Minimum wage and paternal leave addressed
After much anticipation, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Minimum Wage Bill and the Labour Laws Amendment Bill into law. These laws will bring about some major changes in South...
View ArticleEmployment update - November 2018
Welcome to our employment case studies feature. Drawing on our team’s experience, our aim is to keep you up to date with recent key developments to help you manage your employment challenges. We do...
View ArticleCalifornia Regulates the Internet-Of-Things
California’s state legislature has passed a new law to regulate certain aspects of Internet of Things (IoT or connected) device security. The new legislation, known as SB-327, will impact...
View ArticleU.S. Sanctions against Nicaragua
The United States has expanded the scope of its Nicaragua-related sanctions program by adding the Nicaraguan Vice President Rosaria Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega, and Ortega’s security...
View Articlee-signatures: We respond to Law Commission consultation
Driving the wider adoption of electronic Eversheds Sutherland has submitted a response to the Law Commission consultation on electronic signatures. The Law Commission is investigating a number of pote...
View ArticleQuarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet
Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next 18 months...
View ArticlePayment Matters: No. 38
Industry lobbying for a card number / CVV to be accepted as a knowledge factor The European Court of Justice rules on interpretation of a ‘payment account’ under the Payment Services Directive...
View ArticleVietnam Sheds Light on Impending Cybersecurity Law
As this eventful year for new privacy and cybersecurity regulations winds down, multinational companies still need to look ahead to 2019 to new regulations that will come online, including Vietnam’s...
View ArticleLawbite: Planning around restrictive covenants
The Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Millgate Developments Ltd and others [2018] EWCA Civ 2679 In this appeal from the Upper Tribunal, it fell to the Court of Appeal to consider if a...
View ArticleLawbite: Just a soul whose intentions are good but conditional?
S Franses Limited (Appellant) v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited (Respondent) [2018] UKSC 62 The Supreme Court has issued its decision on a much awaited case involving a landlords Scheme of...
View ArticlePrescription: Have you made your Scottish claim in time
The law of prescription (time-bar) differs to the rest of the UK and more changes are on the way. This briefing provides a brief overview of the current position and the changes that are contained in...
View ArticleLawbite: Faraday magnet for concerned developers?
Faraday Development Ltd v West Berkshire Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2532 Relevant background: The Court of Appeal has issued a decision that has rendered a development contract between a Council and a...
View ArticleThe Attorney-Generals advice
After being the first Attorney-General to be found in contempt of Parliament, Geoffrey Cox’s advice to HMG, specifically the advice on the NI protocol (also known as the backstop), has been published....
View ArticleDecember UK labour law quarterly update
Welcome to our December UK labour law quarterly update. This edition contains the following content: UK labour law news Responding to walkouts by gig workers and contractors Central ...
View ArticleConstruction Foundations Newsletter - November 2018
Welcome to Foundations, our construction and engineering monthly newsletter. Foundations will update you with details of what we think are the top three court cases decided in the previous month, a...
View ArticleLawbite: It turns out possession is nine tenths of the law
Rashid v Nasrullah (acting as executor of the estate of the late Mohammed Rashid) In an interesting turn of events, the Court of Appeal has held that even though the transfer of a registered title was...
View ArticleDutch Brexit Act
Background On 16 November 2018, a legislative proposal was submitted to the Dutch Parliament setting out plans for a series of changes to regulations in preparation for Brexit – The “Dutch Brexit...
View ArticleHuawei arrest may impact trade war truce between China and the United States
Canada has detained Meng Wanzhou, the Global CFO of Huawei Technologies, following a request by US authorities. The US and Canadian governments have not provided details of any possible charges....
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