Education - Academies Briefing Autumn 2019
In this issue: ESFA guidance for academies on setting executive pay Academies Financial Handbook 2019 Asbestos exposure in educational buildings – what are the risks and what should academies be...
View ArticleNew contract terms for employees and workers from April 2020
From 6th April 2020, there will be important changes to the minimum written terms that must be provided to workers and employees in England and Wales and to the timing of when these should be provided...
View ArticleTightening the Rules of Backdoor Listings
In recent years, there have been growing concerns over backdoor listings and shell activities in Hong Kong as a result of which new businesses have been able to be listed without going through the...
View ArticleGRR Article - Mutual Recognition between China and Hong Kong
In this e-briefing we bring you a GRR Article - Mutual Recognition between China and Hong Kong, which was produced by Kingsley Ong and Duncan Watt. This fiftieth year is sacred it is a time of...
View ArticleEducation Briefing - Changing Directions Employment Update
Quarterly UK employment update July to September 2019 - a backward glance Development Impac...
View ArticleHyper-modern Thatcherism versus full throated socialism
As originally published in React News Head of London Real Estate Bruce Dear comments on the UK's Brexit divisions Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief adviser, is brick-face blunt about it: “things...
View ArticleChinas government has tamed dragon investors and harnessed them to ride for...
As originally published in React News Beijing is determined all outgoing investment will align with China’s strategic goals Stockholm - home of ABBA and fermented herring. A fish so pongy, the Swedes...
View ArticleEducation Briefing - New section 1 statements for employees and workers from...
From 6th April 2020, there will be important changes to the minimum written terms that must be provided to workers and employees in England and Wales and to the timing of when these should be provided...
View ArticleNow In Force: Hong Kong Mainland Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance...
The Arrangement On 2 April 2019, Hong Kong and Mainland China signed the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the...
View ArticleEBA publishes ambitious workplan for 2020, warning that it cannot be a...
As the European Banking Authority publishes a wide-ranging workplan for 2020, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley explain the EBA’s role and its forthcoming programme, and take a look at the substance of the...
View ArticleWelsh Government launches consultation on draft National Development Framework
On 7 August 2019, the Welsh Government (“WG”) commenced consultation on its draft National Development Framework (“NDF”), a document setting out a 20-year land use framework for Wales, which will...
View ArticleThe Planning (Scotland) Act 2019
This Act heralds the next stage of the reform of the Scottish planning system. The reform process introduces a significant number of changes to spatial planning and development management, intended to...
View Article64MW Wind Farm Granted in the Highlands
Eversheds Sutherland has helped to secure Electricity Act 1989 consent from the Scottish Ministers and deemed planning permission for Limekiln Wind Farm, a 21 turbine wind farm with an estimated...
View ArticleNew "Right to Repair" rules for appliances on the horizon
On Wednesday 2nd October The European Commission announced that it will be implementing new measures as part of its “Energy efficiency first” principles that look to improve the general “eco-design”...
View ArticleEU Blocking Regulation where are we now?
One of the most pondered questions following the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) has been - how will the EU Blocking Regulation fair in protecting the interests...
View ArticleCredit and Financial Institutions take note of new opinion on risks of money...
As the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) publish a new joint opinion on money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks affecting the EU financial sector, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley...
View ArticleTreating litigants in person fairly the plot continues .
Bayton-Williams v Bayton-Williams [2019] EWHC 2179 (Ch) Summary: In a recent High Court decision, Master Clark allowed evidence from a defendant litigant in person which he had filed late with the...
View ArticleSCA and Open Banking - the state of play
Europe now finds itself at a crossroads in relation to the implementation of Open Banking and SCA. Regulators realised very late in the day that the payments ecosystem was not going to be ready for...
View ArticleLawbite: The retail CVA Lessons from the Debenhams case
(1) Discovery (Northampton) Limited (2) Discovery (Nuneaton) Limited (3) Southampton Estates Limited (4) Discovery (Torquay) Limited (5) Discovery (Folkestone) Limited (6) Discovery (Harrogate)...
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