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View ArticleBusinesses take note: The Carbon Tax Act is coming into effect
The Carbon Tax Act No. 15 of 2019 | Effective as of 1 June 2019“Reducing the impacts of climate change through facilitating a viable and fair transition to a low-carbon economy is essential to ensure...
View ArticleColombia: PPP bankability and Bosa Hospital tender
In May 2019, the Constitutional Court announced that Colombia’s law on public-private partnerships (Law No 1508/12) is to be amended to enable compensation on termination to be made available to...
View ArticleNo deal brexit on the horizon?
Following on from the events of the past few weeks, it looks more likely that the UK will leave the EU without any agreement with the EU on any transitional period and with nothing finalised on the...
View ArticlePayment Matters: No. 41
1. Strong customer authentication deadline rapidly approaching 2. The API evaluation working group publishes its latest round of clarifications 3. The European Banking Authority clarifies fraud rate...
View ArticleThe final AIFMD cross-border fund distribution package: delivering freedom?
On 24 May 2019 the European Commission published the final compromise texts, ahead of the formal signing of the amending Directive and the amending Regulation on facilitating cross-border distribution...
View ArticleCCA Retained Provisions Final Report Focus on the implications for disputes
The FCA published the Final Report on the Review of the Retained Provisions of the Consumer Credit Act (CCA) on 25 March 2019 (the Final Report). In this briefing, we set out the key provisions for...
View ArticleEducation briefing - LGPS: changes to valuations, exit terms and membership
Just over a month after the closing date for its consultation on the implementation of new Fair Deal within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
View ArticleAn Allegation of Sexting at work - Defamatory?
Defamatory meaning; Honest opinion; Libel; Newspapers; Ordinary meaning; Publication In a short judgment on two preliminary issues and a summary judgment application, Nicklin J has dismissed a claim...
View ArticleUK: Tempus Energy UK court challenge, alleging failure to suspend the...
On 5 March, Tempus Energy filed a judicial review claim against the Government in the English High Court. Tempus Energy alleged that the Government has failed to suspend the Capacity Market despite...
View ArticleLawbite: Do you know your AGAs from your GAGAs?
Co-operative Group Food Ltd v A & A Shah Properties Ltd [2019] EWHC 941 (Ch) A recent case saw the court wrestle with the difficulties sometimes encountered with guarantee provisions and the way...
View ArticleLawbite: Is Compensation in the Pipeline?
Ury Estate Limited v BP Exploration Operating Company Limited [2019] CSOH 36 A landowner raised a court action against BP seeking compensation for their inability to develop land due to a presence of...
View ArticleCivil Procedure News
The Disclosure Pilot Scheme introduced substantial changes to the disclosure process with significant implications for parties, practitioners and the judiciary. Six months on from the launch, we...
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