use Northern Powerhouse and the impact of Brexit. By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-07-22 Whilst the “Northern Po... Full Article
use A New Vision for the Northern Powerhouse? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-11-29 At the same time he delivered his (final) Autumn Statement the Chancellor also issued a strategy document to advance one of his predecessor’s key policy aims - the Northern Powerhouse. For those who support the notion of the North providin... Full Article
use Policy to Become Law - The Governments Response to Consultation on Improving the Use of Planning Conditions By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-01-12 The Government chose the last month of 2016 to announce some legislative proposals that will have a significant impact on the ability of local planning authorities (LPAs) to impose planning conditions. Consultation seeking views on proposals for imp... Full Article
use Eversheds Sutherland: first law firm to back governments Northern Powerhouse partnership programme By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-04-06 Eversheds Sutherland (International) has become the first law firm to join the government’s Northern Powerhouse partnership programme. Established by Prime Minister Theresa May and led by Northern Powerhouse Minister, Andrew Percy, more than 9... Full Article
use Trump warned against use of tariffs as weapons By www.shanghaidaily.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:05:00 +0800 China said tariffs should not be used as a weapon after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose more of them for China’s handling of the novel coronavirus. Full Article Nation
use East-West Center Hosts Inaugural Asia Pacific-Focused Sports Summit By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:00 +0000 East-West Center Hosts Inaugural Asia Pacific-Focused Sports Summit HONOLULU (September 13) -- The East-West Center (EWC) teams up with Sports Marketing Japan to launch its inaugural East-West Sports Summit held from November 7-9 at the EWC’s Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Designed for sports marketing executives, media professionals, and others working in sports-related enterprises in government, NGO, and business sectors, this conference brings together the industry’s top leaders in the field to discuss the changing dynamics of sports markets in the Asia Pacific region. Full Article
use East-West Center Awarded $750,000 for NASA-Funded Project on Changing Land Use in Southeast Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:04:42 +0000 HONOLULU (Feb 11, 2014) – The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study land-cover and land-use change in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Over the past half-century these countries have witnessed a major shift from subsistence agrarian economies to commercialized agriculture and, in the case of Thailand and Vietnam, industrialized societies. The project will study transitions in forests, boom crops and urban areas using remote sensing data sources and socioeconomic databases for the 2000-2012 period. The project’s aim is to enhance the conceptual underpinnings of land change science by integrating aspects of global markets, land use and political ecology to explicitly link land changes to local, national and international drivers. Full Article
use New Pacific RISA ‘Documoment’ Video Focuses on Climate Change Impacts ‘From Ridge to Reef’ on Maui By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 02:36:56 +0000 HONOLULU (July 14, 2017) – Researchers with the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) program housed at the East-West Center have released the latest in a series of “Climate Matters” ‘documoment’ videos. The new seven-minute video, titled “Climate Matters for Ridge to Reef Ecosystems,” focuses on climate change impacts in West Maui forest watersheds and reef ecosystems. The video features interviews with two Pacific RISA stakeholders from the Maui Future Climate Scenarios project, each representing part of the ridge-to-reef climate and ecosystem connection. Full Article
use Break Clauses and Vacant Possession By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-07-29 Tenants operating break clauses need to be absolutely punctilious about observing the requirements of the clause; this is not an area of the law where they can expect much help from the courts. The Court of Appeal’s decision in NYK Logistics (... Full Article
use IHC HR e-briefing 120 - Legal professional privilege and in-house lawyers: EU declines to extend the scope By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-09-17 Those in legal practice are all too aware of the benefits but also the limitations of legal professional privilege, none more so than lawyers working in-house. Where such protection arises in the context of UK practice is reasonably well settled. Ho... Full Article
use IHC HR e-briefing 131 - Data protection: ICO flexes muscles with first use of new fines power By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-11-25 The ICO has announced its first use of its recent power to issue fines or monetary penalties for serious breaches of the data protection legislation. The power became effective in April 2010 (see Full Article
use Lawbite: Changing with the times refusing consent to residential use By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-11-19 Sequent Nominees Ltd (formerly Rotrust Nominees Ltd) v Hautford Ltd [2019] UKSC 47 The Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the two lower courts and held that a landlord was reasonable to withhold its consent to the tenant’s applicatio... Full Article
use Court refuses to interfere with FOSs decision-making on PPI complaint By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-11-26 Summary The High Court has recently handed down its judgment in R (Critchley) v Financial Ombudsman Service and two others [2019] EWHC 3036 (Admin). The applicant, Mrs Critchley sought to challenge FOS’s rejection of her PPI complaint on... Full Article
use The use of threshold variations when seeking a defence against money laundering By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-07 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 year-on-year uplift in the overall number of SARs, and in pa... Full Article
use Public Sector Pensions Speedbrief: Supreme Court refuses Government permission to appeal in public sector age discrimination cases By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-05 It has been reported that on 27 June 2019, the Supreme Court denied the Government’s request for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in the cases of McCloud and Sargeant regardi... Full Article
use Coronavirus - How to use fraud prevention controls to protect your business from scams Global By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-24 Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic just a few months ago, unfortunately we have seen a continuous rise in coronavirus related frauds targeting individuals, businesses and health authorities. Recent estimates suggest that already ov... Full Article
use Procurement Briefing Issue 4 2006 - Awarding contracts to in-house companies By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2006-09-06 ... Full Article
use Openness in public procurement a worthy cause facing new challenges By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-08-03 The establishment of more open public procurement systems, that is, procurement systems which offer foreign suppliers access to the award of public contracts on the basis of no less favourable terms than to domestic suppliers, constitutes an essenti... Full Article
use Vietnamese Man Arrested For Gambling Dies in Jailhouse Beating By www.rfa.org Published On :: 2020-05-08T23:50:38Z Nguyen Quang Lap was found dead on May 8 only three days after beginning a six-year term in prison. Full Article Story
use Buy-side perspective: Issues with delegation of SFTR reporting cause a headache By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-02-10 Sell-side reluctance to accept delegation of reporting under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (“SFTR”) is causing a headache for buy-side firms. If buy-side firms are unable to establish delegation arrangements they ... Full Article
use Landlord had been entitled to refuse consent to a newly formed company By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-03-13 A landlord had acted reasonably in refusing consent to an assignment to a newly incorporated company, despite the landlord having the benefit of the previous tenant's covenant. Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Victoria Street (No 3) Ltd concerned a cov... Full Article
use Consulting tenants of mixed-use properties on service charge expenditure By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-06-19 Helpful analysis of when landlords of mixed–use properties need to consult their tenants before incurring service charge costs. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires landlords who own residential blocks of flats to consult their tenants b... Full Article
use Use of enforcement undertakings is on the rise By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-24 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 regulator where there are reasonable grounds to consider ... Full Article
use Strategic, pragmatic and focused support - Planning and Environmental Group Experience By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-02-21 ... Full Article
use Discussion clauses - court may force a friendly discussion By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-08-07 Emirates Trading Agency LLC v. Prime Mineral Exports Private Limited [2014] EWHC 2104 (Comm) Facts Emirates Trading Agency (Emirates) agreed to buy iron ore from Prime Mineral Exports (PME) but failed to collect all the order. PME claimed liquid... Full Article
use Shipping: Claim notification clauses By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-08-12 Reviewing the notification requirements in the InterClub Agreement in the wake of Ipsos S.A. v Dentsu Aegis Network Limited (previously Aegis Group plc) [2015] EWCH 1171 (Comm) The Background The recent decision in Ipsos S.A. v Dentsu Aegis Network ... Full Article
use How Nigeria can use agriculture to mitigate COVID-19 impact — Expert By www.premiumtimesng.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:58:41 +0000 As the government searches for alternative sources of revenue, experts say the agricultural sector remains a promising area. The post How Nigeria can use agriculture to mitigate COVID-19 impact — Expert appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Full Article Interviews Covid-19 gdp Nigeria PREMIUM TIMES premium times news premiumtimes university of uyo Victor Ebong
use Covid-19: Feeling sick? Use digital self-assessment tool HealthCheck By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:25:00 GMT Enables early detection, mapping and management of coronavirus using USSD and official government WhatsApp service, Covid Connect Full Article
use Senator Abbo accuses Adamawa Governor of ‘false claims’ over NEDC projects By dailypost.ng Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:02:49 +0000 Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial district, Elisha Ishaku Abbo has accused governor Ahmadu Fintiri of making false claims over the donation of transformers to some communities in the State. The lawmaker said the transformers were donated by the newly established Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) through the intervention of his Committee. He frowned at the publication […] Senator Abbo accuses Adamawa Governor of ‘false claims’ over NEDC projects Full Article News adamawa NEDC Senator Abbo
use Maritime Varsity: Ugborodo Community Dumps Warri Kingdom, Supports Okerenkeko Location … Alleges Olu of Warri Trying To Cause Fresh Crisis By blanknewsonline.wordpress.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:37:23 +0000 Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have said that they are satisfied with the current location […] Full Article Breaking News News State Of The Nation Blank News
use Documents show top White House officials buried CDC report on Covid-19 lockdowns By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:54:00 GMT The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House. Full Article
use I am sceptical of going back, says Thandi Modise after porn hack and racial abuse during Zoom meeting By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:40:00 GMT National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise has expressed her disinterest in participating in any virtual meeting over the platform Zoom as the national legislature came under criticism on social media for opening itself to hacking. Full Article
use Household Debt Balance Approaches 1,400 Tril. Won...Bank of Korea By english.hankyung.com Published On :: 2017-08-24 07:42 The household debt balance has rapidly increased to approach 1,400 trillion won (US$1.24 trillion) as of the end of June this year. It is estimated the balance may have surpassed the 1,400-trillion-won level by mid-August. As the amount of household debt reaches 90 percent of the gross domestic products (1,637 trillion won at the end of last year), economists began warning the high debt level may pose an obstacle to further growth.According to the Bank of Korea on August 23, the balance of house... Full Article
use Covid 19 coronavirus: Up to two-week wait for The Warehouse deliveries By www.nzherald.co.nz Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:05:04 +1200 The Warehouse is advising customers on its website deliveries could take up to two weeks to arrive.It said while it was trying to get through orders as quickly as possible, because of the high number of orders it was struggling... Full Article
use KZN couple stabbed multiple times during house robbery By article.wn.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:48 GMT Police are investigating a house robbery in which a couple in Amanzimtoti, on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, believed to be in their 50s was stabbed. ...... Full Article
use Documents Show Top White House Officials Buried CDC Report By www.voanews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:53:18 -0400 Documents had detailed advice from nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during coronavirus pandemic Full Article
use Eversheds Sutherland has advised Investment House Q.P.S.C. (IH), one of the leading investment banks and asset managers in Qatar By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-07 Eversheds Sutherland has advised Investment House Q.P.S.C. (IH), one of the leading investment banks and asset managers in Qatar, in connection with the first private fund in the country to invest in the alternative asset class of commercial shipp... Full Article
use Shipping: the Privy Councils interpretation of permissive language in arbitration clauses By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-06-29 Anzen Limited & Another v Hermes One Limited In the case of Anzen Limited v Hermes One Limited [2016] UKPC 1, the Privy Council considered the use of permissive language in an arbitration clause. Specifically, the Council considered what o... Full Article
use Update: Draft EU Implementing Regulation on access to service facilities and use of rail-related services By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-11-28 Executive Summary The European Commission has consulted on an implementing regulation which will provide additional detail for procedures and criteria to be followed by service facility operators in order to satisfy their obligations under Directive... Full Article
use Data Privacy Implications of the use of CCTV Footage in the press By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-04-24 On 16 April 2019, a controversial 16-minute video containing footage of a what is believed to be a taxi journey taken by two Hong Kong celebrities, Andy Hui Chi-on and Jacqueline Wong, was published on the website of a local newspaper. This publicat... Full Article
use Have you read the draft EDPB guidelines for the use of video devices (eg CCTV)? Perhaps you should if you use such video devices By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-08-23 Quick Read Many readers may have chosen to skip looking at the Guidelines that the EDPB published for consultation recently, if you are one of them, and you routinely use CCTV (or other similar devices) within your business – you may want to h... Full Article
use Speed read: Useful November 2019 guidelines on controller, processor and joint controllership concepts from the European Data Protection Supervisor By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-12-06 Summary On 7 November 2019 the EDPS issued guidance on how to determine who is a controller, processor and joint controller. The EDPS is an independent supervisory authority whose primary objective is to ensure EU institutions and bodies respect the... Full Article
use Update: Advocate General advises that the validity of standard contractual clauses is not affected by complaints made in Schrems II By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-12-19 What do I need to know? On Thursday 19 December, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe published his Opinion in Full Article
use Coronavirus - The use of Personal Data in connection with Covid-19 Hong Kong By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-03-18 As a general rule of data privacy protection in Hong Kong, personal data should be used only for the original purpose for which the data was collected, or a directly related purpose. One exception is where the data user obtains the consent from the ... Full Article
use The EU Court provides guidance on the use of framework agreements by contracting authorities By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-02-11 Case C-216/17, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – Antiturst, Coopservice Soc. coop. arl In its judgment of 19 December 2018 (the &ldq... Full Article
use Narrow or Wide? Court aligns Germany with other jurisdictions on MFN-Clauses in Bookings.com case By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-07 On 4 June 2019 the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled in favour of Booking.com’s revised “narrow” Most Favourite Nation (“MFN”) clause (Case No. VI-Kart 2/16 (V)). The reactions were predictable. German hote... Full Article
use UK: Worlds first sustainable low-carbon greenhouse project By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-14 Advising on an innovative first in the renewables heat sector Eversheds Sutherland has advised Oasthouse Ventures on the development of the world’s first sustainable, low-carbon greenhouse projects. The Clean Energy and Sustainability team fro... Full Article
use Northwesterly wind to cause low visibility in Qatar starting Monday By article.wn.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:47 GMT (MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: Qatar is expected to be affected by northwesterly fresh to strong wind starting Monday, May 11 to Thursday, May 14, sai... ...... Full Article
use Coronavirus breaches White House as rest of America re-opens By article.wn.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:47 GMT WASHINGTON: Three aides working for US President , vice-president , and first daughter have tested positive for the novel this week. This has brought the pandemic to within a degree of the center of power in the US and made the White House an unexpected emerging hotspot even as large parts of America is now re-opening for business to very light footfall. All three principals and their spouses are reported to have tested negative for the virus. The White House has now updated its protocol to include daily tests for everyone entering the complex, though Trump himself is skeptical of the process and has disdained masking and social distancing guidelines outlined by his own administration. The... Full Article
use Seattle council to pause business tax proposal amid pandemic By article.wn.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:01 GMT The Seattle City Council will... Full Article
