Court rules against Colgate-Palmolive and the Advertising Regulatory Board,...
You may have seen our article, Advertising Regulatory Board – Friend or Foe, summarizing this case on 17 May 2021, where we indicated that judgement was still awaited. Judge Deni...
View ArticleLawbite: Regis Salons CVA gets the chop!
Carraway Guildford (Nominee A) Ltd & others v. Regis UK Ltd - [2021] EWHC 1294 (Ch) This challenge brought by landlords to the Regis CVA (on grounds of unfair prejudice and/or material...
View ArticleLawbite: More Pain for Landlords as High Court Sanctions Virgin Actives...
Virgin Active Holdings Limited and Others, Re [2021] EWHC 1246 (Ch) The High Court has sanctioned the restructuring plans of three Virgin Active Group companies (“the Plan Companies”) despite the...
View ArticlePodcast: Corporate reorganizations series
Episode 1 In our new series of podcasts focusing on corporate reorganizations, we discuss how reorganizations differ in the Financial Services (FS) sector, how Brexit has triggered many...
View ArticleForeign Direct Investment Screening Expanded and Amended
On 27 April 2021, the German Federal Government has enacted an ordinance to amend the Foreign Trade Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung, AWV) and thereby to expand the regime for foreign direct...
View ArticlePost-Brexit cross-border Channel Tunnel rail services An update on the...
The Channel Tunnel “fixed link” infrastructure is of key importance to the successful and efficient movement of passengers and goods between the UK and EU. Ensuring the long-term continuation of the...
View ArticleStamp duty increase on bulk purchases of homes
The Oireachtas (the Irish Legislature) voted on 19 May 2021 in favour of the introduction of new stamp duty measures which, together with new planning measures announced recently by the Minister for...
View ArticleDelay in Start Up Insurance
What is ‘Delay in Start Up’ insurance?‘Delay in Start Up’ insurance (commonly known as ‘DSU’ insurance or Advanced Loss of Profit insurance) provides an indemnity against financial loss incurred...
View ArticleFCA feedback statement on liquidity mismatch and open-ended property funds
FCA feedback statement FS21/8 “Feedback to consultation paper on liquidity mismatch in authorised open-ended property funds”, considers the responses to FCA consultation paper CP20/15 “Liquidity...
View ArticleBiometrics in Financial Services Webinar - 20 May 2021
Eversheds Sutherland hosted the first webinar in a two-part series discussing the use of biometrics in the financial services industry. This discussion was chaired by Nasser ali Khasawneh, Co-head of...
View ArticleThe Charity Commission continues consultation on its revised responsible...
The Charity Commission (“Commission”) recently confirmed that it would continue with its consultation seeking views on the clarity of its draft revised guidance for charity trustees in respect of...
View ArticleHydrogen / battery powered freight trains: on track to help decarbonise rail...
With governments around the world placing an increasing level of importance on the decarbonisation of their transportation systems (for instance, as reflected in the suggestions put forward by the UK...
View ArticleBut for Causation Again Proof of Inducement in Non-Disclosure Cases -...
Introduction The recent Court of Appeal case of Zurich Insurance Plc v Niramax Group Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 590 confirmed that an insurer cannot rely on the “but for” test alone to establish that it...
View ArticleWith(out) Prejudice
What is the purpose of marking correspondence “without prejudice”? The general position is that without prejudice correspondence is inadmissible in court. The term “without prejudice” means without...
View ArticleSteady as she goes: the Pensions Regulators 2021 annual funding statement
The Pensions Regulator recently published its annual funding statement for 2021 (the Statement). The main themes are familiar but there are some interesting insights into the Regulator’s thinking on...
View ArticlePerformance of Decision-Making Functions by Quasi-Judicial Bodies ...
On 6 April 2021, a seven-judge panel of the Supreme Court gave judgment in Zalewski v An Adjudication Officer, The Workplace Relations Commission and Others1. The focus of this article is the majority...
View ArticleExecutive pay: how big is your bonus?
Introduction: executive pay Executive pay is no longer a discreetly guarded secret subject to little or no external inquiry. Rather, it is now intensely scrutinised from the point of inception by a...
View ArticleConsumer Connected Devices - Is Greater Online Security Needed for Consumer...
On 21st April the UK government released its response to a call for views on consumer connected product cyber security legislation. As part of the UK government’s broader work on improving online...
View ArticleClarity on regulatory notifications regarding senior manager long-term absences
The PRA has published final rules on temporary long-term absences of senior managers following a joint consultation with the FCA last year. The regulators had received feedback that previous rules and...
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