5th annual Digital Financial Services and Fintech Conference
On the 3rd December, we welcomed clients from across our Financial Services sector to our 5th annual Digital Financial Services and Fintech Conference at One Wood Street, London. We were delighted to...
View ArticleFCA Feedback Statement FS19/6 Climate Change and Green Finance: summary of...
On 16 October 2019, the FCA published their feedback statement FS19/6 on Climate Change and Green Finance[1]. This feedback statement summarises the responses from stakeholders to the Discussion Paper...
View ArticleEnergy Transition Club
Eversheds Sutherland Clean Energy and Sustainability Group is delighted to tell you that we have created the Energy Transition Club (ETC), which will operate globally and will bring together key...
View ArticleUpdate: Advocate General advises that the validity of standard contractual...
What do I need to know? On Thursday 19 December, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe published his Opinion in
View ArticleWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) calls for input into IP...
One of the major challenges posed by the rapid growth in the use of AI is whether or not existing IP systems are adequate to deal with the ownership and exploitation of AI-assisted and AI-generated...
View ArticleCases for Christmas some last minute pension treats
The run-up to Christmas has seen a couple of important legal cases for pension schemes. Neither should spoil your Christmas celebrations, but they’re worth knowing about for 2020! Limits on PPF...
View ArticleAfter the Election, what next for IR35?
Back in July, HMRC confirmed 6 April 2020 as the commencement date for implementing changes to the off-payroll (“IR35”) working rules for the public sector and medium and large private sector...
View ArticleChallenging IT resilience some key lessons Bates & Ors v Post Office...
The much anticipated sixth judgment (“the Horizon Judgment”) in the long-running group litigation against the Post Office (“POL”) brought by some 550 current and former sub-postmasters (“the Group...
View ArticleWas greta right about us?
On 23 September 2019, sixteen-year-old climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, gave an emotionally charged speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit wherein she condemned world leaders for...
View ArticleWas greta right about us?
On 23 September 2019, sixteen-year-old climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, gave an emotionally charged speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit wherein she condemned world leaders for...
View ArticleFrance: strengthening of the foreign investment control mechanisms, in line...
New regulations on foreign investment in France were published on January 1, 2020. These texts make numerous changes to the legal framework for investment control in France. Financial relations...
View ArticleFifth Money Laundering Directive implemented in the UK
On 20 December 2019, the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (“MLR 2019”) were laid before Parliament. The MLR 2019 gives effect to the EU Fifth Money Laundering...
View ArticleEU Circular Economy - Opportunity to Comment on Roadmap for New Action Plan
The end of December 2019 saw the next step in the EU’s commitment to the adoption of a circular economy as the EU Commission published a road map on a new action plan which aims to speed up the...
View ArticleThe use of threshold variations when seeking a defence against money laundering
In November 2019 the National Crime Agency (NCA) published its annual Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) Report for 2018/2019 (the Annual Report). The Annual Report focused on the continued...
View ArticleRevised EU thresholds regarding public procurement and concession contracts,...
The European Commission has revised the thresholds relating to the award procedures of public contracts and concession agreements by means of four separate Commission Delegated Regulations, adopted on...
View ArticleA step closer to paperless court proceedings - Court Proceedings (Electronic...
On 27 December 2019, the long-awaited Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Bill (the “Bill”) was published in the Gazette. The Bill will provide for the electronic handling of court-related...
View ArticleCEO pay ratio reporting: mind the gap
The High Pay Centre has published figures which indicate that by 5pm on Monday 6 January 2020 (the third working day of the year) pay for the typical FTSE 100 CEO surpassed the amount the average UK...
View ArticleFinal Report of the Brydon review into the quality and effectiveness of...
On 18 December 2019, the Government published the final report of the independent review undertaken by Sir Donald Brydon into the quality and effectiveness of audit (Report). The Report contains...
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