From Brussels with love: IORP II - scheme governance and cross-border
Brexit may be grabbing all the headlines but EU directives must still be implemented in the UK, at least for the time being. This speedbrief looks at recent developments in relation to the recast IORP...
View ArticleMaking litigation pay recovery of internal costs by your in-house legal team
Making litigation pay – recovery of internal costs by your in-house legal team Whilst the principle of recovering time spent by in-house legal teams in civil litigation is a long established one,...
View ArticleEntire Agreement Clauses given the red card? Nottingham Forest FC puts...
What is an Entire Agreement Clause? Entire agreement clauses are standard or ‘boilerplate’ terms often used in contractual documents to confirm that the document in question captures the entire...
View ArticleEducation e-Briefing - Another employer challenge to worker status ruling...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected an appeal by private hire taxi company Addison Lee against a tribunal decision that three of its drivers were ‘workers', entitled to paid holiday and...
View ArticleItalian government golden powers and related filing obligations for...
Italian law provisions on the so-called “golden power” and related procedure adopted in March 2012 (Law Decree 15 March 2012, no. 21) and recently amended by a law decree adopted in October 2017 (Law...
View ArticleA lenders right to request a valuation may be limited
Legal background Often, under a contract, one party will have a right to exercise discretion - the contract will give the party the right to take a decision that affects the rights of both parties. In...
View ArticleEducation e-briefing - What immigration changes should we expect in the UK...
The Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union was published on 14 November 2018. This contains provisions relating to Citizens’ Rights and how these will change from 29 March...
View ArticleThe Political Declaration: What does it tell us about the UK-EU future...
Introduction On Sunday, 25 November 2018 the European Council will convene to obtain Member State approval on both the draft Withdrawal Agreement (“WA”) and the political declaration on the future...
View ArticleSixth anti-money laundering directive strengthening the preventive framework
The sixth anti-money laundering directive (MLD6), which complements the criminal law aspects of the fifth anti-money laundering directive adopted earlier this year, was published in the Official...
View ArticleESAPA Client eNewsletter November
Australia Contributed by Thomson Geer By Geoff Brennan, Partner; Shannon Schwarz, Senior Associate Combustible Cladding - The Australian Legislative and Regulatory Respons...
View ArticleCIPC Guideline: Managing the risk of Corruption
Topically, in light of the ongoing reports of corruption which dominate the headlines, seemingly on a daily basis, the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission has published Guideline 1 of...
View ArticleUK: Landmark ruling leads to the suspension of the UK Capacity Market
On 15 November 2018, the General Court (the EU’s lower-tier court) found in favour of Tempus Energy in its challenge against the 2014 European Commission decision to grant State aid approval to the UK...
View ArticleAlgeria: the Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulation Commission announces a...
In line with the Algerian Government plan to deploy 22 GW of renewable energy production capacity by 2030, the Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulation Commission has issued a tender for the...
View ArticleDigital Financial Services and Fintech conference - summary interviews with...
On Tuesday 27 November 2018 we hosted our 4th annual Digital Financial Services and Fintech conference. The event covered a number of themes exploring the drivers of value creation and innovation in...
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