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On 6 February 2020, the Government published the Street and Road Works (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) (England) Regulations 2020, which come into force on 1 April 2020. The Regulations support the delivery and implementation of &...

Eversheds Sutherland has announced two changes to its senior management team in Germany. The global law firm has appointed Dr. Alexander Niethammer as new Managing Partner of its German office, while Hamburg-based Partner, Dr. Carola Rathke, takes u...

The global impact of Coronavirus is now undeniable, as one might expect from a highly contagious disease originating from the world’s second largest economy and most populous nation.  Insurance claims are bound to follow and whilst market...

By Fan Lulu and Boy Luethje HONOLULU (July 31, 2019)—With more than 800 million Internet users, China has become the global leader in e-commerce—the buying and selling of products and services online. Taobao (roughly “treasure hunt” in English) is the leading Chinese online shopping and e-commerce website, founded by the Alibaba Group. As of 2018, more than 580 million active users visited Taobao and its sister website Tmall every month.

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Relief through extension of filing deadlines for employers in the Corona crisis In a letter dated 23 April 2020, the Federal Ministry of Finance has provided tax relief by extending the filing deadlines for preliminary wage tax returns (Lohnsteuer-A...

The highly anticipated new National Minimum Wage Act No. 9 of 2018 (“NMWA”) came into operation on 1 January 2019. It is important to note that section 17(4) of the NMWA, which provides that the application of the new minimum wage applie...

The mortgage pre-action protocol (MPAP) has been in force for a little over six months, long enough for the courts' approach to settle down and for patterns to emerge. This article looks at our experiences. The good news is that MPAP compliance has...

LSG Litigation regularly deal with cases involving mortgage fraud. The key to combating mortgage fraud is early detection, comprehensive and vigorous investigation and immediate recovery action. A Case Study In October 2008, we were instructed to...

Currently CPR 55.10 provides that where a mortgagee seeks possession of land which consists of or includes residential property the claimant must send a notice to the property addressed to 'the occupiers' within 5 days of receiving notification of t...

Bunge SA v Nidera BV [2015] UKSC 43 This case was first brought to the attention of the Commercial Court in June 2013, when an appeal on the ruling of the first arbitral panel was sought by the Claimant, Bunge SA (“Bunge”). The matter at...

The protesters accused the government of unfairly distributing aid packages provided by a charity.

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French Resistance member Cecile Rol-Tanguy, who risked her life during World War II by working to liberate Paris from Nazi occupation, has died. She was 101.

Power has been restored in the East African nations of Kenya and Uganda after they were hit by nationwide outages in the morning, the countries’ electricity providers said.

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda. Lawan also commiserated with Malam Mamman Daura over the passing of Mutari, who was his younger brother. The Senate President said he shared in the grief of the entire Daura community, Government and people […]

Senator Lawan sends message to Buhari over nephew’s death

Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for commitment to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Tambuwal spoke on Friday at the inauguration of the State COVID-19 Volunteers. He noted that coronavirus was being properly addressed by Buhari and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. “I personally want to appreciate the president and the Task […]

Tambuwal sends message to Buhari

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the US will guarantee free passage through the vital Strait of Hormuz, as he accused Iran of recent attacks on oil tankers and the downing of a US drone.

— declares Air Peace Boss,Onyema, ‘Hero Of COVID-19’ Considering the global ravages of Corona virus, Nigerian Red Cross said there is urgent need for state governments to establish ministries of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development. This, according to the Society, would encourage rapid response to all disaster management activities and alleviate the hardship […]

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Kim Sang-jo, Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission, said, "Our commission will soon announce plans to stop the practice of large companies using technology of small enterprises without proper compensation." He held a press conference on August 13 at the Sejong government complex in relation to his agency's bid to root out unfair practices in the retail industry and said, "The biggest obstacle for small- and medium-sized enterprises for their further development is the uneven relationship with...

The Moon Jae-in government has decided to pay 100,000 won (US$88) a month per child younger than 5 years beginning in July next year. The basic pension payment of 200,000 won currently given to low-income (lower 70% of income scale) senior citizens older than 65 years will be increased to 250,000 won from April next year.  The additional expenses for these two items will be 13.4 trillion won for children's allowance and 29.5 trillion won for senior citizen pension payments for the next...

The volume of home mortgage loans made out by commercial banks is falling at a rapid rate after the government's measure to keep the housing marketing from overheating on August 2. According to figures made public by the nation's top-five banks including Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori, KEB Hana, and Nonghyup on August 21, the balance of home mortgage loans as of August 18 was 368,370.2 billion won, up by 1,834.3 billion won from the end of July (366,535.9 billion won). In monthly rate, this is up ...

Central bank governors of three East Asian countries including China, Japan, and Korea will get together and discuss issues such as debt and macroeconomic soundness. But the issue of the Korea-China currency swap deal which will expire on October 10 won't be one of the official agendas in the meeting. Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will meet in Incheon's Songdo for two days on September 13-14 in th...

The government is pushing forward with a plan worth US$8 million to help out vulnerable people in North Korea. Meanwhile it won't raise a lawsuit against China with the World Trade Organization in relation to the latter country's retaliatory measures after Korea's decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile defense system in its soil. Baek Tae-hyun, spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification, said on September 14, "We are reviewing a plan to give $8 milli...

“Not a Dirty Word”: ESMA revisits the impact of its Opinion on delegation for UK managers if there is a “hard” Brexit In the wake of the draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, a speech by Steven Maijoor, th...

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Good and bad news Yesterday, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced some changes to the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) legislation, which will impact on those companies operating EMI and those proposing to do so. The good news Under the cu...

Many employers offer flexible benefits packages to their workforce. But the Age Discrimination Regulations have cast a shadow over some schemes, leaving employers and providers unsure as to how benefits such as private medical insurance should be ac...

If you have not yet responded to the Eversheds survey as to the likely impact of the changes to agency worker rights upon your business and would like to do so by 13 June, please click here.   Main body The topics of equal rights for age...

After what has already proved a busy week for employment law news, the Government has published its consultation response to the second round of consultation on Agency Worker Regulations, which closed in December last year. The...

Introduction The Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011 (“the Bill”) was published on Friday 16 December 2011. The Bill is intended to give effect to an EU Directive (Directive 2008/104/EC) on...

Police have released the name of the man who died following a crash on State Highway 51, Napier, on Thursday.He was David Allan Trousdell, 37, of Napier.It's understood Mr Trousdell's car collided with a truck at Te Awa. The crash...

Covid-19 has tipped some struggling and startup businesses over already - but the real toll will emerge in the coming months. READ MORE:• Receiver says wage subsidy propping up a walking-dead army of 'zombie firms' John...

Overview On 28 November 2019, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published its final guidelines[1] on information and communication technology (“ICT”) and security risk management (EBA/GL/2019/04) (the “Guidelines&r...

1.1 What impact might production downtime or circumstances with similar effect have on supply contracts? Reduced production or similar measurements and resulting supply shortages can cause severe problems to distributors or intermediaries, as they ...

The Act of 15 December 2016 on Counteracting Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trade of Agricultural and Food Products came into force and effect on 12 July 2017. The law confers additional powers on the President of the Office of Competition a...

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We are delighted to share the initial findings from our research into sustainability in the food and beverage industry and the potential implications this has for legal teams. Extinction Rebellion, the Net Zero report – no business can ignore ...

We are delighted to share with you our latest Consumer sector Thought Leadership report ‘Reshaping your business: The impact of sustainability on the food and beverage sector’. In this latest report we focus on the environmental aspects ...

Strongman Haftar denies Tripoli government claims shelling by his forces caused civilian casualties

Eversheds Sutherland have advised the management team shareholders on the sale of a significant minority stake in Waterlogic, a UK-based designer, manufacturer, distributor and service provider of purified water dispensers, to four strong instituti...

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...