Protecting companies from Coronavirus crime and fraud Whilst our communities, including the business community, are pulling together like never before to protect the country and the National Health Service from the Coronavirus outbreak, fraudsters a...

Listen as our panel answer some of the most common questions clients have asked us over recent weeks as well as digging into more detail around how your business should proceed with specific legal and technical challenges. A recording of the session...

On 1 May 2020, the FCA published a statement clarifying its position on complaints handling and offering some relaxation of the rules in light of the practical challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.  The regulator says it will review...

Zia Ullah, Head of the Firm’s Corporate Crime & Investigations practice, and Ruth Paley, Of Counsel, take a look at the Law Commission’s report into SARs reform published this morning, and consider the implications for the regulated ...

As additional EU rules come into force requiring UK credit and financial institutions with branches and subsidiaries in third countries to identify local law conflicts with group-wide AML policies and procedures, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley of Evershed...

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has encouraged the communication of any OFAC compliance concerns related to COVID-19. As part of this, OFAC has provided the following guidance and contact information. Sanctions Programmes Fact Sheet On 1...

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A quick update on the progress of the new Directives. It is anticipated they will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 28 March 2014, meaning that they will then come into force on 17 April 2014. Following the Directives com...

A Councillor has successfully applied for judicial review of a decision by his own council to vary a contract for the development of a mixed retail, residential and transport hub in Winchester. The High Court ruled that the variations to the contrac...

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On 17 July 2017, a new Appendix H to the Technology and Construction Court Guide was published which provides guidance on procedures for public procurement cases (the “Guide”). Although this detailed procedural guidance is likely to prove usefu...

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...

Mergers and acquisitions (“M&As”) involving privately held companies in South Africa entail various legal, financial and other issues. Advanced preparation and an understanding of the fundamental practical and legal issues concerned ...

“The Chinese Communist Party must end its pattern of bullying Southeast Asians out of offshore oil, gas, and fisheries,” said Adm. John Aquilino.

Even in COVID-19 times, companies (and their directors) should not unnecessarily jeopardise the rights of their creditors and the continuity of their activities. Think about paying dividends, and making unnecessary costs, despite the financial probl...

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In addition to the FCA’s recent guidance (see our note summarising the main points here) on payment holidays and repossession actions addressed to mortgage lenders, mortgage administrators, home purchase providers and home purc...

Summary of the communication from the EU commissionInterpretative Guidelines on EU Regulation 261/2004 on passenger rights in the context of the developing situation with Covid-19 - 18 March 2020 Right to choose between reimbursement and rerouting ...

The 25th April 2012 marked the implementation of the first  phase of amendments to the Licensing Act 2003 (‘the Licensing Act’) ...

The parties to a commercial agreement may find that they have assumed contractual obligations that are more onerous than they might appear. The High Court decision in Ryanair Ltd v SR Technics Ireland Ltd illustrates the perils of taking a contract...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has published new guidance explaining how the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will work in practice. The guidance covers: how CIL will be set and spent how, when and by whom CIL will be...

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...

The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), a cap and trade scheme that aims to reduce the UK's carbon dioxide emissions, is due to come into force in only twelve months' time. On 12 March 2009, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) publish...

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The Carbon Tax Act No. 15 of 2019 | Effective as of 1 June 2019 “Reducing the impacts of climate change through facilitating a viable and fair transition to a low-carbon economy is essential to ensure an environmentally sustainable economic gr...

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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 ...

Sixteen patients receiving treatment for Coronavirus in Kano State have been discharged after recovering from the disease.

This brings the total number of discharged patients in the state to 22.

Mallam Muhammad Garba, Commissioner for Information in the state, made this known in a statement on Thursday. 

Garba said among those discharged were Prof Abdulrazak Garba Habeeb of the Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University, who is also the Co-chair of the state’s Prevention Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, the state’s Commissioner for Health among others.

The commissioner pointed out that all the patients have tested negative for the disease after the two follow up tests and have therefore reached full recovery.

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...

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...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated "lockdown" poses completely new challenges for Swiss companies. This concerns, among other things, the numerous upcoming annual general meetings, which are usually held between April and June. According to th...

Eversheds Sutherland advises Glennmont on the sale of a minority stake in 211MW Finnish wind project Eversheds Sutherland has advised Glennmont Partners on its agreed sale of a 15% minority stake in Project Piiparinmäki, a 211.4MW wind farm, to...

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...

Commercial Court – a return to action? On 4 May 2020, the Commercial Court Judge in Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mr Justice Horner, circulated an update to legal professionals stating clearly that the Commercial ‘Hub’ is open f...

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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German-Luxembourg cross-border commuters Luxembourg and Germany have concluded a mutual agreement (Verständigungsvereinbarung) for Covid 19 related home office activities (für Corona bedingte Home Office Tätigkeiten) on 3 April 2020,...

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...

Introduction In April we reported on a High Court case that implied a duty of good faith into a commercial contract, with the result that a party may be potentially restricted in the way it acts in exercising its rights. That case was Alan Bates and...

China’s Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) has refused approval for the proposed P3 joint venture between shipping companies Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (“MSC”) and CMA CGM (“the Companies”). &n...

In Griffon Shipping LLC v. Firodi Shipping Ltd (The Griffon) Teare J considered, in the context of clause 13 of the standard form Norwegian Sale Form (“NSF”) 1993, where a buyer fails to pay the deposit under a memorandum of agreement, w...

Laporte v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2015] EWHC 371 (QB); [2015] 3 Costs L.R. 471 In this case, the Court considered the extent to which a refusal to engage with alternative dispute resolution ("ADR"), (in this case med...

The biggest threat to Brazil's ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to the British medical journal The Lancet.