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Supreme Court ruling to impact on registration of town and village greens

The Supreme Court has issued an important decision which considers whether land can be registered as a town or village green where that land has been acquired by a statutory undertaker and is held for purposes that are inconsistent with the use of t...




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Lawbite: Landlords’ duties to occupiers

Essex County Council, Havering College of Further and Higher Education, The Governing Body of Sawyers Hall College v Davies and others [2019] EWHC 3443 A recent High Court case has reaffirmed the well-established rule that a landlord does not owe a ...




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Complaint Handling Update

New dispute resolution service for SMEs Background In March 2018, UK Finance commissioned an independent review into the complaints and alternative dispute resolution landscape for the small and medium sized enterprises market in the UK.  An in...




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Supreme Court brings clarification on non-party costs orders for liability insurers

Summary: The Supreme Court handed down its long anticipated judgment in the case of Travellers Insurance Company Limited v XYZ [2019] UKSC 48 on 31 October 2019. The appellant, Travelers Insurance Company Limited (“Travelers”) was succes...




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Complaint Handling Update

New dispute resolution service for SMEs In our last Complaint Handing Update, we set out information on a new independent organisation known as The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) w...




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U.S. IPO Week Ahead: IPO Pipeline Activity Makes Up For An Empty Calendar




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IPO Update: Lyra Therapeutics Proposes IPO Terms




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IPO Update: GAN Limited Readies U.S. IPO Effort




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IPO Update: TRX Insurance Proposes IPO Terms




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The 2020 IPO Market Is Now Up 43% From Its Lows, A Promising Sign For May




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IPO Update: Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Proposes IPO Terms





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More updates needed to your scheme’s statement of investment principles

Unexpectedly, the Government has issued regulations which will require trustees to make further changes to their Statement of Investment Principles (SIP) from 1 October 2020. They will also require additional disclosures in relation to investment pr...




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Public Sector Pensions Speedbrief: Supreme Court refuses Government permission to appeal in public sector age discrimination cases

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...




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COVID 19 and the critical role of managers in supporting wellbeing in the workplace

The COVID 19 pandemic has brought mental health and wellbeing to the fore in many organisations. These issues have become more prominent across workplaces in recent years but we are now facing unprecedented challenges of supporting distributed workf...




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Updated Parents' Rights

On 9 April 2020, the President extended the lockdown period until 30 April 2020. On 16 April 2020, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published and issued new Regulations in Government Gazette 43232, Government Notice No....




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So what now? Where low occupancy poses water-borne risks

The focus of most organisations during this coronavirus pandemic has rightly been on the health and safety of employees and the general public in tackling the spread of the virus. As the ‘new normal’settles in, and questions are asked a...




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Update (3): Parents' Righs to Care and Contact their Children during Lockdown Level 4

On 23 April 2020, the President announced that from 1 May 2020, lockdown would be extended at level 4 – which provides for reduced restrictions. On 29 April 2020, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, published and is...




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EBA publishes ambitious workplan for 2020, warning that it cannot be a ‘supervisor of supervisors’ and hinting that further centralisation may be the only way to ensure a ‘truly European approach’ to AML/CTF

As the European Banking Authority publishes a wide-ranging workplan for 2020, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley explain the EBA’s role and its forthcoming programme, and take a look at the substance of the developments planned for the next twelve month...




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Credit and Financial Institutions take note of new opinion on risks of money laundering in the EU financial sector published by European Supervisors this week

As the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) publish a new joint opinion on money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks affecting the EU financial sector, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley take a look at the key risks, noting ...




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Quarterly Fraud and Corruption Enforcement update - April 2020

Please click here to download our quarterly Fraud and Corruption Enforcement update. Here we provide a quick overview of the recent key developments relating to criminal investigations and e...




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Procurement Briefing Issue 2 2007 - Tendering burdens removed in electricity and gas supply markets

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EU public procurement directives update

Parliamentary approval delayed to 2014 Provisional agreement between the EU Council, Commission and Parliament was reached back in July 2013 on the draft text of three new EU public procurement directives but these draft directives are still awaitin...




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France – Private enforcement of competition law: French Supreme Courts dismisses nullity and follow-on damages claims of EDF and ERDF

On 13 September 2017, EDF and ERDF lost their fight to declare null and void the contracts they entered into further to bids that were rigged by Nexans France (“Nexans”), Prysmian Energies Câbles et Systèmes (“Prysmian...




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Cybersecurity Firm Links Chinese Group to Cyber Espionage in Southeast Asia

Hackers used Aria-body, an intrusive new tool, to attack computers in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Brunei, report says.




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Up to speed on COVID-19: Automotive Industry Risk Mitigation Action Plan

Coronavirus piles more pressure and strain on the automotive sector, disruption supply chains, factory closures and restructuring The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak has now been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). COVID-19 ...




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Legal professional privilege update: protections and pitfalls

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The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (“MEES”) for commercial properties – upcoming changes for landlords and tenants.

On the 15 October 2019 the government published its consultation on the future trajectory of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for commercial properties under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 ...




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Strategic, pragmatic and focused support - Planning and Environmental Group Experience

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Enforcement of Food Safety Offences - Update

In June 2019, an FSA report on the approach to regulatory enforcement and sanctions acknowledged that enforcement of food law has historically relied upon criminal sanctions. Whilst the report stated that “in relation to some lower level failu...




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Eversheds Sutherland advises on sale of saracus Group to private equity investor Maxburg Capital Partners

Eversheds Sutherland has advised the CEO and owner of saracus group on the sale of the group to an investment fund managed by private equity investor Maxburg Capital Partners. The parties agreed to keep the purchase price confidential. The client w...




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Legal Compass: COVID-19 affects debt collection and bankruptcy proceedings

The stay on debt collection proceedings will end on 22 April 2020. The Federal government adopted emergency law on 16 April 2020, in order to prevent coronavirus-related bankruptcies and the resulting job losses. The “COVID-19 Insolvency Ordin...




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Updata - Quarterly Privacy & Cybersecurity Update: Edition 7 - Including COVID updates

Our Privacy and Cybersecurity team are proud to present the latest edition of Updata. Our international quarterly update provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity, regulatory and legal updates from our contributors around the worl...




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Coronavirus - Updated summary of Covid-19 tax measures and Irish Revenue guidance - Ireland

A number of measures have been introduced in Ireland in recent weeks in light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Irish Revenue has also published a number of welcome guidelines and confirmations in an attempt to mitigate any detrimental effects...




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eCommerce ON – Eversheds Sutherland Poland supports business online

The pandemic has significantly hindered conducting stationary sale of goods and services. Many companies decide to change their business models and transfer their activities to the Internet, establishing new e-shops or developing the current ones. I...




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Updated Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Legal news, April

The Law Firm Eversheds Saladžius is sharing the updated Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Legal news, which you can find here

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Webinar: Navigating Lockdown and Beyond - Practical steps to support ourselves and others through a unique time

Eversheds Sutherland were delighted to partner with Women in ETFs for a one hour webinar 'Navigating Lockdown and Beyond - Practical steps to support ourselves and others through a unique time' on 30 April. The presentation was delivered by Á...




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Updated Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Legal news, May

The Law Firm Eversheds Saladžius is sharing the updated Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Legal news, which you can find here 


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Comments on ruling No. 821 of the Presidiums of the Russian Supreme Court and Council of Judges of 8 April 2020 (as amended on 29 April 2020)

On 28 April 2020, the Russian President issued Decree No. 294 On Prolonging Measures To Ensure Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing of the Population in the Russian Federation due to the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The following da...




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Global Employment and Labor Law Update - May 2020

Welcome to this special COVID-19 edition of our quarterly Global Employment and Labor Law Update which you can find HERE Please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to find out more....




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Business Interruption Policies and Flooding Maximising Recovery

The UK has suffered widespread damage as a result of recent flooding over the winter of 2019/20, with anticipated losses in excess of £400m. If flood-related interruption to a business is significant, property and business interruption (“BI”) polici...




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HIV/AIDS in Asia: We Need to Keep the Focus on Key Population Groups

By Tim Brown and Wiwat Peerapatanapokin HONOLULU (September 17, 2019)—In 2018, roughly 6 million people were living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific, and 310,000 were newly infected, according to UNAIDS estimates. Despite these troubling numbers, financial support for the fight against AIDS is stagnant, and international resources for HIV programs in the region are declining. Given the continued HIV infection levels and limited funds for halting the epidemic, it is more important than ever for prevention efforts to achieve maximum impact with the resources available. This means that programs need to target the key populations most at risk of contracting HIV. In Asia, these key populations are female sex workers and their clients, people who inject drugs, and men who have sex with men....

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New Technologies and New Modes of Production Disrupt China's Automotive Industry

By Boy Lüthje HONOLULU (6 April 2020)—The development of electric and self-driving vehicles is bringing on a massive restructuring of the global automotive industry. Emerging forms of new and shared mobility undermine the very model of private car ownership that has underpinned the automotive industry since the days of Henry Ford.

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An Update On The KCBT-CBOT Wheat Spread And What It Is Telling Us About The Price Of The Grain




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Dividend Stripping Provisions in Updated Tax Bills

With the delivery of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on 30 October 2019, updated and amended draft tax bills have been released highlighting the latest proposed amendments to the relevant tax acts.  The amended bills contain the le...




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Crypto Tax Update: HMRC Publishes Guidance on the Taxation of Cryptoassets for Businesses

  Summary On 1 November HMRC published its much anticipated guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets for businesses. The guidance sets out HMRC’s view on the taxation of transactions involving cryptoasset exchange tokens (such as Bitcoin)...




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Crypto Tax Update: HMRC publishes updated guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets for individuals – situs of exchange tokens

  What’s new? On 20 December 2019, HMRC published an updated version of its guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets for individuals. The guidance was updated to include a new section in respect of the location (situs) of exchange tokens ...




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DAC6 Update

Overview On 13 January 2020, HMRC published a summary of responses to the consultation on the implementation of DAC6 – the EU-wide regime which provides for the disclosure of certain cross-border arrangements to tax authorities. The response d...




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Coronavirus – Tax support for businesses – Russia

The main support measures proposed by the government that affect the payment of taxes, fines and penalties On March 31, 2020, the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved the Draft of Federal Law No. 862653-7, which i...