of the policyholders in the so-called "business interruption test case" (FCA v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd and others...
View ArticleUS Target China's National Offshore Oil Corporation with Export Sanctions
In the latest of a series of measures targeting China before this week’s transition of administrations, on January 14, 2021, the Trump Administration added China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd....
View ArticleKey employment cases to look out for in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated delays with employment tribunal claims and affected the speed of appeal decisions in the higher courts, issues which will persist in 2021. New litigation and...
View ArticleEducation briefing - 10 Key questions to ask when undertaking your consumer...
The recent letters from Michelle Donelan MP, Minister of State for Universities (13 January 2021) and the Office for Students (14 January 2021) are a reminder of the need for HE providers to be...
View ArticleNMUL Realisations Limited (in Administration) [2021] EWHC 94 (Ch)
Eversheds Sutherland Restructuring team recently acted for the applicant administrators in Re NMUL Realisations Limited (in Administration) [2021] EWHC 94 (Ch). The team were successful in obtaining a...
View ArticleRemote working set to become permanent feature under National Remote Work...
On Friday, 15 January 2021, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD published a National Remote Work Strategy (the “Strategy”) with the aim of ensuring that remote...
View ArticleEducation briefing - Key cases for 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated delays with employment tribunal claims and affected the speed of appeal decisions in the higher courts, issues which will persist in 2021. New litigation and...
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 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 ArticleInvestment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020
In this update we consider the tax treatment of assets under the Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Act 2020 (the “Act”), which was signed into law by the President of Ireland on 23 December...
View ArticleQuincecare revisited High Court strikes out Authorised Push Payment fraud...
Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2021] EWHC 10 (Ch) In a detailed High Court judgment HHJ Russen QC found that the Quincecare duty is limited to fraudulent payments by a customer’s agent and does not...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Covid Restrictions Support Scheme - Ireland
Overview As part of Budget 2021, the Minister for Finance Pascal Donohoe T.D. (the “Minister”) announced the introduction of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (“CRSS”), a measure aimed at...
View ArticleThe Logistics Sector: 2020 was a turning point. Theres no going back now.
What a year 2020 was for the logistics sector. The sector acheived nationwide prominence due to Brexit, lorry queues in Kent, the seemingly unstoppable rise and rise of e-tailing and of course...
View ArticleNewman v Southampton City Council - A tragic case of a child taken into care...
Eileen Weinert reviews the case of Newman v Southampton City Council: a tragic case of a child taken into care and a journalist’s bid to tell the tale, which first appeared in the Entertainment Law...
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