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November 28, 2019

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EU "class actions": the Council finally plays its hand

Back in April, my colleague Eugene and I posted about the slow progress of the EU’s new, and highly controversial, draft Directive on...

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Natalie Pettinger Kearney Christiaan Smits

November 27, 2019

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What’s next? The von der Leyen Commission’s ambitious plans for Europe...

On 1 December, finally, the new European Commission will take office, after much back and forth with especially the European Parliament...

Marco Vogels

November 26, 2019

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Dutch Court: no legal privilege for in-house counsel if GC is a member of management

Last month, the Rotterdam District Court ruled that fifteen in-house lawyers of an oil major working in the Netherlands, Nigeria and the...

Sylvia Noury QC Joshua Kelly

November 26, 2019

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Resource nationalism on the rise? 10 issues for mining companies and their investors to consider

“African countries which, up until now, showed less tendency towards resource nationalism are now trying their luck …There is a...

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Ashley Jones

November 22, 2019

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Freshfields hosts 34th annual Freshfields and Queen Mary University arbitration lecture

Over 400 practitioners, academics and other members of the arbitration community gathered at Freshfields’ London offices on Wednesday...

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Emilio Salice

November 15, 2019

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PPI mis-selling: UK High Court dismisses judicial review of FOS decision to reject complaint

In R (Critchley) v Financial Ombudsman Service Limited, the High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review of a FOS decision...

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Michael Quayle

November 14, 2019

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P&O drops claim against Eurotunnel and UK Government in respect of Brexit ferry capacity contract settlement

On 4 November 2019, P&O Ferries agreed to drop its claim against the UK Department for Transport (DfT) and Eurotunnel regarding the...

Lauren Jackson

November 11, 2019

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New consent requirements for the payment of dividends by UK public companies?

The last week of October marked another interesting development in the increasing focus on the payment of dividends by companies which...

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Astrid Seehafer

November 11, 2019

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Meat 2.0: The regulatory environment of artificial meat in the European Union

In 2019, plant-based meat has achieved its commercial breakthrough – in restaurants, fast food chains and in retail. At the same time,...

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Anthea Bowater

November 11, 2019

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UK Supreme Court on banks’ Quincecare duty of care

On 30 October 2019 the Supreme Court of England and Wales handed down its decision in Singularis Holdings Limited (In Official...

Regina Erie

November 5, 2019

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Attention UK remuneration committees: highlights from the updated IA Principles of Remuneration

On 1 November 2019, the Investment Association (the “IA”) published the updated IA Principles of Remuneration (the “Principles”) setting...

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Astrid Seehafer Ramya Arnold Paul Abbott

November 4, 2019

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Innovation risks: legal implications of new technologies

A new drone enters a market, a self-driving car is developed – what are the legal threats which can arise during the lifetime of such...

Laura Whiting

November 1, 2019

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MEDICINES FOR THE MANY?

With a UK general election looming, the Labour Party has announced a policy named ‘Medicines for the Many’ which would radically alter...

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