The Property Sector needs to be aware of the Property Sector Transformation Charter Code (“the Property Charter”) as Section 20(1) of the Property Practitioners Bill (“the PPB”) states that: “The Property Sector Transfo...

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Fair Deal: the latest developments On 19 November 2012 HM Treasury published its response to the March 2011 consultation on the future of the Fair Deal for Staff Pensions guidance. The Fair Deal review is part of the Government’s broader revi...

Introduction The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill 2015 (“the Bill”) is currently before Parliament. The Bill is relatively short and deals with two areas in particular: i) the powers of charities to make social investmen...

Competition Law E-Briefing: Fashion sector competition probe On Tuesday 24 March 2015, the UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”), opened an investigation into suspected anti-competitive arrangements in the UK ...

It has been reported that the European Commission (the “Commission”) is asking retailers to detail the difficulties they face while trying to sell their products online, as part of the lengthy questionnaires sent to the retailers followi...

Selective Distribution – Some recent developments in the adidas case: when can sales via online platforms be restricted? On 18 November 2015, the Autorité de la concurrence (the “French Competition Authority” or “...

What is the Hansford Review and what is its purpose? Professor Peter Hansford was commissioned by the Board of Network Rail to chair an independent review of “contestability” in the UK Rail Market, with the intent of “encouraging t...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a multi-trillion Chinese led initiative to strengthen trade routes and related infrastructure across over 150 countries worldwide. The initiative covers over 60% of the world’s population in terms of ...

Following close consultation with IFI's including the IFC, World Bank and EBRD, Tunisia has launched a review process to aid with the structuring and implementation of new PPP projects. Eversheds Sutherland was privileged to have been spec...

On 17 May 2019, the European Council established a framework and implemented a new sanctions regime which now allows the EU to impose targeted sanctions to “deter and respond to cyber-attacks which constitute an external threat to the EU and i...

What you need to know UK regulatory guidance has been updated to explain what ‘manifestly unfounded’ and ‘excessive’ means in relation to the individual rights of data subjects under GDPR. This includes but is not limited to ...

The digital modern age offers huge potential – the sharing of new technologies, the promotion of economic growth and the ability for instant communication. But whilst products of this age, such as social media, may help to progress today&rsqu...

The Hong Kong Court has recently confirmed the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”)’s powers to seize, search and compel access to digital devices rejecting challenges to such powers based on privacy grounds. Data privacy is a...

The recent High Court decision in Amey Highways Limited v West Sussex County Council has clarified that abandoning a procurement will not automatically extinguish pre-existing causes of action.  Breaches of the procurement regulations which res...

On 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) confirmed that an agreement in settlement of a patent dispute in the pharmaceutical sector may constitute a restriction of competition by object or effect, as well as an abuse o...

Companies trade in an increasingly global market. Despite this, the process of taking security in support of financial obligations remains essentially a question of the national law in the country where the assets over which security is granted are ...

Overview The Securitisation Regulation (Regulation) comes into force on 1 January 2019, establishes a general framework for securitisation and creates a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation. The Regulation is a ...

Legal background Often, under a contract, one party will have a right to exercise discretion - the contract will give the party the right to take a decision that affects the rights of both parties. In real estate finance an obvious example of this i...

Background The Procuring Authority has engaged the International Finance Corporation, acting through its Public Private Partnerships Transaction Advisory Services division, to act as lead transaction advisor in relation to the Project. The RFQ will ...

The question, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”, raises interesting questions regarding observation and perception. Regardless of who postulated this thought experiment first, or when ...

Background On 9 January 2020, REPDO invited developers to prequalify via a request for qualifications (“RfQ”) for the third round of the NREP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Third round of the NREP There will be four photovoltaic (&ldquo...

Weare delighted to have partnered with the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Terrawatt Initiative in the development of the Open Solar Contracts which were launched recently at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. The publication...

(MENAFN - Nam News Network) RAMALLAH, May 9 (NNN-WAFA) - Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, warned, on Friday, that measures will be taken against ... ......

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Japan's ruthless animated hitman has become the latest victim of the coronavirus, as the nation's longest-running manga comic an... ......

(MENAFN - Caribbean News Global) OLDWICK, N.J.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Life/health-related catastrophe bonds face the greatest threat of losses from the COVID... ......

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Zarqa, May 9 (Petra) - Director of Zarqa Health Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Tahan, said the epidemiological investigation team... ......

(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... ......

(MENAFN - IANS) Jammu, May 9 (IANS) Thirteen more persons tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the patients ta... ......

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasing criticism for not bringing that same level of commitment to a problem that has so far stymied him: nursing homes. In part-lecture, part-cheerleading briefings that have made him a Democratic counter to President Donald Trump, Cuomo has often seemed dismissive and resigned to defeat when asked about his state leading the nation in nursing home deaths. “We’ve tried everything to keep it out of a nursing home, but it’s virtually impossible,” Cuomo told reporters. “Now is not the best time to put your mother in a...

(MENAFN - Costa Rica News) Citizens closed ranks with democracy to battle the Coronavirus pandemic; the image of public institutions also improved i... ......

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...

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. ......

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men were arrested for the strangling deaths of three sisters who...

PICURIS PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — On a dusty plaza in a Native American village that dates back nearly a millennium, a steady trickle of vehicles inched through a pop-up coronavirus testing site. From the bed of a pickup truck...

An Israeli military order forbids banks in the occupied West Bank from processing payments that the Palestinian Authority distributes to the families of Palestinians who have spent time in Israeli jails. ......

White House employees, and reporters, watch President Donald Trump, aboard Marine One, depart the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Al Drago/The New York Times) WASHINGTON — In his eagerness to reopen the country, President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Americans that it would be safe to go back to the workplace. But the past few days have demonstrated that even his own workplace may not be safe from the coronavirus. Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary tested positive for the virus Friday, forcing a delay in the departure of Air Force Two while a half-dozen other members of his staff were taken off the plane for further testing. That came only a day...

Several hundred demonstrators have gathered in the Swiss capital, Bern, St Gallen and Zurich to protest against a government-imposed coronavirus...

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1 of 8 FILE - In this Sunday, May 3, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a news conference at the state's Emergency Operations Center at the Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky., about the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, May 8, 2020, a federal court halted Beshear's temporary ban on mass gatherings from applying to in-person religious services, clearing the way for Sunday church services. Ryan C. Hermens Cemetery workers wearing hazmat suits bury the coffin containing the remains of 71-year-old Neide Rodrigues Rosa, who died from the new coronavirus according to her son Sergio Rodrigues, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 8, 2020. Leo Correa A dog walker...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasing criticism for not bringing ......

New Delhi (Sputnik): As many as 12 people lost their lives and several others were hospitalised due to a hazardous styrene gas leak at a South Korean factory in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. ......

The Covid-19 crisis has many wealthy individuals thinking about estate planning opportunities. Personal finance expert Megan Gorman discusses the benefits of using GRATs during the current environment. ......

China’s President Xi Jinping had called up World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom in January to...

Seven people were killed when protesters angry over what they see as unfair food aid distribution during the coronavirus pandemic clashed with police in Afghanistan's western Ghor province on Saturday, according to a local member of parliament. Fourteen more were wounded during the protest - sparked by growing unhappiness at the distribution...