Occupational leases: any way out?
Eversheds Sutherland property column: January 2019 Businesses are increasingly seeking more flexibility around their property requirements. Shorter leases, break rights, serviced office arrangements...
View ArticleThe new National Economic Crime Centre and Economic Crime Strategic Board ...
As long ago as 8 December 2017, the then Home Secretary announced the rebranding of the Minister of State for Security as ‘Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime’. Stating the obvious that...
View ArticleSpeed read: The transfers from EU back in to the UK conundrum
The issue? Processors in the EU are required under Art 44 GDPR to ensure lawful mechanisms apply to any transfers they make from the EU to ‘third countries’. After Brexit the UK will be a ‘third...
View ArticleThe Foreign Investment Law: the first law in Qatar in 2019
In a very positive legislative move, H.H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, issued Law no. (1) of 2019 regulating the Investment of Non-Qatari Capital in the Economic...
View ArticleLeaving the past behind right to be left alone in privacy
This article considers the implications of the decision of the High Court in XKF v The British Broadcasting Corporation to grant an interim injunction restraining the BBC from broadcasting footage...
View ArticleWelcome | TMT Outlook 2019
These are exciting times for anyone working in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications space. Having said that, it can be said that everyone is now in that space! Technology and digital...
View ArticleEthics becomes a key focus for artificial intelligence adoption
Ethics becomes a key focus for artificial intelligence adoption In the last few years, there has been an increasing focus on the need for adequate ethics guidance for the use of artificial...
View ArticleCulture, conduct and fitness and propriety: no more cosy boys' clubs
The FCA has repeatedly made clear that it will turn its regulatory focus on culture over the coming year and all firms should therefore be considering how good culture is embedded within their...
View ArticleDiversified Industrials Sector Outlook 2019
Welcome to your Diversified Industrials Sector Outlook 2019 In this outlook for the Diversified Industrials sector, we take a look at the key trends, legislation and issues we’re set to face in 2019...
View ArticleLuxembourg register of beneficial owners of legal entities
By transposing Art. 30 of the Directive (EU) 2015/849 (the 4th anti-money laundering directive), the Luxembourg law of 13 January 2019 (“RBO Law”) establishes a beneficial owners register (“BO...
View ArticleLender did not owe a Braganza duty when exercising the right to demand...
Summary: In UBS AG v Rose Capital Venture Ltd [2018] EWHC 3137 (Ch), the High Court decided that a lender did not owe a ‘Braganza duty’ when exercisin...
View ArticleUK: Government consultation announced for the replacement of FIT export tariffs
On 8 January 2019, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) published a consultation on a replacement for the Feed-in Tariff (“FIT”), in particular for the FIT export...
View ArticleSpace as a Service - The Future of the Workspace
By 2030, according to Forbes, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. Digitally wired since their childhoods, millennials favour work-life integration rather than work-life balance reflecting...
View ArticleUK Electricity Storage Developments: Consultation on the Planning process
The UK Government’s 2017 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan committed to removing policy and regulatory barriers to the deployment of smart technologies, including electricity storage. The planning...
View ArticleThe Wolfsberg Group Publishes Guidance on Sanctions Screening
The Wolfsberg Group, an association of thirteen global banks aiming to develop frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks, has published new guidance on how Financial...
View ArticleTaxing the digital economy OECD update
On 29 January 2019, the OECD released a policy note entitled Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digitalisation of the Economy. The note provides an update on progress towards reaching a global...
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