Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds fine for illegal information exchange -...
Recently the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) upheld the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to fine Balmoral Tanks Ltd (“Balmoral”) for illegally exchanging price information with...
View ArticleUK: Clean Growth Strategy and the Chemicals Sector
The UK Government and Ofgem have recently announced a range of measures which impact clean energy and energy pricing which will be of interest to the chemicals sector. This is a brief overview of the...
View ArticleBrexit and Immigration: Challenges for the Chemical Sector
A famous nineteenth century American author once quipped that many people complain about the weather but no-one ever seems to do anything about it. Professionals managing global mobility in the...
View ArticleA changing landscape for employee monitoring what does this mean for the...
The recent developments on employee monitoring has emphasised the need for employers to be cautious when implementing systems to monitor employees. The UK chemicals industry in particular employs...
View ArticleCorporate Claims Bulletin December 2017
Liability Casson v Spotmix Limited & Others [2017] EWCA Civ 1994 The claimant suffered an injury when he attempted to clean in the vicinity of the moving part of a conveyor belt. The claimant,...
View ArticleEgypt: 600 MW BOO PV Tender
We understand that the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) have issued a call for tender for a 600 MW BOO PV power plant. EETC are seeking experienced local and international developers...
View ArticleFake Data Facing Reality Responsibly
The global manufacturing sector has been hit by a series of scandals over recent months. A panoply of well-respected corporates have admitted falsifying data for products they supplied, with several...
View ArticleUK Pensions Speedbrief - Master trust regulation the devil in the detail
The Pension Schemes Act 2017 (the “Act”) sets out a regime for the authorisation and supervision of money purchase master trusts by the Pensions Regulator (“TPR”). However, the Act focuses largely on...
View ArticleLawbite: Service Charge Welcome Relief for Intermediate Landlords
Westmark (Lettings) Limited v Elizabeth Peddle and others [2017] UKUT 449 (LC) Here, the Upper Tribunal had to decide on the issue of when “relevant costs” are incurred for the purposes of Section...
View ArticleEducation e-briefing - New data shows doubling in employment claims since...
Statistics published by the Government suggest that individual employment tribunal claims may have more than doubled since the requirement for workers to pay fees to bring claims was quashed by the...
View ArticleThe Reform of GEM
Earlier this year, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (the “Stock Exchange”) published a consultation paper on The Review of the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) and Changes to the GEM and Main Board...
View Articlee-signatures whats the big deal?
In the era of the “digital economy” (with nearly a third of shopping done on-line and 44% of UK on-line1 payments made using a mobile device2), companies are increasingly questioning why their...
View ArticleUK pensions speedbrief - PPF levy 2018/19: time to start planning
On 19 December 2017, the PPF published its final levy rules for 2018/19, together with accompanying documents. As trailed in the September 2017 consultation, there are a number of new developments...
View ArticleSome significant employment cases to look out for in 2018
As the new year begins we highlight 12 cases for HR practitioners and in-house employment counsel to watch out for in 2018: Shared parental leave and sex discrimination Capita Customer Management...
View ArticleSome significant employment cases to look out for in 2018
As the new year begins we highlight 12 cases for HR practitioners to watch out for in 2018: Shared parental leave and sex discrimination Capita Customer Management Limited v Ali: In this case, heard...
View ArticleEducation e-briefing Further Consultation on the Forthcoming Insolvency...
Introduction In previous briefings we have set out details of the Government’s consultation exercise on its proposals to introduce procedures for further education and sixth form colleges which become...
View ArticleEducation Immigration e-briefing - Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) - a helpful...
The Government introduced immigration provisions to make the UK attractive to those considered to have exceptional talent in specific areas in 2011. Those receiving an endorsement from one of five...
View ArticleEducation Immigration e-briefing - Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
The Home Office has released its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration rules. Whilst the statement contains no major upheavals ahead of Brexit, there are several noteworthy and potentially...
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