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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On 1 December, finally, the new European Commission will take office, after much back and forth with especially the European Parliament...
Last month, the Rotterdam District Court ruled that fifteen in-house lawyers of an oil major working in the Netherlands, Nigeria and the...
“African countries which, up until now, showed less tendency towards resource nationalism are now trying their luck … There is a...
Over 400 practitioners, academics and other members of the arbitration community gathered at Freshfields’ London offices on Wednesday...
In R (Critchley) v Financial Ombudsman Service Limited, the High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review of a FOS decision...
On 4 November 2019, P&O Ferries agreed to drop its claim against the UK Department for Transport (DfT) and Eurotunnel regarding the...
The last week of October marked another interesting development in the increasing focus on the payment of dividends by companies which...
In 2019, plant-based meat has achieved its commercial breakthrough – in restaurants, fast food chains and in retail. At the same time,...
On 30 October 2019 the Supreme Court of England and Wales handed down its decision in Singularis Holdings Limited (In Official...
On 1 November 2019, the Investment Association (the “IA”) published the updated IA Principles of Remuneration (the “Principles”) setting...
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...