Cultural Considerations in Advocacy: French-Speaking Africa
Wesley Pydiamah, Partner in our Litigation and International Arbitration department and Manuel Tomas, Counsel, recently contributed to the 4th edition of The Guide to Advocacy published by Global...
View ArticleEducation briefing - EHRC takes a firm approach: new guidance on...
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published guidance on the use of confidentiality agreements in discrimination cases. The guidance contains a helpful explanation of the law applying...
View ArticleBrexit Briefing: Cross Border Employees and Social Security Contributions
1. Brexit Implications for Social Security Contributions 1.1 If the UK leaves the EU there may be social security implications for UK employers who have employees working in the EU, EEA or...
View ArticleNew Acas guidance on menopause at work changing attitudes?
To mark World Menopause Day on 18 October, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) published guidance to help employers and managers support staff who are affected by the menopause...
View ArticleNew developments in privilege in employment
Two recent decisions have provided additional guidance in the area of privilege in an employment context. The cases provide information that will be helpful to lawyers advising in this area and to...
View ArticleVAT and Operators of ATMs
The recent Court of Justice decision in Finanzamt Trier v Cardpoint GmbH (Case C-42/18), released on 3 October 2019, has decided that operators of automated teller machines (“ATMs”) must now charge...
View ArticleSpeedbrief: The Pension Schemes Bill was it worth the wait?
Eighteen months ago, the Government published a white paper on protecting DB pension schemes. This was followed by consultations on a variety of matters, including a stronger Pensions Regulator, the...
View ArticleLawbite: Occupiers, Occupation and the imposition of rights under the...
Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited [2019] UKUT 0107 (LC) The Court of Appeal’s judgement is the latest decision concerning the Code and the first...
View ArticleFCA consultation paper on discretionary commission models and commission...
1. FCA Final Report on Motor Finance In March 2019, the FCA published its Final Report on motor finance. Our briefing note on the Final Report can be found
View ArticleEducation briefing - Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes report...
Last December, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launched an inquiry into racial harassment in Higher Education. On 23 October 2019 the EHRC published its report “Tackling racial...
View ArticleAfghanistan: The Ministry of Energy and Water (Procuring Authority) has...
Background The Procuring Authority has engaged the International Finance Corporation, acting through its Public Private Partnerships Transaction Advisory Services division, to act as lead transaction...
View ArticleUK: European Commission (Re) Approves GB Capacity Market
The European Commission (“EC”) has now completed its in-depth investigation of Britain’s capacity market scheme (“CM scheme”), which was introduced in 2014 following EU state aid approval to help...
View ArticleEducation briefings - New developments in privilege in employment
Two recent decisions have provided additional guidance in the area of privilege in an employment context. The cases provide information that will be helpful to lawyers advising in this area and to...
View ArticleEnsuring access to the UK for Gibraltar-based firms
On 22 October 2019, the UK Government issued a new amendment to its temporary permissions regime (“TPR”). This update specifically addresses issues faced by Gibraltar-based firms. The TPR enables EEA...
View ArticleEducation Briefing - New Acas guidance on menopause at work changing...
To mark World Menopause Day on 18 October, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has published guidance to help employers and managers support staff who are affected by the...
View ArticleGrowing Pains: the many problems facing PRIIPs
The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Key Information Document (or KID) has only been around since last year but, as a policy dossier, it is already over a decade old....
View ArticleBrexit update the latest approach of the UK Government to the UKs...
October has seen the issue of three crucial documents putting in place the legal framework for the UK’s exit from the EU:• a revised version of an EU/UK withdrawal agreement under Article 50 of the...
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