Listed companies: Financial reporting – an update
In a number of publications this week, the FCA has set out its expectations of market conduct during COVID-19 and provided updated...
In a number of publications this week, the FCA has set out its expectations of market conduct during COVID-19 and provided updated...
The completion of the first new capital backed structure is being discussed widely in the pensions industry. We are considering these...
This article highlights the enhanced risks of cybercrime during the Covid pandemic. Cybersecurity resources are become increasingly...
Lay pension trustees can continue to carry out their roles whilst on furlough. Rishi Sunak has clarified this in the latest legal...
Last week, the European Parliament Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) published a draft opinion, which...
Given the global impact of COVID-19 it is unsurprising that the key international climate change conference COP 26 (due to be held in...
Last week the RICS published a consultation report on net zero and housing.
Its recommendations include:
On 21 May 2020 the Hearings Committee of the Takeover Panel announced that Brigadier had requested a review of the Panel Executive’s...
The National Planning Practice Framework ("NPPF") in England contains policy allowing Local Plans or Neighbourhood Plans to identify...
In our article dated 22 April 2020, Gary and I summarised some of the recent issues arising from appeals relating to permitted...
The Pensions Regulator has updated its Covid-19 guidance for DC scheme managers to issue an important warning to trustees on when the...
A recent Pensions Ombudsman case has shown that due diligence needs to be robust enough to uncover all the red flags, not just the ones...
Interesting to see this article on TPR's response on the proposed DB funding code. We believe this raises a fundamental question about...
Since the Climate Change Committee's Report and the Government's Net Zero target there has been wide acceptance that we will need...
The UK government has published its draft legal texts to accompany the policy paper it published on 27 February. The EU published its...
On 4 May the European Data Protection Board published updated guidance on what constitutes consent under GDPR, in order to clarify the...
The world has changed dramatically in recent months and in ways which we could have hardly imagined. The family justice system has not...
Following Brigadier’s attempt last month, in effect, to pull out from its bid for Moss Bros PLC by invoking a material adverse change...
The UK Government has announced its new most favoured nation tariff regime. The UK Global Tariff (UKGT) will replace the EU’s Common...
The ICO has been playing a central role in the development of NHSX’s (the NHS’s digital arm) contact-tracing app, released for trial last...
The UK Government has decided to accelerate trials of rental e-scooter schemes with a consultation on "urgent legislation". Although...
Last week there were a few articles from US media outlets looking at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of automated...
Privacy notices are not generally the source of dinner table conversation. However, the NHSX contact tracing app privacy notice could...
You may remember that on 28 March 2020 Alok Sharma MP announced that the Government would look to introduce legislation as soon as...
At the end of the third round of UK-EU future relationship talks, both chief negotiators have said the discussions are in stalemate....
On 11 May 2020, the Scottish Government introduced the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill - which will introduce changes to support...
Zenzic has published its report on Cyber Resilience in Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM). The report sets out a summary of the...
Government guidance urges contracting parties to behave responsibly in the performance and enforcement of contracts during the Covid-19...
This article on transfers highlights the difficult choices and competing factors that schemes and trustees have to balance and also how...
With the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy remaining unknown, companies continue to face uncertainty...
Following on from Ross Polkinghorne’s earlier blog, the Government has today (13 May) published a planning update introducing temporary...
Equinor and SSE Renewables have announced today that the Port of Tyne has been chosen as the operations and maintenance hub that will...
The disruptions to the food supply chain threatened by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and - depending on what happens later in the...
From today (13 May) anyone in England can move home again. This will come as welcome relief to developers and investors alike as the...
The UK’s data protection regulator, the ICO, has published guidance that data protection law should not stop organisations from adapting...
The impact could be sizeable, although could be somewhat delayed due to the inevitable COVID-19 restrictions.
The industry now has...
In a move that will be welcomed by many employers, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the furlough scheme, recognised by...
Employee confidence that their workplace is safe will be critical for businesses hoping for a smooth return to work in the following days...
Following our prior blog post assessing market reaction to the Government’s recently announced £250 million "Future Fund" and while we...
A Court of Appeal decision, R (on behalf of William Corbett) v The Cornwall Council, which was handed down last month is worth noting in...
The plenary session of the third round of UK-EU future relationship negotiations takes place on the afternoon of 11 May 2020.
The...
The Government’s “Future Fund” initiative (a summary of which can be found here) has been cautiously welcomed by UK SMEs dealing with the...
The UK government has signalled a wide-ranging commitment to boosting provision for active travel for short urban journeys as plans are...
You may have seen our recent legal update Dividend Cuts. Since publishing that update ICSA have released a guidance note on the...
Employers and Unions are calling on government to provide detailed safety rules. They want rules prescribing how they should aim to...
The UK's Oil & Gas Authority (the OGA) has today (6 May) launched a consultation to refresh its core aims, looking in particular at...
A McKinsey report Climate math: What a 1.5-degree pathway would take does not shy away from listing some of the major tasks...
We are now starting to see the implications of Covid-19 trickle into planning appeal decisions. My colleague Hannah Mannion considers a...
When awarding public contacts, contracting authorities need to include “the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and...
It is vital to consider the proposed new data gathering powers of the Pensions Regulator, these are summarised in our Guest Comment in...
Homes account for approximately 20% of UK carbon emissions. Improving the carbon efficiency of new homes is therefore essential for the...
The effects of COVID-19 are reverberating throughout the private equity industry. According to the Thomson Reuters Private Equity Index,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has given increased impetus to scientific research, with fields such as epidemiology becoming part of the public...
Executing property transfers and leases had been a significant issue for those trying to complete real estate transactions during...
The UK Government has applied to sign up to the 2007 Lugano Convention, in a move that has received support from Norway, Iceland and...
It seems that we are now only a couple of weeks away from the roll-out of the next step of the UK Government's Covid-19 containment...
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