Eversheds Sutherland Financial Services Brexit Round Up week commencing 9 July
Over the last week the UK cabinet has concluded its negotiations with itself in respect to what kind of deal it is going to seek with the EU, a deal which, in the words of HMG, has “evolved” since the...
View ArticleRetail & Business FS vodcast series: Equal Pay in the Retail & Business FS...
In this vodcast, Richard McGregor talks about the impact of equal pay law in the Retail and Business FS Sector, the relationship between equal pay and gender pay gap reporting and steps that FS firms...
View ArticleUK: Reducing UK Emissions the Committee on Climate Changes 2018 Progress...
The Committee on Climate Change (“the CCC”), chaired by the Rt Hon. Lord Deben, is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008 (“the Act”), charged with holding the...
View ArticleOffice for Students publishes its first accounts direction
Introduction Institutions will be acutely aware that the issue of Vice-Chancellor and senior staff pay has been one of the most topical matters in higher education for most of the last 12 months and...
View ArticleDAC 6 to give teeth to BEPS in the EU - New disclosure rules for advisers...
The latest amendment to the EU directive on administrative co-operation (“DAC”), adopted on 25 May 2018, requires Member States to implement legislation to enforce new disclosure rules. The disclosure...
View ArticleUK pensions speedbrief - Clarifying and strengthening trustees investment...
The Government has announced draft regulations proposing a range of measures to increase trustee focus on long term issues such as climate change when exercising their investment powers. There are...
View ArticleSharing is caring: The sentencing approach to linked organisations
Sharing is caring The sentencing approach to ‘linked organisations’“Normally, only information relating to the organisation before the court will be relevant, unless exceptionally it is demonstrated...
View ArticleLawbite: Watch your Wording
TRILLIUM (PRIME) PROPERTY GP LTD v ELMFIELD ROAD LTD (2018) [2018] EWCA Civ 1556 The tenant sought, on appeal, to argue that the wording of its rent review clause was ambiguous such that the...
View ArticleThe professionals guide to intellectual property
Eversheds Sutherland’s Lead IP Partner Neil Mohring discusses the increasing value of IP to businesses and the impact of technology on the law. Click here for the full Q&A. ...
View ArticleDoes the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) affect you?
If you operate a combustion plant or combination of combustion plants, including generators, with a rated thermal input of 1 MW and less than 50 MW in the EEA you should consider its impact Medium...
View ArticleNot so good vibrations - more HSE prosecutions for Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
A fine of £500,000 has been imposed in a recent case of hand arm vibration syndrome. This follows fines of £280,000 in 2016 and £120,000 in 2017. These cases serve as a stark reminder to all duty...
View ArticleTime to tune in to the risks of acoustic shock
A landmark ruling of the High Court has found that The Royal Opera House breached its health and safety duties, resulting in a viola player suffering acoustic shock during a rehearsal. Although this...
View ArticleThe Preliminary Ruling in the Achmea (formerly Eureko) v. Slovakia Case: the...
The compatibility of investment protection treaties with the regulatory framework of European Union law has been a controversial issue for quite some time. A recent decision of the Court of Justice of...
View ArticleEU publishes made rules amending AIFMD and UCITS on depositary segregation...
Further to our briefing here on the EU Commission’s proposed amendments to the safekeeping requirements for UCITS and AIFs, the Commission has published the made rules on 12 July 2018 (Regulations)...
View ArticleUK: 31st Offshore Licensing Round
The Oil & Gas Authority has launched the 31st Offshore Licensing Round, offering a total of 1,766 blocks (370,000km2) of open acreage in frontier areas of the UK Continental Shelf. The frontier...
View ArticleRecent Brexit developments: implications for employment and immigration law
From the early days of her premiership, Theresa May has committed to protecting workers’ existing employment rights after Brexit, including those derived from EU law, and to taking back control over...
View ArticleEU court confirms fine on Goldman Sachs for its subsidiarys...
On 12 July 2018, the EU General Court handed down its judgment in the case of Goldman Sachs Group v Commission (T-422/14), in which it confirmed that private equity investors, such as Goldman Sachs,...
View ArticleBrexit and Enhanced Equivalence: a good deal for financial institutions?
Following the Cabinet meeting at Chequers, HM Government published its much trailed White Paper on 12th July setting out its vision of the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the...
View ArticleMENA: Eversheds Sutherland Strengthens its Clean Energy and Sustainability...
As the MENA region continues to cement its position in the global clean energy market, we are delighted to announce that clean energy corporate partner Iwan Walters has joined our Dubai office. Dubai...
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