Education HR e-briefing: Court of Appeal loosens limits to contractual...
Introduction An attempt to change the terms and conditions of employment of existing staff where any of the new terms are less favourable is bound to carry risk. Should the employees not accept the...
View ArticleAdditional obligations for related party transactions
The FCA has published its policy statement (PS19/13): Proposals to promote shareholder engagement: Feedback to CP 19/7 and final rules, to implement certain aspects of the Shareholder Rights Directive...
View ArticleBREXIT UK REACH Potential Judicial Review?
Contenders to replace Theresa May as Conservative leader continue to clash over the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and how it could be achieved. In the meantime, the chemicals sector continues to...
View ArticleMore Bucks than Fizz, the Law Commission's SAR reform report
Zia Ullah, Head of the Firm’s Corporate Crime & Investigations practice, and Ruth Paley, Of Counsel, take a look at the Law Commission’s report into SARs reform published this morning, and...
View ArticleMiddle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA)
We are delighted to announce that Clint Dempsey, who is based in our Dubai office and heads our Middle East Banking and Finance Group, is standing as a candidate to be elected to the MESIA board as...
View ArticleLawbite: When is it reasonable for a landlord to enter their tenants demise?
Windsor-Clive v Rees [2019] EWHC 1008 (Ch) In considering the scope of a landlord’s reserved right to enter premises let to their tenant “for all reasonable purposes”, the High Court has held that the...
View ArticleThe CMAs Final Order following its IC and FM market investigation - long read
On 10 June 2019, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave notice that it had made its Final Order following its market investigation into the investment consulting (IC) and fiduciary...
View ArticleThe CMAs Final Order following its IC and FM market investigation
On 10 June 2019, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave notice that it had made its Final Order following its market investigation into the investment consulting (IC) and fiduciary...
View ArticleUK labour law quarterly update - June 2019
Welcome to our June UK labour law quarterly update. This edition contains the following content: News round-up Good Work Plan changes: information and consultation arrangements Employers respond to...
View ArticleEducation briefing - Employer Justified Retirement Ages in HE lessons from...
A recent employment tribunal decision has upheld the University of Oxfords retirement age for academic staff. The tribunal dismissed a claim by an academic that his forced retirement at the age of...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal rules that an employer cannot base a career decision on a...
Legal protection from disability discrimination includes perceived disability. In this case, the Court of Appeal has considered for the first time whether such protection extends to a perception that...
View ArticleUse of enforcement undertakings is on the rise
Enforcement undertakings, a form of civil sanction available to the Environment Agency, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales, are voluntary binding agreements which can be offered to a...
View ArticleDetermining a highway maintainable at public expense not a walk in the park
The High Court looks at the definition of highway ‘maintainable at public expense’ in the recent case of Barlow v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (2019). The case at first instance The claimant,...
View ArticleUK adopts new EU-driven restrictive measures to deter and respond to...
On 17 May 2019, the European Council established a framework and implemented a new sanctions regime which now allows the EU to impose targeted sanctions to “deter and respond to cyber-attacks which...
View ArticleKSA: The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) has...
Background Pursuant to our previous updates on 15 January 2019 and 31 January 2019, REPDO has now pre-qualified developers for the second round of the NREP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Second round...
View ArticleUK Government loses case relating to Saudi Arabia arms exports
On 20 June 2019, the UK Court of Appeal ruled that the UK Government’s decision to continue licensing exports of military equipment to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the conflict in Yemen was...
View ArticleHoliday pay latest: Appeal Court extends the scope of arrears in Northern...
As we approach the summer holiday period, the Courts also continue to have the topic of holidays, or rather holiday pay, on their mind. The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (NICA) has given judgment...
View ArticleWhat are the potential benefits of OTT?
(a) For Users/Consumers Simply put, OTT services are low or free of charge services. Its known that online video traffic is on the growth due to simple accessibility and cheapness. Consumers’ hopes...
View Article"Luxembourg isn't a tax haven anymore" confirmed Pascal Saint-Amans,...
Luxembourg fully respects the tax rules and is not dragging its feet! On Monday 24 June, a meeting was held in Luxembourg between Pierre Gramegna, the Luxembourg Finance Minister, and Pascal...
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